Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs held an extraordinary session in Cairo on Tuesday to address crisis facing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) following the United States’ decision to cut its funding.
They met before the opening of the 150th session of the Arab League at the Ministerial Level, held on the ministerial level.
The ministers discussed the systematic campaign against UNRWA that is aimed at undermining or eliminating its role.
They also addressed ways to fund the agency.
UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl presented the agency’s needs before the ministers, as well as the repercussions of Washington’s decision to stop its share of the funding.
The session was attended by the foreign ministers and heads of delegations of the Arab countries and the Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Saudi Arabia was represented at the meeting by Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.
