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Syria rejects suspension of funds destined to UNRWA

Published on: January 31, 2024
14:39

Damascus, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian government rejected the decision taken by some countries, including the United States, to suspend its financial contributions to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA).

Saving UNRWA is a UN urgent mission

Published on: January 31, 2024
14:21

United Nations, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Amid the United Nations's desperate attempts to bring more aid to Gaza, the lack of funds is threatening the existence of its leading actor on the ground: the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

UN agencies warn of collapse in Gaza due to lack of funding for UNRWA

Published on: January 31, 2024
12:40

United Nations, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The end of funding to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) would result in the collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, a statement signed by 14 major aid agencies warned on Wednesday.

UN envoy for Gaza considers UNRWA humanitarian work as critical

Published on: January 30, 2024
17:19

United Nations, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The UN humanitarian envoy for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, on Tuesday considered the work done by the Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) as irreplaceable in the agency's response to civilians trapped in the conflict.

Palestinian party condemns decision to cut fundings to UN agency

Published on: January 30, 2024
08:16

Ramallah, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) denounced the decision of the United States and its allies to halt the delivery of funds to a UN agency in the midst of Israel aggression.

Spain to continue to fund UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Published on: January 29, 2024
12:08

Madrid, Jan 29 (Prensa Latina) Spain will continue to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), even though it will closely follow an ongoing investigation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday.

Palestine denounces Israel’s campaign against UN humanitarian agency

Published on: January 28, 2024
09:23

Ramallah, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian Government on Sunday denounced a campaign by Israeli authorities against the United Nations agency that aids the Palestinian people, and called on the international community not to support this strategy.

UNRWA denounces attack on overcrowded shelter in Gaza

Published on: January 25, 2024
16:38

United Nations, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) denounced on Thursday the Israeli attack on the Training Center in Khan Yunis City, Gaza, which hit a building with 800 displaced people.

UNRWA warns of overcrowding in Gaza shelters

Published on: October 23, 2023
14:53

United Nations, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) The UN Relief and Works Agency in Palestine (UNRWA) on Monday said that as many as 406,000 internally-displaced people remain in 91 of its facilities in Gaza in overcrowded conditions.

UN agency warned of unprecedented catastrophe in Gaza

Published on: October 18, 2023
13:55

Ramallah, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) An unprecedented catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes, the Gaza Strip is being strangled and the world seems to have lost its humanity, Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general of UNRWA, affirmed.

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