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International aid agencies hold secret collaboration meeting with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (New Humanitarian, 2025-08-08)

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/08/08/international-aid-agencies-hold-secret-collaboration-meeting-gaza-humanitarian
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>> The New Humanitarian obtained a read-out of the confidential meeting emailed on 7 August to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (#IASC) – the highest-level coordination forum in the international humanitarian system, composed of #UN agencies and major NGOs.
The read-out was co-signed by Joyce Msuya, the second-most senior official at the UN’s emergency aid coordination body, #OCHA, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The officials’ willingness to pursue cooperation marks a significant shift in position for aid groups and the UN, whose relief chief warned in May that the #GHF model exposes thousands of people to harm, and sets an “unacceptable precedent” for aid delivery around the world as it violates core humanitarian principles…

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U.S. brokers Gaza aid meeting between UN and GHF to reduce tensions(Axios, 2025-08-07)

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/07/un-ghf-gaza-aid-meeting-starvation
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>> Senior #UN aid officials met Wednesday with the chair of the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, marking their first direct engagement since the foundation began operating in Gaza in late May, according to a U.S. official and two other sources with direct knowledge.

>> U.S. diplomat Morgan Ortagus participated alongside #GHF chair Johnnie Moore and representatives of the World Food Program, #UNICEF, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Red Cross.

>> Sources with knowledge of the meeting said … unusual ground rules: No phones were allowed in the meeting, and … nothing in the meeting could be attributed to its participants.

>> No decision was made on cooperation in Gaza, according to the sources.

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