UNRWA

UNRWA: We received no official US notice on aid cuts

Wednesday-3-January-2018

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said Wednesday that it had yet to receive official notice from the US about prospective cuts to funding following threats to do so by the Trump administration.

US threatens to stop UNRWA funding to press PA

Wednesday-3-January-2018

The US administration has threatened to stop funding the UNRWA unless the Palestinian Authority (PA) sits again with Israel at the negotiating table.

Schmale: UNRWA may not be able to pay staff salaries

Tuesday-5-December-2017

Director of UNRWA operations in Gaza Matthias Schmale has warned that the agency may not be able to pay salaries to its employees for the current month if its budget deficit continues.

Jordanian MPs accuse UNRWA of removing Palestine maps from schools

Monday-20-November-2017

22 Jordanian lawmakers on Sunday called on their government to curb what they called excesses committed by the management of the UNRWA in Jordan especially its removal of Palestine maps and Jerusalem photos from its schools.

EU to raise its financial support for UNRWA activities in Gaza

Saturday-11-November-2017

In light of special circumstances and needs the European Union (EU) has decided to exceptionally increase its annual contribution to UNRWA by another EUR 10.5 million.

Krähenbühl: Ready to work with PA government to improve Gazans’ lives

Monday-2-October-2017

UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl on Monday said that UNRWA is ready to cooperate with the Palestinian Authority (PA) government to improve the living conditions of people in Gaza.

Palestinians perform Friday prayer at UNRWA hospital

Friday-29-September-2017

Palestinian citizens performed Friday prayer in the vicinity of UNRWA hospital in Qaliqlia for the seventh consecutive week.

Palestinians perform Friday prayer at UNRWA hospital in Qalqilia

Friday-22-September-2017

Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the vicinity of UNRWA hospital in Qaliqlia for the sixth consecutive week.

Austria contributes 1.5 million Euro to support UNRWA

Friday-22-September-2017

The Government of Austria through the Austrian Development Agency has contributed EUR 1.5 million (US$ 1802885) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s health programme in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).

PLO: Israel tries to cover up crimes by calling for dissolving UNRWA

Thursday-14-September-2017

The Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said the Israeli calls for dismantling the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is an attempt to cover up the Israeli crime of displacing Palestinians and expelling them out of their land and destroying and looting their properties during the Nakba in 1948.