Press Releases |
| Turkey donates USD 250,000 for Nahr el-Bared reconstruction
| 03 February 2012
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today a new donation of USD 250,000 from Turkey toward the Restoring Dignity fundraising appeal for Lebanon. |
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| Denmark donates 1 million kroner for Nahr el-Bared reconstruction
| 03 February 2012
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today a new donation of 1 million DKK (US$173,762) from Denmark toward the Restoring Dignity fundraising appeal for Lebanon. |
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| UNRWA Commissioner-General meets with Dutch Foreign Minister
| 01 February 2012
UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi was received by the Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal in The Hague. The Commissioner-General briefed the Foreign Minister on UNRWA operations throughout the region. |
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Articles |
| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits UNRWA in Gaza
| 02 February 2012
UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi accompanies UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Gaza during Mr. Ban’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory on 1 and 2 February 2012. |
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| How one small loan brought a refugee family back together
| 01 February 2012
“Eight years ago, I was one of UNRWA’s ‘special hardship cases’,” says 49-year-old Ezzeddine Abdel Aziz el Saleh. Unable to afford housing for his family, Ezzeddine sent his seven children to live with their grandparents. |
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| Growing up in a crowded Gaza refugee camp
| 31 January 2012
“It’s my right to have a decent and healthy house. It is my right to live in dignity.” Ten year-old Aya reads these words in her human rights textbooks as she prepares for exams. |
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Official Statements |
| 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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| Commissioner-General's opening statement to UNRWA Advisory Commission
| 28 November 2011
It has been a year of momentous changes in the Middle East. Circumstances have been diverse in different countries, but firm, courageous and clear calls for human rights and freedoms, better governance, a more equitable share of resources, and improved living conditions, have similarly resonated throughout the Arab world. |
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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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