
| Italian Minister for International Cooperation and Integration meets Palestine refugees displaced from Syria


| 15 April 2013 The Italian Minister for International Cooperation and Integration, Andrea Riccardi, has visited Shatila refugee camp near Beirut to meet with Palestine refugees displaced from Syria and witness first-hand their difficult living conditions. |

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| On the occasion of World Health Day, UNRWA highlights results of health reform in Lebanon


| 09 April 2013 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) held a ceremony today in Lebanon Field Office to present the results of health reform activities generously funded by the Italian Development Cooperation beginning in 2010. |

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| Palestinian and Lebanese children demand dignity for all at Italy-funded games


| 06 May 2012 Thousands of Lebanese and Palestinian children throughout Lebanon today jointly braved a marathon in support of human dignity. |

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| Italy invests in health and sports in Palestine refugee camps


| 28 March 2012 On the occasion of the visit to Lebanon of His Excellency Prof. Andrea Riccardi, Italian Minister for International Cooperation and Integration, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon and UNRWA inaugurated today a health centre and playground facilities in the Palestine refugee camp of Dbayeh. |

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| Italians inaugurate new sports facility in Beddawi and El-Buss camps


| 09 November 2010 UISP Sport per Tutti and UNRWA in Lebanon inaugurated a new sports playground in an UNRWA school in Beddawi Camp today. The Italian Sport Association UISP (Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti) funded the EUR 16,500 project. |

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| Mar Elias Camp Joins WHO’s Global Movement: 1,000 Lives, 1,000 Cities


| 07 May 2010 In April 2010, Mar Elias Camp in Lebanon joined the World Health Organization's "1,000 Lives, 1,000 Cities" global campaign, in which health-friendly cities around the world celebrated World Health Day by organising events to promote health activities. |

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| Italian embassy and UNRWA inaugurate new sports facility in Rashidieh


| 01 April 2010 The Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon and the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon inaugurated a new gymnasium in the UNRWA school in Rashidieh today, an initiative funded by the Italian embassy. |

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| Translation of the statement of the Foreign Ministry of Italy upon the appointment of Filippo Grandi as Commissioner-General of UNRWA

| 21 January 2010 Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has expressed his deep appreciation for the appointment - by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - of Filippo Grandi of Italy to a three-year tenure of the post of UNRWA Commissioner-General. |

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| Italy invests in peace and dialogue through sports in Palestine refugee camps

| 25 September 2009 For the second consecutive year, and following the success of the first edition of “Palestiniadi”, the Development Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Italy is funding a three-day-sports event for young Palestine Refugees in UNRWA’s Siblin Training Centre. |

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| Celebrating Music and Children, thanks to Italian support


| 10 December 2009 The voices of young refugees, singing songs from Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Italy delighted guests at the Italian Salesian Theatre in Damascus yesterday, in a concert celebrating a joint project by UNRWA, UNHCR and the Italian Embassy Cooperation Office. |

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