BEIRUT, Jun 16 (NNN-NNA) – Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), urged yesterday, countries to increase financial contributions, as the agency suffers from a 100-million-U.S.-dollar funding gap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philippe Lazzarini said, at a press conference, held on the occasion of UNRWA’s Advisory Commission meeting in Beirut that, “We are facing a major financial crisis, which reduced our ability to deal with the Palestinian refugees’ crisis.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lazzarini noted that, Palestinian refugees are going through a painful period, in light of the agency’s huge financial gap, stressing that, Palestinian refugees are the most vulnerable communities in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that 80 percent of Palestinian families live below the poverty line, and 80 percent of the children suffer from malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also noted that the United Nations General Assembly will host a pledging conference for UNRWA on Jun 23, in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UNRWA was established in 1949, as a United Nations agency, by a resolution of the General Assembly, to provide assistance and protection to approximately 5.6 million Palestine refugees registered with it in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As one of the oldest humanitarian projects the United Nations had initiated, the agency has spent decades helping the displaced Palestinians.– NNN-NNA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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