UN anti-racism committee decries Israeli siege, urges immediate humanitarian access

GENEVA, (PIC)

The UN’s top anti-racism body has called for immediate humanitarian access to Gaza in a bid to avoid “catastrophic consequences” for its civilian population, who are facing famine, disease, and death.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which convened in Geneva for its latest session on Friday, issued its statement hours after the World Central Kitchen announced it was forced to shut down its remaining food kitchens across Gaza due…