Tag: Palestinian refugees

UNRWA currently needs US$ 1.4 billion for operations, programmes and emergency response. Jeddah: At the request of the UN Secretary-General, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, attended the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today. In his bilateral talks he highlighted the Agency’s dire funding crisis, amid unprecedented needs of Palestine Refugees. The Commissioner-General urgently called on rich Arab states to reinstate or increase their financial support as the Agency struggles to delivers on its mandate and...