SvennoJ on 27 August 2024
Lowering the bar again
EU’s Borrell calls for three-day truce to enable polio vaccination
The European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said the spread of polio threatens all children in Gaza. Calling for an “immediate 3-day humanitarian ceasefire” to enable vaccination, he said, “Our humanity demands it.
The quick spread of polio threatens all children in Gaza, already weakened by displacement, deprivation & malnourishment.
I urge an immediate 3-day humanitarian ceasefire to enable vaccination by @WHO & @UNICEF – independent of wider negotiations.
Our humanity demands it.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) August 27, 2024
3 days to vaccinate over 600,000 children?
At least 50,000 children in Gaza require treatment for acute malnutrition
