European Parliament - Press Conference upon Returning from gaza.

PRESS CONFERENCE - Returning from gaza.

PRESS CONFERENCE

RETURNING FROM GAZA
WEDNESDAY 20/01/10, 11:00, EP PRESS ROOM STRASBOURG

12 Members of the European Parliament* from 4 different factions took part in the most representative parliamentarian delegation ever to visit Gaza.
The delegation further contained members of regional and national parliaments from 12 countries all over Europe, and consisted of nearly 60 members in total. They succeeded to enter Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah-crossing.

The purpose of this fact finding-mission was to gather information about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, under siege since the 2006 elections.

It included, amongst others, talks with members of the Palestinian Legislative Council and representatives of local NGOs in Gaza, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary General of the Arab League and the speaker of the Egyptian Parliament in Cairo.

The mission was organized by the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG), the umbrella body of thirty NGOs across Europe, and was headed by Sir Gerald Kaufman, MP.

*The European Parliament delegation

BENARAB-ATTOU Malika (EFA, France)
CHILDERS Nessa (S&D, Ireland)
DE BRÚN Bairbre (GUE/NGL, Ireland)
EVANS Jill (EFA, UK)
GOEBBELS Robert (S&D, Luxembourg)
HOWITT Richard (S&D, UK)
MATIAS Marisa (GUE/NGL, Portugal)
RINALDI Niccolò (ALDE, Italy)
SCHOLZ Helmut (GUE/NGL, Germany)
SMITH Alyn (EFA, UK)
THEIN Alexandra (ALDE, Germany)
ZALA Boris (S&D, Slovakia)



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