Our spokesperson Chris Gunness has the following to say on the situation in Yarmouk Camp
"UNRWA was not cleared to distribute humanitarian assistance in Yarmouk today, 28 October.
"UNRWA remains very concerned that since July this year, there has been a steady and significant decline in the quantity of food and other essential items that the Agency has been able to offer to Yarmouk’s civilians. It is acknowledged that in several instances, the distribution of aid in Yarmouk has been interrupted or proved impossible on account of exchanges of gunfire and insecurity. However, these instances do not fully account for the low number of civilians UNRWA is presently enabled to support inside Yarmouk.
"UNRWA is vigorously taking this up with concerned authorities and urging a restoration of the levels of daily authorization, facilitation and support that made it possible for UNRWA to reach over 1,000 civilian families inside Yarmouk on some distribution days earlier this year.
"UNRWA will continue drawing attention to the suffering of Yarmouk’s civilians, and will persist in its demand for full, safe and sustained humanitarian access to Yarmouk."