{"id":194461,"date":"2015-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=194461"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:48:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:48:51","slug":"auto-insert-194461","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-194461\/","title":{"rendered":"New documentary does not give audience fair and balanced portrait of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s education work – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RESPONSE TO THE NEW DAVID BEDEIN FILM BY Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA SPOKESPERSON CHRIS GÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵNESS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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19 April 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The accusation that Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA has been taken over by Hamas and is complicit in the recruitment of children is presented in the commentary of a new film by David Bedein as fact, without any evidence. This is because there is no evidence.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What a shame Roim Olam – a weekly foreign news magazine aired on Israel public Television Channel 1 News – chose not to give its audience a fair and balanced portrait of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s education work with a quarter a million children in Gaza, showing our human rights classes that inculcate a sense of universal values; our summer fun weeks with recreational activities that attempt to give a sense of normalcy; our psychiatric counselling with tens of thousands of children injured, maimed, blinded and traumatized during the conflict last summer and our efforts to rebuild destroyed homes of countless children.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I am surprised that an award winning editor can broadcast such biased and false allegations without any evidence or proof.<\/p><\/div>\n

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BACKGROÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵD 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$ 100 million.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Spokesperson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)54 240 2659<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)2 589 0267<\/p><\/div>\n

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c.gunness@unrwa.org<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Chief of Communications & Arabic Language Spokesperson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Office: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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s.mshasha@unrwa.org<\/a> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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