United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Amman, Jordan. Established in 1949, it replaced the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees in 1950 as the major UN agency dealing with Palestine refugees. By 2003 more than 4 million refugees and their descendents who had been displaced by the various Arab-Israeli Wars were registered with UNRWA, more than 1.3 million of them in UNWRA refugee camps. Originally the agency was charged with the care of the refugees until they could be repatriated, compensated, or resettled; UNRWA has, in fact, found itself faced with the job of housing, feeding, and educating people for long periods of time in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. During this period, it has had the difficult task of dealing with the competing interests of Israel, the Arab states, and the Palestinian movement.
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EC to increase support to UNRWA to 2237 million [euro].(European Commission, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
The Middle East; 11/1/2002; 47 words;
* The European commission will sign a new funding convention this week with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The European Union (EU) will increase its support to UNRWA's general fund ...
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Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to Discuss Palestine Refugees in the Near East
U.S. Newswire; 5/20/2002; 110 words;
News Advisory: Deputy Commissioner-General ... AbuZayd will speak about the Middle East peace process and the refugee situation ... to the nearly 4 million registered refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab ... Gaza Strip. WHAT: Afternoon Newsmaker news conference WHEN: Thursday, May 23 ...
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U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR
Washington Transcript Service; 5/5/2008; 795 words;
... and the United Nations -- has not ... misunderstood UN agency, the lives ... the Middle East would undoubtedly ... service to refugees around the ... the Middle East as chair ... the Middle East among the ... Palestinian refugees. Thank you ...
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U.S. PUBLIC DELEGATE TO THE U.N. KELLY KNIGHT U.S. PUBLIC DELEGATE TO THE U.N. KELLY KNIGHT DELIVERS REMARKS ON THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN
Washington Transcript Service; 11/8/2007; 485 words;
... REMARKS ON THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST, NEW YORK ... Chairman, The United States shares ... the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine ...
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UNRWA's uneasy future. (United Nations Relief and Works Agency)(Palestine)
The Middle East; 5/1/1995; Albrecht, Kirk; 801 words;
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has been ... Palestinian refugees. But as peace ... the Middle East, Kirk Albrecht ... 000, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is ... makes the agency's purpose ... classified as ...
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Obituary: Sir John Rennie; UN relief administrator for Palestine refugees.(Obituaries)
The Independent (London, England); 12/13/2002; Melvern, Linda; 748 words;
... joined the United Nations, for it had ... administer the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The agency had been ... assistance for the relief of Palestinian refugees and to ...
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U.N. Agency Calls for Fund to Help Palestine Refugees, XINHUA
Xinhua (China); 2/1/2002; 237 words;
00-00-0000 UNITED NATIONS, January ... The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on ... the U.N. relief agency said in a ... 4 million refugees in the occupied ... schemes. The Agency has also ... over 4,500 ...
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Great Britain and Palestine towards the United Nations.
Middle Eastern Studies; 7/1/1994; Jasse, Richard L.; 9456 words;
... return of Palestine to the mandate ... offered the Agency representatives a map of Palestine and 'suggested ... the Jewish Agency put forward ... which the Agency believed ... going to the United Nations that if Britain ... agenda of the United Nations. In the ...
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PALESTINE AND PALESTINIANS: Confronting the Occupation: Work, Education, and Political Activism of Palestinian Families in a Refugee Camp
The Middle East Journal; 10/1/2004; Pedersen, Jon; 827 words;
PALESTINE AND PALESTINIANS Confronting ... participation in the Middle East. In a contrarian move ... context of the Middle East, that values and norms ... and the role of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near ...
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NEW FUNDING ANNOUNCED: U.S. CONTRIBUTES $24 MILLION FOR RELIEF OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SRI LANKA
Regulatory Intelligence Data; 9/12/2007; INDSTRY GROUP 91; 398 words;
... large-scale relief efforts for refugees and internally ... Palestinian refugees in Lebanon ... victims and refugees from Sri ... million for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees/ United Nations Children ... for Iraqi refugees in Jordan ... to the UN ...
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As Early as 1930 Near East Foundation Moves from Relief to Development - An American Pioneer Abroad; Pro-Poor & Participatory Policies Influence Generations of Professional Specialists
Armenian Reporter, The; 4/30/2005; 2739 words;
... II Middle East in the areas ... cooperatives. The Near East Foundation ... asked the Near East Foundation ... back to the Near East Foundation ... philosophy of the Near East Foundation ... continued. "The Near East Foundation ... s Middle East and ...
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Islamic Development Bank Grants 5 Million Dollars to Palestine Refugees, XINHUA
Xinhua (China); 10/4/2001; 221 words;
... 10-04-2001 UNITED NATIONS, October ... The key United Nations agency assisting Palestine refugees announced ... The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said ... support the agency's ...
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Aid under fire: relief efforts in Palestinian refugee camps are not for the faint of heart. (The Uprooted).
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; 11/1/2002; Handal, Nabil; 2139 words;
... Palestinian refugees in the West ... Christian relief organizations ... desperate refugees to the arrival ... lives of refugees and aid workers ... complicating relief efforts ... opportunities for refugees, as well ... duration of the refugees' plight all ... implementation of ...
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U.N. Relief Workers Blocked From Palestinian Refugee Camp, XINHUA
Xinhua (China); 4/9/2002; 237 words;
00-00-0000 UNITED NATIONS, April 9 ... A U.N. relief convey was ... the U.N. Relief Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA ... accompanied by the Agency's Deputy ... that the agency's ambulances ... that the agency had delivered ...
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Embattled U.N. Refugee Agency Seeks Funds
Forward; 7/5/2002; 597 words;
UNITED NATIONS -- Unfazed ... funding, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is calling ... Palestinian refugees, said an ... needed for relief and reconstruction ... camps. The agency already ...
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