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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Abbreviation UNRWA Formation 8 December 1949 ; 75 years ago (1949-12-08) Type United Nations programme Purpose Provide direct relief and works programmes for Palestinian refugees Headquarters Amman, Jordan Gaza ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Clickable map of the more than 400 depopulated towns and villages of the 1948 Palestinian exodus (red) and the c. 60 modern day Palestinian refugee camps (blue) Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country, village or ...
The revelation that U.N. staff members participated in October 7 is the latest in a string of controversies.
Since 25 April 1992, Georgia has recognized the state of Palestine, which was proclaimed in 1988, and the two nations enjoy diplomatic ties. [1] The Georgian government did not participate in the UNESCO vote on Palestine's admission. Georgia voted in support of giving Palestine UN non-member observer status. [2] "Georgia is geographically ...
Jan Egeland, former head of the U.N. humanitarian agency and secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said it was “telling” that U.N. bodies and nongovernmental organizations agree ...
The United Nations estimates that there are 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in the world, most of whom are now the descendants of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were expelled or ...
Palestinian refugees living in the areas of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are covered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Unlike UNHCR, UNRWA does not have a mandate to resettle Palestine refugees and has no authority to seek lasting ...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday described the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as "the backbone of all humanitarian response in Gaza" and appealed to all countries to ...