Tags - UNRWA
Rasa - The administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to cancel all US funding to the United Nations aid program for Palestinian refugees, part of a policy to impose maximum pressure on the Palestinians to satisfy Israeli interests and Zonist constituencies in the US.
News ID: 439321 Publish Date : 2018/08/31
Rasa - The US ambassador to the United Nations has questioned the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their occupied homeland, a basic Palestinian demand for any future deal with the Israeli regime, claiming the world body’s count of those refugees is an exaggeration.
News ID: 439284 Publish Date : 2018/08/29
Rasa - The United States, a major ally of Israel, cut more than $200 million in economic aid to Palestinians, in a move that comes months after also drastically cutting its contribution to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ( UNRWA ).
News ID: 439213 Publish Date : 2018/08/25
Rasa - Member of the PLO Executive Committee Ahmad Abu Holi, who holds the position of the Chairman of the PLO’s Refugees Affairs Department, said the US administration does not have the right to determine the fate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA )'s mandate.
News ID: 438996 Publish Date : 2018/08/07
Rasa - Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, warned as UNRWA ’s emergency assistance remains critically underfunded in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Agency has been forced to take mitigating measures.
News ID: 438865 Publish Date : 2018/07/28
Rasa - Palestinians protest against a US decision to cut aid, in front of the headquarters UNRWA , in Gaza City.
News ID: 438850 Publish Date : 2018/07/28
Rasa - The United Nations agency for Palestinians has warned that a number of inevitable cuts are planned to be imposed on its key humanitarian programs in the besieged Gaza strip and the occupied West Bank if a US funding freeze cannot be overcome.
News ID: 438613 Publish Date : 2018/07/11
Rasa - United Nations Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA ) staff take part in a protest in front of the agency's headquarters in Gaza City against the suspension of contracts next month. Facing a major funding shortfall, the UN Palestinian refugee agency is planning to defer payment of salaries and suspend some of its operations in Gaza, an official said. The UN Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA ) for Palestinian refugees was thrown into severe financial crisis after the United States cut $250 million from its budget.
News ID: 438565 Publish Date : 2018/07/07
Rasa - Employees at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA ) rallied outside its headquarters in Gaza City to protest at the recent US funding cuts.
News ID: 438462 Publish Date : 2018/06/28
Rasa - Arab League secretary-general Ahmed Aboul Gheit called on all Arab countries to necessarily donate to UNRWA in order to help it cover its budget deficit and avoid further complication of the humanitarian situation in Palestinian refugee camps.
News ID: 438249 Publish Date : 2018/06/14
Rasa - The popular committee of refugees in Deir al-Balah refugee camp organized a protest in front of UNRWA headquarters to express rejection of Washington decision to cut aid.
News ID: 436321 Publish Date : 2018/02/10
Rasa - Head of the United Nations agency for Palestinians Pierre Krahenbuhl has slammed the "political dimension" of a US decision to cut funding for the body by more than half, warning that it could escalate instability across the Middle East.
News ID: 436160 Publish Date : 2018/01/31
Rasa - Employees of UN refugee agency UNRWA staged a demonstration in the Gaza Strip on Monday to protest recent US funding cuts.
News ID: 436132 Publish Date : 2018/01/30
Rasa - A United Nations agency that provides aid for millions of Palestinians across the Middle East has been forced to lay off more than 100 employees in Jordan because of the United States’ refusal to allow the transfer of financial aid to the agency.
News ID: 435842 Publish Date : 2018/01/17
Rasa - Commenting on Premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s strong statement, Christopher Gunness, Director of Advocacy and Strategic Communications at UNRWA , countered that the agency’s humanitarian and human development mission enjoys strong UN General Assembly support.
News ID: 435709 Publish Date : 2018/01/10