Kuwait city: Algeria on Tuesday called for unimpeded humanitarian and food aid access to the besieged Gaza Strip, amid the systematic starvation and collective prevention of nutrition. Delivering a speech at the Fourth UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4), Algerian Minister of Commerce Kamel Rezig stressed the need for serious action to end this flagrant violation of international law.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Rezig expressed sorrow over the suffering of more than two million people, most of them women and children, from famine, which he described as a blatant violation of all humanitarian values and principles. Algeria aligns with the UN Secretary General's views, emphasizing that food should not be used as a weapon against peoples.
Rezig affirmed that food must remain a humanitarian right to all, and should not be employed as a form of pressure or collective punishment. The call for unrestricted aid access to Gaza highlights the urgency of addressing the humanitarian crisis in the region.