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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 ...
Palestinian refugees in Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, 1956. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is an organ of the United Nations created exclusively for the purpose of aiding those displaced by the Arab–Israeli conflict, with an annual budget of approximately $600 million. [17]
The international staff of the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) have had to evacuate and relocate to Jordan, its officials said as Israeli legislation banning it came into ...
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is a relief and human development agency, providing education, health care, social services and emergency aid to over 4.7 million Palestine refugees living in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, as well as in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It is the only agency dedicated ...
The agency, which began by assisting about 750,000 Palestinian refugees in 1950, now serves some 5.9 million across the Middle East, many of whom live in refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, the West ...
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres declared on Friday that there is no alternative to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA and 118 countries backed the relief organization as indispensable ...
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 ...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) assists Palestinians in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, as well as in Gaza.