The UN human rights chief begins a five-day visit to the Middle East in response to the conflict in Gaza
He UN High Commissioner for Human RightsVolker Türk, started this Tuesday Visit to the Middle East which will last five days and begins in Egypt, where We will visit the Rafá Passon the Gaza Strip border, amid hostilities unleashed after the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) attacks against Israel on October 7.
Turk’s office reported this The visit comes after the aforementioned attacks and “in the broad context of the 56-year occupation of the Palestinian territories.”added that he would travel to Jordan on Thursday and that he had requested “access” to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.
“A month of carnage has passedincessant suffering, bloodshed, destruction, outrage and despair,” Turk said, emphasizing this “Human rights violations are at the root of this escalation and human rights play a central role in finding a way out of this maelstrom of pain.”.
Turk’s office has therefore indicated that it will be retained Meeting with officials, civil society members, victims and UN staff to address the situation in the region, including a meeting this Thursday with the Egyptian Foreign MinisterSamé Shukri and the Secretary General of the Arab LeagueAhmed Abul Gheit.