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Statement from the UNRWA Commissioner-General on World Health Day 2021

Statement from the UNRWA Commissioner-General on World Health Day 2021

07 April 2021
Today, is the second World Health Day in the shadow of the devastating spread of the COVID-19 virus, leaving in its wake untold death, suffering and economic hardship across the globe. Refugees and displaced persons, including Palestine refugees, are among the populations...
UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL PHILIPPE LAZZARINI

FEMALE STAFF ARE CRITICAL TO OUR MISSION AND LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

08 March 2021
Almost one year since the outbreak of the pandemic, UNRWA today commemorates International Women’s Day under the theme “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World”
Statement of UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the opening session of the 155th regular Ministerial Level meetin of the League of Arab States

Statement of UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the opening session of the 155th regular Ministerial Level meeting of the League of Arab States

03 March 2021

UNRWA improves safeguards on ensuring adherence of educational materials with UN principles; prepares to launch secure agencywide self-learning platform

14 January 2021
In its more than 700 schools educating more than 500,000 Palestine refugee children across the Middle East, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) curriculum emphasizes the UN values of neutrality, human rights, tolerance...
Statement of the UNRWA Commissioner-General on Occasion of the 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Statement of the UNRWA Commissioner-General on Occasion of the 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities

03 December 2020
To mark the 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reaffirms its commitment to promote and to protect the rights and needs of Palestine refugees with disabilities

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