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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...

UNRWA receives new funding from the UAE

12 December 2019
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has just disbursed the amount of US$ 25 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
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...

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