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UNRWA Launches 2020 Budget Appeal for US$ 1.4 Billion

31 January 2020
The Acting Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Christian Saunders, today called for a minimum of US$ 1.4 billion to fund the Agency’s essential services and assistance, including life-saving...
The Acting Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Christian Saunders (right), and Japanese Ambassador Magoshi (left) sign two contribution agreements amounting to some US$ 11.5 million in support of UNRWA in Ramallah in the presence of H.E. Dr Mohammed Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine, and H.E. Mr. Keisuke Suzuki, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (c) 2019 UNRWA Photo by Takuto Kubo.

Japan Contributes Over US$ 11 Million for Food, Education and Sanitation for Palestine Refugees

21 December 2019
The Government of Japan today signed two contribution agreements amounting to 1,214,000,000 Japanese Yen (approximately US$ 11.15 million) with the UNRWA
Twenty two UNRWA students are elected to represent more than half a million Palestine refugee students in the Agency-wide Student Parliament. © 2019 UNRWA Photo

UNRWA Students Elect the Third Agency-Wide Student Parliament

17 December 2019
On November 23, the 22 newly elected members of the third Agency-wide Student Parliament (ASP), representing all of the Agency’s fields of operation – Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem
The General Assembly votes on a Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The report was adopted with 165 votes in favour, 2 against and 9 abstentions. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Immense support for the renewal of the UNRWA mandate at the UN General Assembly

16 December 2019
The United Nations General Assembly voted on December 13, 2019 to extend the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until 2023.

QFFD and UNRWA sign a US$ 20.7 million agreement

15 December 2019
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) signed an agreement today under which the State of Qatar will contribute US$ 20.7 million to support the access of Palestine refugees to...

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