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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...
Acting UNRWA Com-Gen's visit to Yarmouk camp, 4 December 2019, Taghrid Mohammad

Acting UNRWA Commissioner-General makes official visit to Syria

09 December 2019
Acting Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Christian Saunders, visited Syria between 3 and 6 December

The Netherlands resumes funding to UNRWA

09 December 2019
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has informed the UNRWA of its decision to resume funding to the Agency, after having temporarily suspended a planned contribution of EUR 13 million, on 31 July
Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Simon Coveney (left), engages with a Palestine refugee student at an UNRWA school in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza during a visit on 3 December 2019. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Khalil Adwan.

Irish Foreign Minister Visits the Gaza Strip and Meets with UNRWA Students from Jabalia

03 December 2019
A high-level Irish delegation led by the Irish Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Simon Coveney, visited the Gaza Strip today and met Palestine refugee students from the UNRWA school in Jabalia refugee camp.
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UNRWA promotes inclusion and leadership

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UNRWA promotes inclusion and leadership

03 December 2019
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reaffirms its commitment to promoting the rights of Palestine refugees with disabilities through its programmes and services and...

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