There was strong diplomatic and donor support for UNRWA and its mandate at the Ministerial-level meeting which took place in New York during the General Assembly on 22 September
“We are gathered here first of all to send a message of solidarity and reassurance to 5.3 million Palestine Refugees,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl tells the high-level meeting “Giving Hope to Palestine Refugees: New Horizons for Sustainable Funding for UNRWA” hosted by the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC), along with the governments of Jordan and Sweden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2017 in New York
