• The General Assembly votes on a Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The report was adopted with 165 votes in favour, 2 against and 9 abstentions. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

    Immense support for the renewal of the UNRWA mandate at the UN General Assembly

    The United Nations General Assembly voted on December 13, 2019 to extend the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until 2023.Read more
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UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

we provide assistance and protection for
some 5.5 million palestine refugees

 

Highlights

Ms Fathma Qasha (centre) with Rahma Mu’ammar (right) and classmate Mona (left) hold the trophy for winning the school’s table-tennis tournament. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Khalil Adwan.
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When Sports Can Help Illuminate the Future
Rahma Mu’ammar is a ninth-grade student at the UNRWA al-Fukhari...
Ranna Al Rimlawi 24 years-old passionately works on one of her sand sculptores at her home in Gaza City, Gaza. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Ibrahim Abu Usheeba
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Bringing memory to life: One sculptor’s journey through blockade
Ranna Al Ramlawi is a 24-year old Palestine refugee from Gaza. Her...
UNRWA school staff accept an International School Award accreditation in Beirut, Lebanon. © 2019 UNRWA photo by Rabie Akel.
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Taking on the world: Palestine Refugee Students in Lebanon Receive International Recognition
In Lebanon, some 37,000 Palestine refugee students are being...
End of year message from the Commissioner-General to UNRWA staff
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End of year message from the Commissioner-General
In 2019, we faced the most serious financial shortfall in the...
Zahra’a (left) and Sondous (right) attend class at the UNRWA al-Faloujeh alternative school in Yalda, south of Damascus, Syria. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Taghrid Mohammad
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Through rubble and debris to a better future
Seventh-graders Sondous and Zahra’a from Yarmouk walk past the...
The Acting Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Christian Saunders (right), and Japanese Ambassador Magoshi (left) sign two contribution agreements amounting to some US$ 11.5 million in support of UNRWA in Ramallah in the presence of H.E. Dr Mohammed Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine, and H.E. Mr. Keisuke Suzuki, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (c) 2019 UNRWA Photo by Takuto Kubo.
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Japan Contributes Over US$ 11 Million for Food, Education and Sanitation for Palestine Refugees
The Government of Japan today signed two contribution agreements...

What we do

UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.

UNRWA IN FIGURES

UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.

3.1 M Refugees Access Our Health Services

460 K Refugees Impacted by the Conflict in Syria

5.5 M Refugees covered by our protection mandate

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Education is My Future

Education is the only thing that determines my future,” says Nour. “I will never be able to reach my goal without a proper education, and for this reason, I continue to bear the difficult circumstances.

Says 15-year-old Nour al-Hoda Attiah

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