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UNRWA Announces Education Expert Advisory Group

02 June 2022
As part of its commitment to providing an inclusive and equitable education to refugee children, UNRWA, announced the launch of an Education Expert Advisory Group to help ensure the over 550,000 Palestine refugee students UNRWA serves maintain access to quality education...
UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillipe Lazzarini inaugurates the UNRWA al-Safsaf Tiberias School in Dera'a camp, Syria. © 2022 UNRWA Photo

UNRWA partners with Japan and UN Habitat to support Palestine refugees returning to Dera’a camp, Syria

31 May 2022
The Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, inaugurated an UNRWA school and health centre and visited repaired shelters in Dera’a refugee camp, in southern Syria
Delegation meets with a Palestine refugee family who have just returned to their reconstructed home in Nahr el-Bared camp. © 2022 UNRWA Photo Maysoun Mustafa

UNRWA hosts a high-level delegation in Nahr el-Bared Camp

31 May 2022
A high-level delegation visited Nahr el-Bared Camp (NBC), including Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon, H.E. Mrs. Nicoletta Bombardiere, Ambassador of Norway to Lebanon, H.E. Mr. Martin Yttervik, and Deputy Head of Mission of the Swiss Embassy in Lebanon, ​​Mrs. Maja Messmer...
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini meets with Head of the Jenin Camp Services Committe, Mr. Mohammad Sabbagh, during his visit to Jenin refugee camp, occupied West Bank. © 2022 UNRWA Photo by Kazem Abu Khalaf

Palestine refugees in Jenin face security and economic challenges

31 May 2022
As part of his constant engagement with the Palestine refugee community, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Mr. Philippe Lazzarini spent a day in Jenin refugee camp, in the northern occupied...
Director of the UNRWA Health Programme, Dr. Akihiro Seita address the press during a press conference on the launch of the UNRWA Department of Health Annual Report 2021. © 2022 UN Photo

UNRWA Releases Health Programme Report: Innovation in the Face of COVID-19

24 May 2022
Today, UNRWA released its 2021 Annual Health Report. The report provides vital information on the health and wellness of Palestine refugees across n the Agency’s five fields of operations – Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, and Syria.

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