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Lebanon: UNRWA forced to postpone start of school year in the south due to Ein El Hilweh events

27 September 2023
More than 11,000 Palestine Refugees children in South Lebanon will not be able to join their peers at the beginning of the school year on 2 October. This is a quarter of refugee school children and is due to violence and clashes in the Ein El Hilweh camp, the largest in the...
UNRWA school and psychosocial support counselors gather in Amman for a workshop to develop counselors’ ability to identify and address students’ psychosocial needs. © 2023 UNRWA Photo

UNRWA HOLDS AGENCY-WIDE WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT COUNSELORS

26 September 2023
AMMAN UNRWA conducted an Agency-wide workshop for school and psychosocial support counselors in Amman from 11-13 September 2023 aimed at developing counselors’ ability to identify and address students’ psychosocial needs. The workshop brought together some 44 education...
UNRWA Health Response to Ein El Hilweh Conflict

UNRWA Health Response to Ein El Hilweh Conflict

26 September 2023
Continuing Vital Health-Care Support for Displaced Palestine Refugees BEIRUT, UNRWA is providing health-care services to the displaced Palestine Refugees from Ein El Hilweh camp, including for those who seek refuge in the emergency shelters located in UNRWA schools and...
Iceland’s Foreign Minister Ms. ÞórdísKolbrún R. Gylfadóttir and UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini signed a multi-year framework agreement for the years 2024-2028. (C) 2023 UNRWA Photo

ICELAND SIGNS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH UNRWA IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE REFUGEES

21 September 2023
Iceland’s Foreign Minister Ms. Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir and UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini signed a multi-year framework agreement for the years 2024-2028 in support of Palestine Refugees in UNRWA’s five fields of operation. The signature took place on...
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini addresses media representatives during a press briefing following the High-Level Ministerial Event in New York on 21 September 2023. © 2023 UNRWA Photo

Ministerial event in support of Palestine Refugees and UNRWA

21 September 2023
Today, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Sweden co-hosted, in the presence of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, a High-Level Ministerial meeting in support of Palestine Refugees and UNRWA on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly.

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