According to Yahoo News, Canada is seeking to take the GazaPassage Pledge to help non-combatants leave Gaza.
Help would be limited to extended family members of Canadians and those with Canadian residency.
The GazaPassage Pledge is part of the organization’s Phase II plan it announced on October 27. Six days later, the UAE accepted the pledge in allowing 1000 families of injured children to leave Gaza. Australia too has pledged to help non-combatants leave Gaza since.
GazaPassage is working to ensure the UAE, Australia, Canada, and other nations and organizations around the world help non-combatants leave Gaza for humanitarian purposes.
Canadians have called for the government to take the same humanitarian pledge Australia has taken for extended family members of its residents.
GazaPassage formally published its pledge on December 3 for broad distribution. It is republished below.
GAZAPASSAGE PLEDGE
Pursuant to (at least*) the Conditions below, the nation of _____ offers up to ______[#] humanitarian non-combatant beneficiaries from Gaza temporary residence, who meet its criteria.
*Each pledging nation is likely to have more detailed and exacting conditions. Nothing in the GazaPassage Pledge restricts a nation from exercising its discretion in any manner for ensuring the success of the humanitarian effort.
Conditions:
1) This offer pertains to Temporary Status Only.2) Each pledging nation may set its own terms for the length of Temporary Status, which may be open-ended, fixed time or conditioned upon the cessation of hostilities in Gaza.3) Nothing in this pledge requires that a pledging nation is responsible for the costs of the Pledge. That is, a pledging nation may require financial assistance from the international community as a condition of taking the pledge.
