UN Middle East peace envoy Robert Serry criticizes the international community over the failure to deliver aid promised for reconstructing Gaza, on his final trip to the Palestinian enclave.
“Only a small percentage of the $5.4 billion pledged at the Cairo reconstruction conference (in October) has actually been disbursed. This is, frankly, unacceptable,” he says.
“I urgently call on all stakeholders, including… Palestinian factions, Israel, Egypt, the international community and donors, to change their failed policies and adopt a ‘Gaza first’ strategy.”
More than 100,000 homes remain damaged or destroyed from the war.
Serry, who is to end his term as peace envoy next month, says there was movement toward reconstruction, but that it is too slow.
“To date, over 72,000 people have been cleared to receive construction material… and around 55,000 have actually purchased material to rebuild their homes.”
But “many of those who now have access to building material lack the money to buy them or to carry out the works.”
— AFP
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