
| UNRWA Marks Sixtieth Anniversary of Operations


| 01 May 2010
 Sixty years ago today, the first aid workers with the then-fledgling United Nations Relief and Works Agency arrived on the ground to assist some 750,000 Palestine refugees. |

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| Special Political and Decolonization Committee


| 02 November 2009
 Statement by Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd. |

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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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| Blue Balloon flies to Fawwar Camp


| 28 September 2009
 UNRWA’s Blue Balloon mobile, stuffed with music, games, volunteers, scores of good will and, of course, hundreds of blue balloons, wound its way through the Hebron hills in the southern West Bank to share the commemoration of UNRWA’s 60th anniversary with hundreds of children from the Fawwar refugee camp. |

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| UNRWA’s role in a changing context


| 25 September 2009
 UNRWA Commissioner-General’s Statement |

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| Statement by Karen Koning AbuZayd, UNRWA Commissioner-General


| 24 September 2009
 High Level Event, Inaugural Session |

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| World leaders pay tribute to UNRWA on its sixtieth anniversary


| 18 September 2009
 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has announced a week-long series of events beginning in New York next week to mark the 60th anniversary of its creation. |

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| Spectacular show in Vienna to mark UNRWA's 60th anniversary

| 02 July 2009
 A spectacular show of music and poetry with the legendary Lebanese musician Marcel Khalife and the Al-Mayadine Ensemble was enjoyed by hundreds of people in Vienna as part of an ongoing series of events around the world to mark UNRWA's 60th anniversary this week. |

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| Young Musicians Shine at World Refugee Day Concert


| 18 June 2009
 It is 11am on 16 June at the Dar Al Assad Opera Theatre and 20 young musicians are busy rehearsing their set for the last time before taking to the stage alongside world renowned oud player and violinist, Simon Shaheen. |

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| Simon Shaheen performs for World Refugee Day and Gaza Children


| 16 June 2009
 Palestinian 'oud player Simon Shaheen graced the stage of the Dar al Assad Opera House on 16 June in a concert to commemorate World Refugee Day. |

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