| UNRWA West Bank: Clarification regarding recent media reports
| 14 December 2012
Clarification with reference to reports recently published in the media concerning UNRWA’s emergency appeal transition, changes in programmes, and the Agency’s inability to renew the contracts of 114 personnel. |
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| Remarks by UNRWA ComGen at closing of 30th-anniversary conference, Oxford Refugee Studies Centre
| 13 December 2012
It is an honour to be here with you today, and to address this audience on the occasion of the 30th-anniversary conference of the Refugee Studies Centre. This event is a welcome, encouraging reminder that refugees remain people to whom we owe support. |
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| Speech by UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Margot Ellis at 2013 Pledging Conference
| 04 December 2012
It has been one year since I last stood here to brief you on UNRWA’s operations. Events on the ground throughout the region have unfortunately made it an even more challenging, and in many respects, a tragic 12 months. |
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| Commissioner-General's statement to the UNRWA Advisory Commission
| 26 November 2012
Last Tuesday I was in Gaza. I visited a food distribution centre which had been badly damaged in an airstrike, but which our staff had repaired within hours. |
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| Commissioner-General's statement to the UN's Special Political and Decolonisation Committee
| 06 November 2012
Statement by Filippo Grandi, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, to the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. |
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| UNRWA statement on Palestine refugees in Syria
| 22 July 2012
UNRWA views with increasingly grave concern the situation in Syria, particularly as regards the implications for the stability and protection of 500,000 Palestine refugees across the country. The Agency is also concerned about the safety of UNRWA staff, the security of its facilities, and about humanitarian access to affected refugees. |
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| Commissioner-General’s opening statement to UNRWA Advisory Commission, June 2012
| 20 June 2012
Delivered by Filippo Grandi on 18 June 2012: I have chosen to focus on UNRWA as an organisation, with an eye to the future and with the Advisory Commission’s past recommendations clearly in mind. |
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| Commissioner-General statement on World Refugee Day 2012
| 18 June 2012
This special day reminds us of the trauma faced by all refugees around the world who have been uprooted by violence, persecution or conflict. This is an experience which reverberates among the Palestine refugees we at UNRWA serve. |
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| UNRWA statement on the passing of Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
| 18 June 2012
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees is deeply saddened by the passing away of His Royal Highness Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
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| Commissioner-General’s opening remarks at camp improvement exhibition
| 22 May 2012
The partnership between Germany and UNRWA is one of the Agency’s most valuable: a joint venture that has helped us test and implement a new approach to improving the lives of the Palestine refugees. |
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