Rapports

NEW UNRWA REPORT SHEDS LIGHT ON HARDSHIPS THAT WOMEN IN GAZA FACE, GENIUS WAYS TO COPE – AND BREAKING POINTS The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Near East (UNRWA) has just completed a study…

Highlights ● Thousands of families in Gaza living in rented accommodation face legal action and eviction due to inability to pay rent ● Fishing catch among Gaza’s fishers increased by 34 per cent due to the expansion of…

Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2019 - Ramallah Under the HAYA Joint Programme, UN Women and UNOPS are working together to provide support to shelters delivering various services for women and girls at risk or survivors of gender-based…

HIGHLIGHTS So far in 2019, 547 Palestinians have lost their homes due to demolitions in the West Bank, exceeding the figure for all of 2018. More than 90 per cent of families affected by demolitions in 2019 have…

East Jerusalem, 14 October 2019-- UN-Habitat and the European Union recently launched two new projects in Palestine under the rubric: Achieving Planning and Land Rights in Area C, West Bank, with a total budget of USD…

Without help this winter, Umm Yasser’s children will wake in the night to rain dripping on them from the flimsy roof of their home. “My children wish the winter season never comes,” says Umm Yasser, who lives…

General Assembly Official Records Seventy-fourth Session Supplement No. 13 Letters of transmittal Letter dated 23 August 2019 from the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East addressed to the President of the…

There are 58 official Palestinian refugee camps. They are located in Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. Many of the camps were created in 1948 as a result of the first Arab-Israeli war. Other…

Sou’ad and Ali are a Palestinian couple from Tall As Sultan refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, who struggle to provide adequate living conditions for their eight children. Until recently, their home was overcrowded and allowed…

In Numbers 320,967 people assisted in July 2019 US$ 2.6 m cash-based transfers made 1,646 mt of food distributed US$ 23.7 m six months (August 2019-January 2020) net funding requirements Operational Updates • In July, WFP assisted 239,521 and 81,446 poor food…