e-4802 (Foreign affairs)
- Keywords
- Gaza
- Humanitarian assistance and workers
- Palestine
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- In 1949 the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established to carry out direct relief and works programs for Palestinian refugees;
- UNRWA is the primary provider of humanitarian aid: food, social services, healthcare, schools, refugee camps, and microfinance, sustaining the lives of millions of civilians, more than half of them children, in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, blockaded by Israel since 2007;
- South Africa submitted an Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ);
- After considering both application and oral arguments, the Court concluded genocide was “plausible.”;
- In its January 26th Order, the ICJ cited UNRWA statements documenting dire conditions in the Gaza Strip, before introducing its fourth Provisional Measure: “The State of Israel shall take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to address the adverse conditions of life faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip;” and
- Hours later, Israel leveled allegations against a dozen UNRWA employees, and Canada “paused” humanitarian funding committed to UNRWA without waiting for an Investigation.
- Open for signature
- February 12, 2024, at 2:03 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 13, 2024, at 2:03 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Mike Morrice
(Kitchener Centre)
April 8, 2024 (Petition No. 441-02290)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 722 |
British Columbia | 1645 |
Manitoba | 147 |
New Brunswick | 48 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 54 |
Northwest Territories | 8 |
Nova Scotia | 229 |
Nunavut | 3 |
Ontario | 5297 |
Prince Edward Island | 27 |
Quebec | 1147 |
Saskatchewan | 136 |
Yukon | 6 |