The government of Israel has not responded to any of the communications sent to him by the high commissioner of the UN for human rights and also refuses to maintain contact with its representative in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as to issue visas for its international staff.
“International staff have been waiting for their visas for three years. “I have received one, although obviously short-lived, and I hope they extend it,” revealed today the head of human rights of United Nations for Loop and the West Bank, Ajith Sunghaywho paid a brief visit to Loop last week.
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The UN documents human rights violations in Loop through national staff and a network of onegés with whom it works in the field, “who continue to do their brave work, ensuring that there is a record of violations and that the humanitarian response continues, at the cost of their own lives.”
In a conference call with journalists in Geneva, sunghay pointed out that he has not been able to establish any dialogue with the Israeli authorities, who have maintained an intense military offensive on Gaza since the October 7 attacks in Israel that has caused the death of more than 26,000 Palestinians75% of them women and children.
The human rights spokesperson of the UN, Ravina Shamdasaniconfirmed for his part that Israel has not responded to any of the letters sent to it by the high commissioner Volker Turk through its diplomatic mission accredited to United Nations in Geneva.
Shamdasani defended the importance of UN continue to carry out your human rights work on the ground, “airing what is happening” and insisting on accountability sooner or later.
He acknowledged that Israel’s cooperation is non-existent despite the letters sent by Türk and that every time his organization has a report on human rights in the Palestinian territories ready, it is sent to him through official channels before it is made public so that he can make his comments before publication, as is customary in this type of cases.
“So we express our concern directly and we also feel the need to raise the alarm publicly, but we have not received any formal response from you.”he stressed.
