イスラエルのＵＮＲＷＡ禁止法案を深刻懸念　日本など７カ国が外相声明

　日本、英国、韓国、ドイツ、フランスなど有志国７カ国は２７日、イスラエル国会が国連パレスチナ難民救済事業機関（ＵＮＲＷＡ）の国内活動を禁じる法案を審議していることに「深刻な懸念」を表明する外相共同声明を発表した。
　声明は、ＵＮＲＷＡの活動が妨げられれば「特にガザ地区北部で、既に危機的で急速に悪化している人道状況に壊滅的な影響を及ぼすだろう」と指摘。イスラエル政府に対し「ＵＮＲＷＡの人道支援、基本的なサービスの提供を円滑にする責任を果たすことを強く求める」と強調した。（2024/10/27-14:03）

The foreign ministers of Japan and six other countries on Sunday expressed "grave concern" over an Israeli bill for banning activities in the country of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA.
   The bill, now being debated by Israel's parliament, is aimed at revoking UNRWA's privileges and immunities, forbidding any contact between UNRWA and Israeli state entities and their officials, and prohibiting any UNRWA presence within Israel, according to a statement issued by the ministers of the seven nations, also including Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Australia and South Korea.
   If UNRWA's activities are hampered, that would have "devastating consequences on an already critical and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, particularly in northern Gaza," the statement said.
   Noting that it is crucial for UNRWA and other U.N. organizations and agencies to be fully able to deliver humanitarian aid to those in need, the ministers urged the Israeli government to "live up to its responsibility to facilitate full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian assistance in all its forms as well as the provision of sorely needed basic services to the civilian population."