Geneva- The South African Archbishop and Nobel peace prize winner, Desmond Tutu has called off his UN mission to Gaza, Monday blaming delays by the Israeli Government.
He had been due to depart on Sunday on a visit on behalf of the Human Rights Council to Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza town which came under a barrage of artillery fire by Israel last month. Nineteen people were killed.
The Archbishop said Monday that an important part of his mission would have involved meeting high-level government officials but the necessary visas did not arrive in time.