Jan 28, 2025 · UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN Member States.

UNRWA is mandated by the UN General Assembly to provide services to Palestine refugees in five fields of operation: Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Gaza. And it is mandated to do so pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.

Jan 16, 2025 · UNRWA estimates that, in total, at least 744* persons sheltering in UNRWA installations have been killed and at least 2,346* injured since the start of the war. UNRWA continues to verify and update the number of casualties caused by these incidents.

Dec 14, 2022 · This week, the majority of member states of the United Nations voted to extend the mandate for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until 30 June 2026.

Jan 4, 2025 · UNRWA estimates that, in total, at least 745*persons sheltering in UNRWA installations have been killed and at least 2,202* injured since the start of the war. UNRWA continues to verify and update the number of casualties caused by these incidents.

UNRWA is mandated by the UN General Assembly to serve ‘Palestine refugees’. This term was defined in 1952 as any person whose "normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of …

Details about regional issues and specific UNRWA departments. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN

Nov 20, 2024 · On 17 November, UNRWA teams responded to 527 cases in health centres and at medical points through individual consultations, awareness sessions and to address cases of gender-based violence (GBV). On 17 November, UNRWA medical teams provided care for 618 post-natal and pregnant women at high risk.

Aug 28, 2024 · The Colonna Review confirmed UNRWA’s long standing commitment to uphold the humanitarian principle of neutrality and concluded that the Agency has a more developed approach to neutrality than similar UN entities or NGOs.