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Mr. Chair, Mr. Vice-Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am truly pleased to join you for my first meeting with the distinguished members of the Advisory Commission. Let me start by thanking the Chair, Eng. Rafiq Khirfan - Director-General of Jordan’s Department of Palestinian Affairs - for his leadership over the last year. I would like to acknowledge with appreciation the important role as Vice-Chair of H.E Mr. Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister for International Development Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. I look forward to working together under your upcoming...

The Government of Japan contributed US$ 289,319 to the UNRW in Jordan, to support the Agency’s response to COVID-19

At pledging conference, international donor community comes together to sustain funding for renewed UNRWA mandate

In June 2020, the Government of Japan contributed over US$ 1.5 million to support efforts by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic across its five fields of operations in Gaza, West Bank including East Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The generous contribution from Japan enables UNRWA to continue to provide primary health care to Palestine refugees. It will also allow the Agency to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including masks, gowns, gloves, protective goggles and face shields, to 3,...