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Acting EU Representative Tomas Niklasson (left), Cornelia Dinter from Germany’s KfW Development Bank (right) and Acting UNRWA Commissioner-General Christian Saunders (center) signed additional contribution agreements for UNRWA at a signing ceremony in the UNRWA Preparatory Girls’ School in Silwan in East Jerusalem on 11 December 2019, with the Deputy German Representative, Michael Herold, looking on. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Marwan Baghdadi

The European Union and Germany Sign Vital Contribution Agreements

11 December 2019
The European Union (EU) and the Federal Republic of Germany today signed additional contribution agreements with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The event took place at the UNRWA Jerusalem Girls’ School in Silwan,...

UNRWA CELEBRATES HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

10 December 2019
This December 10, UNRWA joined the international community in celebrating Human Rights Day. This marks the commemoration of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This year, UNRWA schools across the Agency’s five...
The Head of the Representative Office of Austria in Ramallah, Astrid Wein (right), shakes hands with UNRWA Chief of Donor Relations Mr. Marc Lassouaoui, at UNRWA HQ in Jerusalem following the signing of an agreement amounting to EUR 2 million. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Elizabeth Meyer

Austria Contributes EUR 2 Million to Support UNRWA Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2019

10 December 2019
The Government of Austria yesterday signed an agreement amounting to EUR 2 million with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s 2019 Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal.
UNRWA Marks 70 Years of Service for Palestine Refugees

UNRWA Marks 70 Years of Service for Palestine Refugees

10 December 2019
On 8 December 2019, the UNRWA marked 70 years in service for Palestine refugees. Following the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948, UNRWA was established by the United Nations General Assembly to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. Today, some 5.5...
UN Deputy Secretary General Ms. Amina Mohammed takes a group photo with students who are members of the School Parliament at Nuzha Elementary Girls School during Ms. Amina’s visit to UNRWA in Nuzha area, Amman on 9 December 2019. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Daniah Al-Batayneh.

UN Deputy Secretary-General visits Jordan, renews support for UNRWA

10 December 2019
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, visited a number installations of the UNRWA in Amman on 9 December. During her visit, she was accompanied by Acting UNRWA Commissioner-General Mr. Christian Saunders and the Director of UNRWA Affairs in...

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