{"id":289330,"date":"2023-09-18T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T16:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=289330"},"modified":"2023-10-02T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:13:43","slug":"unrwa-lazzarini-statement-18sep2023","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-lazzarini-statement-18sep2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Commissioner General Lazzarini at Ministerial Meeting on Sidelines of the 78th session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ GA, on \u201cPeace Day Effort: An Effort for Middle East Peace\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Statement of Mr. Philippe Lazzarini,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Commissioner-General<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine\u00a0Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cPeace Day Effort: An Effort for Middle East Peace\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

New York, 18 September 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Your Highness,\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excellencies,\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to start by commending this initiative and hope that it will lead to peace and stability.<\/p>\n

I see at least three key opportunities today:<\/p>\n

First, an opportunity for a genuine reflection on what an Israeli-Palestinian peace would mean for relations in the Middle East and beyond.<\/p>\n

Second, an opportunity to see wins for the Palestinians, the Israelis and the region through a peace agreement.<\/p>\n

And third, an opportunity to find a just solution to the plight of Palestine Refugees living within the oPt and in the region.<\/p>\n

A sustainable peace can emerge if it is based on relevant Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ resolutions and builds upon the untapped potential of the Arab Peace Initiative.<\/p>\n

A sustainable peace is also one that addresses the plight of Palestine Refugees as enshrined in international and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ resolutions.<\/p>\n

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A wide view of the high-level ministerial event convened by Jordan and Sweden in support of Palestine Refugees and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA).
From left to right at dais are: Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres; Tobias Billstr\u00f6m, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden; and Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA).\u00a0 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo\/Manuel El\u00edas<\/p><\/div>\n

For nearly 75 years, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA has\u00a0run schools and health centers and has offered social protection to the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n

It has responded to numerous urgent humanitarian crises with food, cash assistance and shelter rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

However, today, the Agency\u2019s existential financial crisis threatens to reverse years of investment in human rights and regional human security.<\/p>\n

Together, we must move from a discussion about Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s finances to a more political discussion on its role and future.<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is soon turning 75.<\/p>\n

We must achieve a sustainable solution for Palestine refugees, to avoid having to mark a 100th<\/sup>\u00a0commemoration and to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East<\/p>\n

This is the only way we can have a sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous Middle East for all.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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