{"id":143665,"date":"2018-06-19T14:56:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T14:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=143665"},"modified":"2018-06-20T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T20:56:59","slug":"advisory-commission-meets-to-discuss-global-support-for-unrwa-amid-unprecedented-financial-crisis-press-release","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/advisory-commission-meets-to-discuss-global-support-for-unrwa-amid-unprecedented-financial-crisis-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory Commission Meets to Discuss Global Support for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Amid Unprecedented Financial Crisis – Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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19 June 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl (speaking) addresses representatives of host and donor countries at the opening session of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Advisory Commission (AdCom) held in Jordan on 18 June 2018. The AdCom members discussed the Agency\u2019s unprecedented financial crisis and state of services rendered to Palestine refugees. \u00a9 2018 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Marwan Baghdadi.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Advisory Commission of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) met in Jordan on 18-19 June to discuss support for the Agency, as it continues with energetic efforts to meet the needs of Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip and West Bank (including East Jerusalem), Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner-General of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, Pierre Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl, said \u201cIt has been an extraordinarily difficult year for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and I am very encouraged by the first phase of mobilization in response to our funding crisis.\u00a0 It is extremely important that, so far, we have protected the school year and other vital services.\u00a0 I would like to express deep appreciation to our partners, including donors who advanced their funding for the year, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates who between them have committed the lion\u2019s share of additional support this year, sending a strong message to Palestine refugees and the wider international community.\u201d<\/p>\n

While progress is being made to address Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s needs in 2018, the Agency was very explicit with the Commission about the severity of the risks ahead with more than $250 million in further support required to preserve Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s core and emergency assistance the second half of the year. \u00a0The Commissioner-General said: \u201cAt stake is access to schooling for a generation of Palestine refugee youth; access to essential health care in and around 58 refugee camps; and emergency assistance to millions of insecure refugees in an unstable region.\u201d<\/p>\n

In light of the upcoming pledging conference for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in New York on 25 June, Mr. Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl\u00a0insisted on the need to respect the hope and dignity of Palestine refugees, and reiterated his urgent call for all partners “to stay on a successful collective path for the sake of the Palestine refugee community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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BACKGROÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵD INFORMATION<\/h2>\n
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA programme budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA encourages all Member States to work collectively to exert all possible efforts to fully fund the Agency\u2019s programme budget. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals.<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5.4 million Palestine refugees registered with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA across its five fields of operation. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For more information, please contact:<\/h2>\n
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Christopher Gunness<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Spokesperson, Director of Advocacy & Strategic Communications<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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+972 (0)54 240 2659<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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c.gunness@unrwa.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sami Mshasha<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chief of Communications, Arabic Language Spokesperson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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+972 (0)54 216 8295<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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+972 (0)258 90724<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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