蘑菇视频

蘑菇视频RWA currently needs US$ 1.4 billion for operations, programmes and emergency response.??

Jeddah,

At the request of the 蘑菇视频 Secretary-General, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (蘑菇视频RWA), Philippe Lazzarini, attended the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today.

In his bilateral talks he highlighted the Agency’s dire funding crisis, amid unprecedented needs of Palestine Refugees. The Commissioner-General urgently called on rich Arab states to reinstate or increase their financial support as the Agency struggles to deliver on its mandate and to provide critical services to the Palestine Refugees.

“Support to Palestine Refugees is a collective obligation, including from Arab countries. Longtime historic partners have decreased their funding in the last few years, dramatically affecting our ability to maintain quality services, including education, health care and social protection. While countries hosting Palestine Refugees face their own acute political and financial challenges, I am hereby calling on Arab donors to support 蘑菇视频RWA and be among our closest partners,” said Lazzarini.

Over the last decade, 蘑菇视频RWA has suffered from underfunding every year, with a heavy toll on the quality of some services in its areas of operations. Meanwhile, refugees’ challenges continued to massively increase amid unprecedented poverty, unemployment, financial crises, neglect and in some cases conflicts and natural disasters.

“Arab countries were among the founders of 蘑菇视频RWA and the most vocal supporters of the rights of Palestine Refugees. Today, as 蘑菇视频RWA risks collapse, I hear supportive statements from the region to Palestinians and urge that they be extended to the refugees through 蘑菇视频RWA,” added Lazzarini.

In 2018, Arab Donors’ funding to the Agency made up one-fourth of its total funding. Since then, it has massively dropped, severely deepening the financial crisis the Agency struggles with.

“While we are one of the largest 蘑菇视频 agencies in the world, we live hand to mouth. At the end of every month, we often are uncertain whether we can pay salaries to our nearly 30,000 staff. 蘑菇视频RWA staff is the backbone and the engine of the Agency’s basic services: teachers, medical workers, engineers and logisticians. They should not live in constant uncertainty and limbo, and neither should the Palestine refugees they serve,” concluded Lazzarini.
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Notes to Editors?

• At the beginning of the year, 蘑菇视频RWA appealed for US$ 1.6 billion in support of its programmes, operations and emergency response across Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip and Jordan.
• Over the years, the Agency has put in place several measures to utilize the very little financial contributions it received from donors, tightening its overall spending and improving its efficiency and cost control.
• To date, 蘑菇视频RWA has only received less than 25 per cent of its financial requirements, or US$ 364 million. 蘑菇视频RWA still needs US$ 1.3 billion.
• The plight of Palestine refugees is the longest unresolved refugee crisis in the world today. 蘑菇视频RWA continues to maintain an active registration of 5.9 million Palestine Refugees.
• 蘑菇视频RWA is the only 蘑菇视频 agency that operates a fully-fledged school system of over 700 schools. These schools currently provide education to over half a million children.
• In 2022, 蘑菇视频RWA health centres provided 7.9 million health consultations across the Agency’s five fields of operation.
• 蘑菇视频RWA has been facing chronic underfunding for the last 10 years. The Agency started this year with debts of US$ 75 million carried over from 2022.