This report is based on information obtained as a result of UNRWA’s role coordinating humanitarian aid at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing point between Gaza and Israel, where the Israel Defence Forces have been regularly releasing detainees since early November 2023, and from informat...
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"We expect a preliminary investigation report in early March, based on which we assume donors would look into their decisions of having suspended funding to UNRWA," Klaus said. Advertisement UNRWA boys' prep school, Rafah, Gaza (credit: ISM Palestine/Flickr) The UN's oversight office is carry...
Given these suspensions of aid, UNRWA will have to shrink its bloated bureaucracy in Gaza and at the same time, slash the salaries of those who remain. The agency may attempt to persuade rich Arab states to give more to their Palestinian brothers, but these countries have...
"These decisions threaten our ongoing humanitarian work across the region including and especially in the Gaza Strip," Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement. (Reporting by Nidal Al-Mughrabi, writing by Hatem Maher, editing by Andrew Cawthorne) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council have described UNRWA as the backbone of the humanitarian aid response in Gaza, which has been decimated by 15 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas.
Colonna’s report made certain recommendations to UNRWA including strengthening its internal audit function and improving external project management oversight. “In support of these reforms, the German government will soon continue its cooperation with UNRWA in Gaza, as Australia, Canada, Sweden and Jap...
"At this point, the debate on UNRWA's neutrality shall come to an end. We urge all countries to resume funding for UNRWA as soon as possible and to refrain from using any pretext to impose additional collective punishment on the population of Gaza," he said. ...
It later said some employees released into Gaza from Israeli detention reported having been pressured by Israeli authorities into falsely stating that staff took part in the Oct 7 attack, according to a report by the agency dated February. A separate review of the UNRWA's activities and ...
In a report of UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the agency said that currently more than half the population in Gaza depends on food aid from the international community. From fewer than 80,000 Palestine refugees receiving UNRWA social assistance in ...