Palestine refugees

UNRWA/Yazan Fares

UN agency for Palestine refugees runs out of money as COVID-19 spreads

10 November 2020
Humanitarian Aid

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) has run out of cash on hand to keep vital services going amid the worsening health emergency, UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.

UNRWA: Photo by Khalil Adwan

Palestine refugee agency chief resigns amidst mismanagement probe

6 November 2019
UN Affairs

The Commissioner-General for the UN relief and works agency serving Palestine refugees, UNRWA, resigned on Wednesday, hours after the UN announced preliminary findings of an investigation into misconduct allegations.

UNRWA/Tamer Hamam

UN urges countries to step up assistance for Palestine refugees

1 September 2018
Humanitarian Aid

The United Nations said it regrets the decision of the United States to stop funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and called on other countries to help fill the remaining financial gap.

UNRWA

Amid funding crunch, UN agency seeks $800 million in lifesaving aid for Palestine refugees

30 January 2018

Facing an acute funding shortage, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees is seeking more than $800 million for its emergency programmes for Syria and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

UNRWA

US funding cuts for UN Palestine refugee agency put vital education, health programmes at risk

17 January 2018
Humanitarian Aid

The decision by the United States to withhold more than half its annual funding commitment to the United Nations relief agency providing aid for Palestine refugees threatens “one of the most successful and innovative human development endeavours in the Middle-East,” the head of the body said Wednesday, warning that the rights and dignity of an entire community are at stake.