UNRWA

Japan contributes $23 million to UNRWA

Saturday-23-February-2019

The government of Japan has contributed US$ 23 million to UNRWA as part of its efforts to provide much-needed assistance to Palestine refugees.

Palestinians rally in Nahr al-Bared against UNRWA’s measures

Saturday-23-February-2019

Dozens of Palestinian citizens in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp have participated in a sit-in staged outside the chief of the camp’s office to express their condemnation of UNRWA’s unfair policy towards the Palestinian people.

UNRWA: Food insecurity in Gaza at high level

Monday-18-February-2019

UNRWA on Sunday said that about 1.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are suffering from food insecurity.

Palestinians from Syria Rally outside of UNRWA Office in Jordan

Wednesday-13-February-2019

A number of Palestinian refugees from Syria joined a vigil staged outside of the UNRWA office in the Jordanian capital city of Amman protesting the agency’s poor services

UNRWA appeals to donors to help it secure $1.2 billion budget

Thursday-31-January-2019

UNRWA has appealed to donors to help it maintain a $1.2-billion budget in 2019 after it was hit last year by the withdrawal of US funding.

Report: Israel to shut UNRWA schools in occupied Jerusalem

Sunday-20-January-2019

The Israeli occupation authorities are reportedly set to revoke permits for Palestinian schools in occupied Jerusalem run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

Saudi Arabia transfers $50 million to UNRWA

Sunday-30-December-2018

Saudi Arabia has completed a $50 million donation to the UNRWA the agency's leader said on Friday.

EU increases financial support for UNRWA

Friday-21-December-2018

The European Union (EU) has announced it mobilized €20 million additional financial assistance in support of the work of UNRWA and €73.3 million to improve the living conditions for the Palestinian people in east Jerusalem and to foster economic development in the occupied Palestinian territory.

UNRWA Commissioner-General arrives in Gaza

Monday-10-December-2018

The General Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Near East (UNRWA) Pierre Krähenbühl has arrived in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday.

UNRWA facilities in Yarmouk and Dera’a camps need major repairs

Sunday-2-December-2018

UNRWA has reported that almost all its installations in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk near Damascus as well as the Dera’a camp in the South of Syria sustained considerable damage or destruction in the war-torn country.