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UNRWA Decries Killing of Four Palestine Refugee Students in Gaza

11 May 2021
UNRWA condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing yesterday of four Palestine refugee children near the village of Beit Hanoun, Gaza. All four children came from the same family, two siblings and two cousins.

UNRWA Statement on the latest European Parliament Resolution

30 April 2021
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is disappointed by the language adopted by the European Parliament in its 2019 discharge resolution on European Union (EU) budget implementation. The language implies that UNRWA...
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

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