| Syria crisis situation update (Issue 51)
| 18 June 2013
UNRWA continues to deliver essential services and emergency assistance in a challenging environment characterized by unpredictable and repeated displacement of refugees, damage to UNRWA facilities and detention of staff in Syria. The Agency now requires a total of USD 199.4 million to respond to growing needs in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. USD 150 million of this figure will be used to provide urgent humanitarian assistance inside Syria |
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| Syria crisis situation update (Issue 50)
| 10 June 2013
UNRWA launched its Syria Regional Crisis Response this week, alongside the launch of the UN-wide Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan. The new appeal emphasises the particular vulnerability of the Palestine refugee population in Syria and neighbouring countries |
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| Valladolid Regional Government supports UNRWA's Syria humanitarian response plan
| 06 June 2013
Valladolid Regional Government has contributed to UNRWA’s Syria Humanitarian Response Plan, which provides urgent humanitarian assistance to up to 420,000 Palestine refugees affected by unrest in Syria, including those who have fled to Jordan and Lebanon. |
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| Syria crisis situation update (Issue 49)
| 04 June 2013
Nearby conflict and displacement of refugees continue to threaten an already vulnerable population, and UNRWA has now provided cash assistance to more than 215,000 refugees in 2013.The Agency provides food, cash and NFIs, in addition to maintaining regular education, health and social services. |
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| Displaced Palestine refugees in Syria mark Nakba Day
| 28 May 2013
Despite the devastating humanitarian consequences the tragedy of displacement has wrought, a group of displaced Palestine refugees sheltering in one of UNRWA’s schools took a pause from their daily preoccupations to mark the 65th anniversary of Nakba Day. |
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| UNRWA will continue to provide emergency assistance to displaced Palestine refugees, Commissioner-General says on a visit to Syria
| 27 May 2013
UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi visited Syria on 21-23 May to see first-hand the impact of conflict and displacement on Palestine refugees and to provide his personal support and encouragement for UNRWA’s operations. |
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| Syria crisis situation update (Issue 48)
| 26 May 2013
This week UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi visited Syria to witness the impact of conflict and displacement on Palestine refugees within Syria. UNRWA continues to respond to the needs of Palestine refugees in Syria, as well as those who have fled to Lebanon and Jordan, providing food, cash and NFIs, in addition to maintaining regular education |
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| Syria crisis situation update (Issue 47)
| 19 May 2013
UNRWA continues to respond to the needs of Palestine refugees in Syria, distributing 1.1bn Syrian Pounds of cash assistance to 401,000 beneficiaries. The Agency operates in an increasingly challenging operational environment where armed conflict and threats to the lives and safety of UNRWA staff and refugees are commonplace. The number of refugees who have fled Syria to neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan also continues to rise. |
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| Syria crisis situation update (Issue 46)
| 12 May 2013
UNRWA continues to respond to the needs of over 400,000 refugees in Syria, over half of whom have been displaced inside Syria by increasing levels of armed conflict in and around refugee camps in Damascus |
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| The United States supports UNRWA’s Emergency Work With Palestine Refugees from Syria
| 09 May 2013
U.S. Secretary of State today announced a new contribution of USD 8.4 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, for the Agency’s programmes assisting refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. The funds will help UNRWA respond to the critical needs of Palestine refugees affected or displaced by the Syrian conflict. |
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