HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY ST?PHANE DUJARRIC,
SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANT?NIO GUTERRES
TUESDAY, 13 MARCH 2018
SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF U.N. AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN ROME
- The Secretary-General will leave on Wednesday for Rome, where he will attend a conference in support of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees () on Thursday.
- The conference is intended to support a collective response by the international community to protect the rights and dignity of some 5.3 million Palestine Refugees registered with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA and ensure that the Agency¡¯s funding deficit of USD 446 million is urgently resolved.
- While in Rome, the Secretary-General will co-chair a ministerial meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon. He will emphasise the importance of supporting the people and State institutions of Lebanon.
- The Secretary-General will then travel to Lisbon, where he will speak to the Islamic Community of Lisbon as it marks its 50th year as an organization.
- The?, Mark Lowcock, is releasing $30 million today from the Central Emergency Response Fund () to urgently support Palestine refugees through?.
- An exceptional grant of $15 million will enable Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA to avoid disruption of life-saving food assistance to vulnerable refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory, where over 2.5 million people are currently in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
- Donors are encouraged to step up urgently and increase their support for humanitarian action in the occupied Palestinian territory and the region and for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA as a major humanitarian aid provider.
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Document Type: Highlights of the Noon Briefing, Press briefing, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ news item
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Assistance, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 13/03/2018
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Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Assistance, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 13/03/2018
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