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Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said the staff went on strike after being informed that salaries would be delayed, but halted the action following mediation.
“If UNRWA health services are compr ...
Philippe Lazzarini said in a letter to the Palestinian refugees that the agency could ask other UN bodies to help with service delivery.
“This year, a very harsh winter and the impact of the war in Ukraine on prices of food and fuel in the region add to the daily hardship you are facing ...
Philippe Lazzarini urged all UN member states to take immediate actions to implement an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.”
Diplomats from Arab countries call for immediate ceasefire
In a related development, chief diplomats from a grouping of Arab and Islamic nations, on a vis ...
Philippe Lazzarini ordered the dismissal of several agency employees allegedly involved in an attack by Hamas militants on Israel in October 2023.
The US draft resolution
The US had earlier prepared its own draft resolution on the Middle East. The US document does not call for an immediate ceasefi ...
Philippe Lazzarini, the director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), issued a warning last week, stating that the organization is teetering on the edge of collapse due to decisions made by the United States and other governments to cease financial assistance. Lazzarini expressed c ...
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said that the Israeli regime blocked a food convoy the second time this week.
In a post on X, Lazzarini said the last time the UNRWA was able to deliver aid to northern Gaza, where starvation is spreading, was two months ago.
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Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said on May 18 that around 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since the Israeli regime began carrying out ground incursions into the refugee-packed city from various axes.
Philippe Lazzarini warned that the agency is facing serious financial and political threats that may soon force it to cease operations in Gaza. He emphasized that they are very close to reaching a point where they can no longer function, as ongoing challenges in day-to-day operations have severely i ...