United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

The UN envoy for the Middle East urged restraint on Monday as he raised concern about children at risk during Palestinian protests starting this week near ... Relations deteriorated further when the US announced he withhold tens of millions of aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), ...

... be committed to their assistance of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and not make their ... to the United Nations' (UN) headquarters in New York, Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi said that any financial shortage that might touch UNRWA, ...

AMMAN, March 26 (Xinhua) -- King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday called for increased aid to help the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) continue to provide services, the state-run Petra news agency reported. King Abdullah made the remarks at a meeting in Jordan with ...

In September last year, it was reported that a tunnel dug under a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Gaza Strip had been discovered. UNWRA staff immediately shut the school upon discovery of the tunnel and reopened it ten days later after sealing the hollow space, ...

The livelihoods and long-term futures of thousands of Palestinian refugee families across Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Gaza and the West Bank are at risk due to Donald Trump's catastrophic decision to cut the American donation to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The US ...

Kuwait's Ambassador to Jordan Dr. Hamad Al-Duaij handed the donation to the UNRWA's representative in Jordan ... sum of USD two million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as part of its annual financial aid to support the UN organization.

The recent decision by the United States to reduce funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) jeopardizes its role as a critical source of clean drinking water when Gaza's supplies slow to a drip. … The U.S. funding reduction also jeopardizes ...

Thousands of employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) demonstrate against the US government's decision to cut its funding to the ... President Donald Trump's decision in January to suspend US$65 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the ...

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini said: "Millions of people – men, women and children – depend on UNRWA for vital services: education, healthcare and social services, humanitarian assistance and employment.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to see a further decrease in U.S. and international funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency – UNRWA, which assists Palestinian refugees and their descendents. He suggests that some of the money be transferred directly to the Jordanian government, and has raised the ...

On Tuesday February 27 Senator Todd Young (R-IN) expressed outrage over the schoolbooks used by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) to teach free-of-charge basic education to the children of Palestinians designated as refugees across the West Bank, Gaza, east Jerusalem, Jordan, ...

The head of the World People's Assembly in Support of Gaza, Dr. Essam Yousef, warned against continued reduction of the services of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), considering that its catastrophic consequences will affect all aspects of the Palestinian ...

The refugees' rights and status, underpinned by successive UN resolutions, was one of the few bargaining cards the Palestinians held. ... cut of up to $300m in the annual $360m donation Washington makes to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), providing education, primary health care ...

The Trump administration is withholding half of its planned aid to the United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees. The former U.S. Army officer who directs the U.N. Relief and Works Agency in the West Bank is in Washington, trying to figure out what it will take to have that money restored.

The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) are holding a Strategic Dialogue on the way forward for their partnership. The discussion takes place in light of the current financial crisis facing UNRWA and the need to broaden ...

The European Union and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reaffirm strong commitment to ... The EU and UNRWA remain committed to protecting the rights of Palestine refugees and continue the delivery of essential services to more than 5 ...