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Staff member says Israeli plan to set up aid ‘hubs’ would contravene humanitarian principles
Summary
A staff member told the meeting that a plan briefed by Israeli authorities to establish aid delivery hubs would “shut down” existing humanitarian mechanisms and risk preventing aid from reaching the most vulnerable, the transcript shows.
A staff member said a plan briefed by Israeli authorities to establish hubs for delivering humanitarian assistance would contravene humanitarian principles and risk preventing aid from reaching the most vulnerable people.
“The plan that we were briefed on by the Israeli authorities looks to establish hubs which through which aid would be delivered. This contravenes humanitarian principles as this would basically shut down the existing aid delivery mechanism that already operates within the bounds of humanitarian principles,” the staff member said. “Giving more operational control to a party to the conflict would risk aid not reaching the vulnerable people who actually need this aid the most.”
The speaker described the briefed mechanism as incompatible with established humanitarian norms and warned that operational control by a party to the conflict could reduce access for existing aid providers and the populations they serve. The transcript does not record further details about the proposed hub locations, implementing agencies, or any legal authority cited to support the plan.
No formal motions or votes on the plan are recorded in the provided transcript segment. The remarks in the excerpt appear to be a briefing or statement rather than a board-level action or formal decision.
The transcript excerpt contains the speaker’s assessment but does not provide supporting documents or responses from the Israeli authorities on the record in this segment.
