{"id":193604,"date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=193604"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:38:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:38:44","slug":"auto-insert-193604","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-193604\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA reopens its installations in Gaza – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA reopens its installations in Gaza<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>الأونروا تعيد فتح مكاتبها في غزة<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Based on the assurances Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in Gaza received from different local parties, the Agency will reopen its installations across the Gaza Strip effective to<\/span>d<\/span>ay, Tuesday 9 April. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA was forced to close its distribution and relief offices last week due to ongoing demonstrations that affected its operations, a regrettable decision that hindered the Agency’s ability to provide much needed services and relief supplies to Palestine refugees in Gaza.  While Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA understands the frustration of the population, heightened by the tightened blockade on the Gaza Strip, and respects the right to peaceful demonstrations, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA must ensure the safety and security of its staff. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in Gaza reaffirms that while it is re-opening these facilities now, if its staff or facilities are threatened or operations hindered by demonstrations in the future, it will again be forced to close those installations. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Background information:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, and microfinance.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Financial support to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA has not kept pace with an increased demand for services caused by growing numbers of registered refugees, expanding need, and deepening poverty. As a result, the Agency's General Fund (GF), supporting Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s core activities and 97 per cent reliant on voluntary contributions, has begun each year with a large projected deficit. Currently the deficit stands at US$ 67.2 million.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Christopher Gunness<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Office: +972 (0)2 589 0267<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Sami Mshasha<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Arabic Spokesperson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: +972 (0)54 216 8295<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: +972 (0)2 589 0724<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA reopens its installations in Gaza الأونروا تعيد فتح مكاتبها في غزة 09 April 2013 Gaza   Based on the assurances Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in Gaza received from different local parties, the Agency will reopen its installations across the Gaza Strip effective today, Tuesday 9 April. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA was forced to close its distribution and relief offices last […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2437,1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,1937,2005,2309,1745],"entity":[5343,1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-193604","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-economic-issues","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-protection","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","entity-palestine-plo-palestinian-authority","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/193604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/193604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=193604"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=193604"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=193604"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=193604"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=193604"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=193604"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=193604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}