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Press Releases
| Work Begins on Shaikh Zayed Quarter, Neirab Camp


| 10 November 2009
 The first row of 60-year old shelters will be demolished over the course of this week in Neirab refugee camp, Syria, in an effort to improve the sub-standard living conditions of the refugees living there. |

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| UNRWA Opens US-funded School in Dera’a Camp


| 03 November 2009
 UNRWA unveiled a building today in Dera’a that will house a new school for girls. The Ein Karemen Girls School was funded generously by a USD 822,600 donation from the United States government. |

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| West Bank education recovery plan launches


| 31 October 2009
 A donor launch for UNRWA’s education recovery plan took place at Shu’fat Girls School in Jerusalem on 31 October. |

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| "Why? UNRWA and Palestine Refugees after 60 Years"


| 29 October 2009
 UNRWA hosted a panel discussion in Damascus yesterday, to commemorate sixty years of UNRWA’s provision of services and aid to Palestine refugees.
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| Vanessa Redgrave wows audience at UNRWA benefit performance


| 29 October 2009
 Almost 1,300 New Yorkers crowded into the St. John the Divine Cathedral in Manhattan on Monday night to watch a mesmerising reprise by Vanessa Redgrave of her Broadway hit play, "The Year of Magical Thinking." |

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| UNRWA Receives PAM Prize for Excellence in the Mediterranean

| 27 October 2009
 UNRWA is honoured to have been awarded the PAM Prize for Excellence in the Mediterranean. |

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| Ambassador of Japan hosts scholarship recipients


| 27 October 2009
 The Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon, H.E. Mr. Koichi Kawakami, yesterday held a lunch for seven Palestinian students who graduated in Sciences and Business Administration thanks to scholarships from the government of Japan. |

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| UNRWA Job Creation Programme to provide 3,100 new jobs for Gazan private sector


| 26 October 2009
 UNRWA's Director of Operations in Gaza today announced the doubling of the Agency's Job Creation Programme to a total of 14,000 job opportunities a month, with 3,100 jobs specifically in support of the Gazan private sector. |

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| UNRWA Launches Da’am Programme

| 23 October 2009
 UNRWA is launching a new programme that will provide more accurate and efficient assistance to its target population. |

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| UNRWA to construct a cemetery for Palestine refugees through the support of Walid Joumblatt, CCC and the PLO


| 19 October 2009
 UNRWA today signed a lease agreement with Lebanese MP and leader of the Progressive Socialist party, Walid Joumblatt, to construct a cemetery for Palestine refugees in Lebanon. |

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