Director-General of the Department of Palestinian Affairs (DPA) Rafiq Khirfan and UNRWA Director of Operations Olaf Becker met to address the agency's operational challenges in Jordan, which have been ...

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Monday rejected Israel's assertion that other organisations could ...

Description David Bedein is the Director of the Center for Near East Policy Research which is dedicated to proactive, ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres defended UNRWA as “indispensable” while WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus insisted the agency is “irreplaceable”. Knowing that no agency can ...

U.N. Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer said Americans ... In January 2024, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini ordered an investigation of any staff who allegedly participated ...

Finally, Siyam accused UNRWA Commissioner General Lazzarini of “trying to dismantle UNRWA and destroy it,” adding that this will fail since most nations show solidarity. Another speaker was ...

UNRWA traces its roots to three UN General Assembly resolutions. The first, Resolution 212 (III) of 19 November 1948, requested the Secretary-General to appoint a Director of United Nations Relief ...

Roland Friedrich, UNRWA director for the West Bank and East Jerusalem, said the raids were “unacceptable” and a “denial of the right to education for children and trainees.” UNRWA has for ...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that since the ceasefire in Gaza on Dec 19 2024, the agency has made unparalleled progress in providing humanitarian ...

In September last year, Qatar during a ministerial meeting in support of UNRWA on the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, announced further $100m pledge as part of ...