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UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl addresses the 152nd session of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers in Cairo. © 2019 UNRWA Photo.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Calls for Urgent Political and Financial Support at the Arab League Summit

11 September 2019
The Commissioner-General of the UNRWA Pierre Krähenbühl, has urgently called on Arab states for their continued financial and political support to Palestine refugees
An UNRWA TVET graduate from the UNRWA Siblin Vocational Training Centre, South Campus with European Union representative Mr. Rein Nieland at the 2019 UNRWA Siblin Training Centre graduation ceremony. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Ahmad Mahmoud.

432 Students Graduate from UNRWA Siblin Training Centre with support from the European Union

07 September 2019
UNRWA Siblin Training Centre (STC) celebrated the graduation of 432 students in twenty specializations, including nursery education,
Newly-appointed Deputy Commissioner-General, Mr. Christian Saunders, Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza, Mr. Matthias Schmale, and UNRWA senior staff at the inauguration of Rafah Logistic Base © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Ibraheem Abu Osheba.

UNRWA Opens a New Supply Warehouse in Rafah

05 September 2019
UNRWA yesterday officially opened its new logistics base in Rafah, which is the largest of its kind in the Gaza Strip. The ceremony was attended by Christian Saunders
Students celebrate their first day of school at the UNRWA Nuzha School. Some 169 Agency schools opened across Jordan yesterday. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Abed Nabeel

120,000 Palestine Refugee Students in Jordan Return to UNRWA Schools

02 September 2019
Ahmad Sa’feen began a new school year yesterday at one of 169 schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Ismail Ajjawi, photographed in his home near El Buss refugee camp, Lebanon. He achieved a top eight score in the Official Lebanese Baccalaureate (IB) examination across Lebanon and ranked number one for the whole south region. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Abeer Nouf.

Harvard-bound Ismail Ajjawi an inspiration to fellow UNRWA students

30 August 2019
Seventeen-year-old Palestine refugee, Ismail Ajjawi, who was admitted to the Harvard University incoming freshman class of 2023 and issued a visa to the United States,

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