The World Health Organization has agreed on a resolution, the first by any United Nations agency, calling for immediate access to vital humanitarian aid and an end to the fighting in Gaza, APA reports citing Al Jazeera.

The resolution – calling for the ‘immediate, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief, including the access of medical personnel’ – was adopted by consensus at the end of a special session of the WHO’s Executive Board on Sunday.

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It also called on ‘all parties to fulfill their obligations under international law’ and reaffirmed ‘that all parties to armed conflict must comply fully with the obligations applicable to them under international humanitarian law related to the protection of civilians in armed conflict and medical personnel.’

The special meeting of the executive board was only the seve
nth in the WHO’s 75-year history.

The passage of the resolution ‘underscores the importance of health as a universal priority, in all circumstances, and the role of healthcare and humanitarianism in building bridges to peace, even in the most difficult of situations,’ the WHO said in a statement after the meeting.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency