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e-4886 (Foreign affairs)
- Keywords
- Foreign policy
- Humanitarian assistance and workers
- International conflict and international conflict resolution
- Israel
- Palestine
E-petition
Initiated by Majeda Al Hareri from Hamilton, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to strengthen its call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Palestine-Israel conflict for the express purpose of delivering aid to the people of Palestine who are at the very brink of mass starvation and famine.
The dire situation in Palestine has been made abundantly clear by the UN Secretary-General's press statement on March 18, 2024 following the ICP Global Initiative Special Brief on the Gaza Strip: "This is the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system –anywhere, anytime." The safe delivery of aid has been widely halted at the Palestine-Israel border, and thus a ceasefire is necessary in order to prevent the imminent man-made famine and its mortality impact on the Palestinian population.
Additional information regarding this crisis can be accessed at:
1. Secretary-General’s Press Encounter on Gaza Food Insecurity Report – Statement. (2024, March 18), from United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Secretary-General. Retrieved March 19, 2024; and
2. ICP Global Initiative - Special Brief. IPC ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY ANALYSIS: 15 FEBRUARY - 15 JULY 2024 (2024, March 18). Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- Open for signature
- April 18, 2024, at 3:29 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 18, 2024, at 3:29 p.m. (EDT)
