Commissioner Georgieva calls for opening of Gaza Strip crossings

Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva calls for the immediate, sustained and unconditional opening of Gaza Strip crossings

"Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva has highlighted the dramatic and far-reaching effects of the blockade of the Gaza Strip. As the Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response has just seen for herself, the blockade exacerbates the predicament of a large number of Palestinians, and hinders the flow of humanitarian aid, persons and commercial goods to and from the Gaza Strip"