The Latest Breaking News from UNRWA

Asharq Al-Awsat has asked Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths about the three biggest threats the world’s poorest collectively face. His answer was: “Climate, conflict and cost-of-living. And they’re all connected.” When asked about double standards in refugee treatment, the UN official told the newspaper in…

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has warned against the “chronic underfunding” that threatens the agency with “paralysis.” He stressed that every year, the Agency is forced to operate with a funding gap of around $100…

Only 200 out of 1,700 destroyed units have been rebuilt in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Public Works.

A proposal by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to delegate some services to other United Nations agencies has sparked outrage among Palestinians, who have warned of a plot to "dismantle" the body.