Reports

8,086 teachers (2,831 males and 5,255 females) in Gaza returned to 257 UNRWA schools on Monday, 17 August. This followed their summer 2015 vacation period, which commenced on 7 June. School principals and teachers typically start…

Today marks one year since the commencement of the 2014 conflict in Gaza and UNRWA’s 100th Gaza Situation Report, providing important updates about the Agency’s continued emergency response and its ongoing programmes and operations in service…

Executive Summary In 2014 the Advisory Board asked the humanitarian coordinator (HC) and OCHA to promote increased alignment of the oPt ERF to the Strategic Response Plan (SRP), thereby complementing the emergency response mandate of the Fund…

KEY HUMANITARIAN ISSUES The context in the oPt is a protracted protection crisis with humanitarian consequences, driven by insufficient respect for international law by all sides . Palestinians in the oPt face a range of serious protection…

By Mel Frykberg BEIT LAHIYA, Northern Gaza Strip, Mar 1 2015 (IPS) - Extensive damage to Gaza’s environment as a result of the Israeli blockade and its devastating military campaign against the coastal territory during last year’s…

SUMMARY KEY HUMANITARIAN ISSUES Physical protection: threats to life, liberty and security Forced displacement. Restricted access to basic services. Lack of economic access to food and erosion of livelihoods. Strategic objectives Enhanced protection by promoting respect for IHL and IHRL, pursuing of accountability,…

Ramallah, 12 February 2015 Today, the Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Palestine, H.E. Dr. Mohammad Mustafa, and the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. James W. Rawley, released the Strategic Response Plan for 2015, which aims to address…

Executive summary In accordance with Economic and Social Council Resolution 2003/42 on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) issues periodic reports on the status…

FAO expresses concern for the food security of all people in Gaza during the Cairo International Conference on Palestine, “Reconstructing Gaza”, hosted today by the Government of Egypt. “The livelihoods of farmers, herders and fishers were devastated…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In August 2014, Gaza marked the end of the third Israeli assault since 2008. The assault, which began on 7 July 2014, left thousands of Palestinians dead and injured, and over 100,000 displaced and homeless.…