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UNRWA operates in five areas: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; [12] aid for Palestinian refugees outside these five areas is provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), established in 1950 as the main agency to aid all other refugees worldwide. [13]
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 ...
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is the body that is tasked with resettlement of refugees, but its mandate does not extend to areas UNRWA operates in. ... UNRWA chief Lazzarini has ...
UNRWA is the only UN agency dedicated to aiding refugees from a specific region or conflict, [21] distinguishing it from UNHCR, a UN agency established in 1950 to assist refugees globally. Unlike UNRWA, UNHCR's mandate includes supporting refugees in achieving local integration, resettlement in third countries, or repatriation when feasible ...
Founded in 1949, the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or Unrwa, works in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, initially caring for the 700,000 Palestinians who were ...
UNRWA provides a wide range of aid and services including healthcare, shelter, food and education. It is also an important source of employment for Palestinian refugees, who make up most of its ...
Grandi served as Deputy Commissioner-General since 2005. Before UNRWA, Grandi had served in UNHCR and other UN organizations. [8] Karen Koning AbuZayd (U.S.) - Commissioner-General from 2005 to 2010, appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. [9] AbuZayd had worked as chief of mission for UNHCR in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Draft Israeli legislation that would stop the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency working in the Gaza Strip and West Bank would be a "catastrophe" if enacted, United Nations ...