United Nations office for project service (Unops) executive director Jorge Moreira da Silva on Tuesday thanked Cyprus for providing its latest shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza as part of its Amalthea plan.
He confirmed that a total of 400 tonnes of humanitarian aid had been delivered, and said that “the shipment includes urgently needed mattresses and incubators for paediatric wards in Gaza medical facilities”.
His thanks come after Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos had announced last week that a shipment of 900 tonnes of humanitarian aid, comprising edical equipment, including neonatal incubators, hygiene items, shelter equipment, and food shelters, had been delivered to Gaza.
That shipment, he said, had been carried out in coordination with Unops, with the assistance of the UN development programme, the World Health Organisation, and the governments of both France and the United Arab Emirates.
“The Republic of Cyprus will steadfastly continue, regardless of the challenges, to function as a pillar of stability in the region, contributing tangibly through actions and initiatives to regional peace and security,” he said.
He had said in January that more than 30,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid have been delivered to Gaza from Cyprus since the creation of the Amalthea corridor in 2024.
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