Gaza: UNRWA Programme Aims To Get Children ‘Back To Learning’
The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls in the Gaza Strip back to learning – and...
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India Disburses Initial $2.5 Million For Palestinian Refugee Aid
India has disbursed $2.5 million to UNRWA, half of its annual $5 million contribution for 2024-25. UNRWA has provided aid to Palestinian refugees since 1950...
“UN agency for Palestinians must close”: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for shutting down the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). He accused staff of aiding Hamas as...
US Penalizes UN Agency Over Staff’s Alleged Involvement In Hamas Attacks On Israel
The US expressed deep concern and temporarily halted funding to UNRWA after a staffer was fired for allegedly participating in Hamas attacks against Israel on...
India Sends $2.5 Million Aid For Palestinian Refugees
On Thursday, India fulfilled its annual commitment by releasing the second instalment of $2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian...
Despite ‘rampant’ poverty, ‘existential’ lack of funding impedes UNRWA’s work
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A long-term lack of funding for the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, now represents an “existential” threat, its top official warned on Thursday. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, said that chronic...