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HIGHLIGHTS UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl attended the UNRWA pledging conference in New York on 5 December from the UNRWA Gaza Field Office through a videoconference. He was joined by Ms. Razan Al Daboos, the 15-year old head…
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HIGHLIGHTS 25 November marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of the annual 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign. Led by UN Women, this campaign will continue…
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), has contributed US$ 67 million for projects to be implemented in Gaza, the West Bank and Jordan. The three agreements were signed today by…
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Key Facts At the end of October, the Shelter Cluster response was 25% funded. 9/15 partners and 13/24 projects included in the HRP have received partial funding. West Bank/East Jerusalem 439 households have received a shelter response in 2016,…
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HIGHLIGHTS In November 2016, UNRWA was able to pay the third quarter transitional shelter cash assistance to all displaced and eligible refugee families in Gaza. This assistance is made possible for available to those families whose homes…
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Between 7 July and 26 August 2014, the Gaza Strip experienced the deadliest and most devastating round of hostilities since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967; more than two years on, most people and…
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Context Overview From July to August 2014, Gaza witnessed fifty-one days of hostilities, one the most destructive intensifications of conflict since 1967. This resulted in an unprecedented scale of destruction, devastation and displacement. At the height of…
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Highlights On 14 and 15 November, the UNRWA Advisory Commission (AdCom) met in Amman, Jordan for its biannual meeting, to discuss key challenges and opportunities in the Agency’s five fields of operation. UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl addressed…
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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…
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HIGHLIGHTS On 2 November, for the first time, 20 Palestine refugee students from the Rimal Preparatory school in Gaza city connected via Skype with their European peers in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The live video call was part of…
