Ottawa – Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will travel to Egypt to represent Canada at the Cairo conference on the humanitarian response in Gaza on December 2, 2024. This conference is co-convened by the Government of Egypt and the UN. Canada remains deeply concerned by the persistent and worsening catastrophic humanitarian conditions and the imminent …
Statement by ministers Joly and Hussen on persistent risk of famine in Gaza
Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, have issued the following statement: “Canada continues to be deeply concerned by the catastrophic humanitarian conditions that persist across the Gaza Strip and the life-threatening levels of acute malnutrition. The independent Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification [IPC] has issued a …