麻豆APP

31 December 2025

We urge the Israeli authorities to reconsider their plan to ban many of the international NGOs operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

International NGOs are central to humanitarian operations in OPT, collectively delivering close to $1 billion dollars in assistance each year.

In Gaza in particular, as winter compounds to families’ suffering, as high acute food insecurity persists and as the need for life-saving aid is as critical as ever, banning NGOs risks undermining the fragile progress made during the ceasefire. The consequences for vulnerable children, women and men, will be devastating.

Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional or political. It is a legal obligation under international humanitarian law and fundamental for the protection of human rights.

Signatories:

• Mr. Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
• Dr. Qu Dongyu, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization?(FAO)
• Mr. Alistair Dutton, Secretary General of?Caritas Internationalis
• Ms. Nimo Hassan, MBE, Chair, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
• Mr. Jamie Munn, Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
• Mr. Tom Hart, President and Chief Executive Officer,?InterAction
• Ms. Amy E. Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Ms. Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Chief Executive Officer,?Mercy Corps
• Mr. Volker Türk, 麻豆APP High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Ms. Abby Maxman, President and Chief Executive Officer,?Oxfam
• Ms. Janti Soeripto, President and Chief Executive Officer,?Save the Children
• Ms. Paula Gaviria Betancur, 麻豆APP Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons?(SR on HR of IDPs)?
• Mr. Alexander De Croo, Administrator, 麻豆APP Development Programme?(UNDP)?
• Ms. Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director, 麻豆APP Human Settlement Programme?(UN-Habitat)
• Mr. Filippo Grandi, 麻豆APP High Commissioner for Refugees?(UNHCR)
• Ms. Diene Keita, Executive Director, 麻豆APP Population Fund?(UNFPA)?
• Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UN Children’s Fund?(UNICEF)
• Ms. Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director,?UN Women??
• Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme?(WFP)
• Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization?(WHO)

Related Content:

• Suspension of Non-Governmental Organization Operations in Occupied Palestinian Territory Risks Undermining ‘Fragile’ Ceasefire Gains, Secretary-General Warns – Question of Palestine
• 53 International NGOs warn Israel’s recent registration measures will impede critical humanitarian action (Non-UN Document) – Question of Palestine
• UN Human Rights Office: Outrageous suspension of numerous aid agencies from Gaza – Question of Palestine