Rapports

New York, 23 November 2016 - Checked against delivery Mr. President and Members of the Council, Last month, I provided an overview of the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. Today, I will focus my remarks on…

Highlights Lack of sufficient resources may result in a delay of WFP distributions and see a reduction in the food entitlements of 89,000 people in Gaza from OctoberDecember. Additional donor support (USD 4.5 million) is urgently sought…

Addressing the host governments and donor states’ representatives assembled for the second bi-annual UNRWA Advisory Commission meeting for 2016 held in Amman, UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl stresses the need to “put UNRWA on a more stable…

By Charmaine Seitz GAZA, State of Palestine, 3 November 2016 - When families are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods of time, the toll of poverty takes on an added dimension: the struggle to…

A Grant Contract for the Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) was signed today by Mr. Takeshi Okubo, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to the PA, and the representative of Al-Ahlyia Association for…

Key messages The situation in Palestine can be described as a protracted crisis with a deteriorating humanitarian situation where Palestinians are affected by prolonged occupation, the blockade of the Gaza strip, recurrent violations of International Law and…

Highlights The Gaza strip experienced a series of airstrikes and shelling during the month of August, the most intensive attacks since the ceasefire in August 2014. The violence in the West Bank including East Jerusalem also increased recently.…

Highlights Lack of sufficient resources compelled WFP to significantly reduce the food entitlements of 89,000 people in Gaza in July, August and September. Additional donor support is urgently sought from October onwards. In September, thanks to contributing partners, WFP…

Mr. President, I would like to start by thanking Special Coordinator Mladenov for his insightful monthly briefings, which incorporates the humanitarian situation in a coordinated and comprehensive manner. Mr. President, Humanitarian needs continue to be far too high.…

Communications with Communities (CwC) is an approach within the field of humanitarian response that helps to meet the information and communications needs of people affected by protracted and acute crises. Through CwC, UNRWA provides Palestine refugees…