Dead Sea – The high-level international conference on the urgent humanitarian response for Gaza kicked off on Tuesday in the Dead Sea region (40 km south of Amman), with the participation of Morocco.

HM King Mohammed VI is represented at this Conference, which is being held at the joint initiative of Jordan, Egypt and the United Nations, by Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch.

The conference will be attended by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, heads of State and government representing over 75 countries, and representatives of humanitarian organizations and international financial institutions, according to the organizers.

Themed ‘The Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza’, the conference aims to identify ways of strengthening the international community’s response to the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.

Participants will also discuss effective mechanisms and measures to achieve a collective and coordinated response to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and a consensus o
n practical measures to meet immediate needs on the ground.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse