Students Trapped in Gaza Because of Israeli Siege appeal to Ban Ki-moon

Trapped Gazan students appeal to Ban Ki-moon

[ 25/07/2008 - 12:17 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

A delegation representing students trapped in the Gaza Strip along with the representative of the British campaign "Let Palestinian Students Study" met, on Thursday, with John Ging, the UNRWA head of Gaza operations.

Rami Abdo, representative of the "Let Palestinian Students Study" campaign said in a statement on Friday that the delegation handed Ging a letter to the United Nations General Secretary, Ban Ki-moon, calling on him to intervene to allow them to leave the Gaza Strip and join their universities abroad.

Abdo also praised the position of John Ging which he described as responsible and reflects his appreciation of the suffering of the trapped students and the fact that one of their basic rights, the right to education, is being violated by the Israeli occupation, something which threatens their future.

Ging, for his part, said that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is sixty years old, guaranteed the most basic of human rights and that one of the most basic rights are the right to free movement and the right to education, both of which are being violated in the case of the trapped Gaza students.

Ging also praised the formation of the committee for trapped students, calling on the committee to furnish UNRWA with all its statements and promising the students that he will raise their issue at all levels.

Meanwhile, Wael al-Daya, coordination of the committee said that the trapped students are going through very difficult psychological state as the new academic year is approaching and some of them have already missed one year.

He called for interaction with this issue and called on all trapped students to register their names with the campaign at www.letpalstudy.org.uk

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