Latest in Tag: UNRWA Highlight
Latest in Tag: UNRWA

Egypt continues to support UNRWA: FM Shoukry
Shoukry receives head of United Nations Framework Convention on climate change

AL refuses to compromise UNRWAâs responsibilities towards Palestinians
Said Abu Ali â Assistant Secretary-General of the League â expressed in a statement the leagueâs absolute rejection of any suggestions or attempts to undermine the responsibility of the UNRWA and its full political and humanitarian competences towards the Palestinian refugee community, regardless of their interpretation or justification based on the original mandate given to the agency in order to find a just solution to the refugee issue in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy.

Cairo fully backs UNRWA to continue its support to Palestinian refugees: Al-Sisi
Egypt urges regional, international parties to provide necessary support to UNRWA

Egypt confirms support for UNRWA to continue serving Palestinian refugees
Minister Shoukry stressed in his speech the vital role of the Agency since its founding in 1949 in recruiting, relief and providing basic services to Palestinian refugee brothers.

Egypt welcomes resumption of US funding to UNRWA, Israel objects
US will resume up to $235m worth economic, development, humanitarian aid to Palestinian people: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken

UNRWA is competent, resilient, resolute: independent expert report
We aim to maintain same level of expenditures as in 2018, says commissioner-general

UNRWA needs $1.2bn funds in 2019 to keep working at last yearâs level
Palestine refugees will continue to face range of daunting human development, protection challenges

India affirms its support for UNRWAâs work in Palestine
We increased our contribution to UNRWA by four times from $1.25m to $5m annually, says minister

Arab foreign ministers warn against harm from UNRWA
Ministers meeting focused on issue of UNRWA after US decision to cut funding

Egyptian Parliament denounces US decision to cut funds to UNRWA
US cuts funds to UNRWA, criticises its work

UNRWA seeks compensating significant budget gap as largest contributor US pulls out
US move comes amid others pressuring Palestinians to settle for deal with Israel

Egyptâs ambassador to Jordan heads meeting of UNRWA
Egyptian Ambassador to Jordan Tarek Adel headed on Tuesday the meeting of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), held in Dead sea. In his speech, Adel said that Egyptâs participation in the meeting came to emphasize a number of points, which include necessity of maintaining the …

US withdraws $65m from UNRWA
The United States announced on Tuesday that it is withholding $65m out of its $120m aid contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as hopes for the reignition of peace talks were dealt a heavy blow. US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert made a statement …

Employment, detention, and registration: On Syrian refugees in Egypt
Dozens still held in prison in Alexandria despite release order

Arab foreign ministers discuss regional issues in Cairo
Al-Sisi and Shoukry conduct several meetings addressing regional issues including the situations in Palestine and Syria

âThe Ice Bucket Challengeâ inspires a solidarity campaign with Gaza
Instead of ice water, a stand-up comedian used sand and dust to raise awareness about the Gaza situation

âCrying need for financial supportâ in Gaza: UNRWA Commissioner General
KrĂ€henbĂŒhl says âPalestinians are not statisticsâ

âOut of Placeâ: The Palestinian definition of home
Violent experiences of losing home leave Palestinian families with âcontradicting emotionsâ and almost no unity between definitions of home by each family

Another UN school hit after Israel moves to next stage of operation
Israeli military concludes that Israeli soldier suspected to have been captured in Gaza is dead

âMounting evidenceâ of âwar crimesâ in Gaza conflict: Amnesty
Gaza death toll soars over 1,650 as more bodies are pulled from rubble in the south, while the death toll in Israel reaches 66

20,000 people in Syriaâs Yarmuk camp face starvation
Yarmuk soon became a war zone too, as Syrians taking up arms against President Bashar Al-Assadâs regime moved into the camp.
Refugees from Syria released
Despite conflicting figures all parties agree most refugees from Syria have been released

Palestinian-Syrians announce sit-in at embassy
Representatives of Palestinian-Syrian refugees say the embassy has failed them