"Urgent Call for Ceasefire in Gaza to End Carnage"

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has called for immediate action to address the escalating carnage in Gaza. He urges the warring parties to respect international humanitarian law, agree to a ceasefire, and stop the fighting. Griffiths outlines a comprehensive plan that includes facilitating aid convoys, opening additional crossing points, ensuring access to fuel and aid delivery, expanding safe shelters for displaced people, improving a humanitarian notification mechanism, allowing civilians to move to safer areas, and funding the humanitarian response. He emphasizes the need for broad international support and urges the world to act before it is too late.