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Right Honourable James Cleverly MP, State Secretary for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, visited residents of Jalazone refugee camp for Palestine Refugees -
For the first time in eleven years, Palestine Refugee students in Yarmouk camp are going back to school in the camp. -
Addressing the opening session of the 160th Session of the League of Arab States Council at the Ministerial level, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini urged Arab states to put the issue of Palestine Refugees back on top of their political agendas. -
Mr. Chair, Mr. Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Excellencies, I am grateful for the renewed opportunity to bring the situation of Palestine Refugees to your attention. This Council is a crucial forum that I particularly prioritize, given our common interest in seeing their rights upheld. Since last I addressed the Council in March, the situation for millions of Palestine Refugees in the region has further deteriorated. The Israeli military operation in Jenin camp and the armed clashes in Ein el Helweh camp are just two of several worrying developments. Gaza saw renewed... -
A delegation from Japan, led by H.E. Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister for Foreign Affairs accompanied by H.E Kensuke Nagaoka, Assistant Minister, Director General of Middle Eastern and African Bureau, and H.E. Jiro Okuyama, Ambassador of Japan to Jordan, was welcomed by Leni Stenseth, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General, Olaf Becker, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Jordan, and H.E. Eng. Rafiq Khirfan, Director-General of Jordan's Department of Palestinian Affairs in Amman New Camp, Jordan.
