| Deputy Commissioner-General statement on the 2012 Emergency Appeal
| 17 January 2012
I thank you for attending today’s launch of the 2012 Emergency Appeal. Since the outbreak of the al Aqsa intifada in 2000, UNRWA has issued Emergency Appeals to respond to the humanitarian consequences of this and subsequent conflicts in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |
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| UNRWA launches USD 300 million appeal for Gaza and the West Bank
| 17 January 2012
Three years after the end of the Gaza war, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has launched an emergency appeal for Gaza and the West Bank worth just over 300 million US dollars. Speaking at UNRWA HQ in Gaza |
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| UNRWA calls for renewed international attention to the situation of Palestine refugees
| 28 November 2011
UNRWA's Commissioner-General has called on the international community to renew and strengthen its support for Palestine refugees, particularly the youth who form a substantial and increasingly significant segment of the refugee population. |
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| Constant challenges in an evolving regional context
| 22 November 2011
I am truly honoured to have been invited to deliver the opening address in a conference about Palestine refugees, a community in whose history UNRWA has such a special place. |
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| Waiting for solutions in uncertain times
| 16 November 2011
Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi delivered the 2011 Barbara Harrell-Bond Lecture at the University of Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre, on Palestine refugees in the Middle East context. |
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| Palestinian refugees in the Arab Spring
| 04 November 2011
A video of Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, speaking about the plight of Palestinian refugees at the International Peace Institute in New York. |
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| UNRWA rejects latest accusations by Israeli filmmaker
| 19 September 2011
UNRWA has reviewed the “trailer” of the latest film by the Israeli filmmaker David Bedein and rejects its allegations. It shows political activities which it claims are taking place in UNRWA facilities but which are not. |
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| Palestinian statehood and beyond
| 13 September 2011
As the debate intensifies over the bid for recognition at the UN of a Palestinian state, questions are being raised about UNRWA. For answers, Ma’an turned to the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Filippo Grandi. |
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| UNRWA: Beyond the myths
| 30 August 2011
As debate intensifies over the anticipated Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN in September, many column inches have been devoted to UNRWA. The alleged issues around neutrality are founded on discredited myths and misunderstandings. |
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| Response to Caroline Glick article in Jerusalem Post
| 27 July 2011
I write to thank Caroline Glick for her article which makes clear the importance of the refugees in any possible peaceful dispensation and the importance of continued generous American support for UNRWA’s efforts to promote human development and universal values in this key constituent for peace, until a just and durable solution can be found to their plight, based on international law and UN resolutions. |
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