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UN aid chief calls for reopening of Strait of Hormuz

Published May 3, 2026 Updated May 3, 2026 01:19am
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UN humanitarian aid chief Tom Fletcher has echoed a call by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to open the Strait of Hormuz urgently.

“[The] humanitarian community is working to keep lifesaving aid moving: we need governments and business to fast‑track customs and waive logistics, war & fuel surcharges for humanitarian goods,” he writes on X.

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