Seventy-eighth session Agenda item 111 Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund Summary In 2023, the Peacebuilding Fund approved support amounting to $202,485,203 in 36 countries and...
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UNHCR: Islamic philanthropy grows amid record emergencies and funding shortfalls [EN/AR]
GENEVA – A record $46 million was raised through Islamic philanthropy for nearly 2 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) in 23 countries during 2023, an almost 20 per cent increase...
Statement of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to the General Assembly (04 March 2024) [EN/AR]
4 March 2024, New York Mr. President, Excellencies, I am here today because UNRWA, the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees, is at a breaking point. 75 years after its creation by this...
Independent review group on UNRWA may request Gaza visit [EN/AR]
Researchers have been deployed to the Middle East and requests issued to meet with Israel officials, said the head of an independent team reviewing the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA,...
The constraints facing women's organizations in Taiz Governorate [EN/AR]
Prepared by: Roza Al-Hakimy Executive Summary: Women-led organizations face numerous challenges in accessing funding. This policy paper summarizes the four main challenges identified by interviewed...
UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia reiterate support for UNRWA [EN/AR]
10 February 2024 AMMAN, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini conducted a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of his...
World Bank Group Expands Its Crisis Toolkit to Empower Countries Amid Intertwined Crises [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
February 1, 2024 —The World Bank today approved a suite of groundbreaking tools to help developing countries better respond to crises and strengthen preparedness for future shocks. These new tools...
The Gaza Strip: Humanitarian crisis deepens at a time funding suspensions put UNRWA aid operations in peril [EN/AR]
01 February 2024 Download UNRWA multimedia resources here AMMAN, The colossal humanitarian needs of over 2 million people in Gaza now face the risk of deepening following the decision of 16 donor...
‘No substitute’ for UNRWA’s lifesaving work in Gaza: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator [EN/AR/ZH]
No organization can be a substitute for the UN agency assisting Palestinians, UNRWA, in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the Organization’s senior coordinator for the enclave said on Tuesday. Apart from a...
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza [EN/AR/HE]
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 30 January 2024 – The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN...
UN chief to meet UNRWA donors as major charities call for continued support [EN/AR/ZH]
Secretary-General António Guterres is due to meet with major donors to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday, as major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) issued an urgent plea...
Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as the UN agency for Palestinians, UNWRA, reported...
UNRWA’s lifesaving aid may end due to funding suspension [EN/AR]
OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN GAZA DEPEND ON UNRWA FOR SURVIVAL AS WAR AND DISPLACEMENT CONTINUE FROM PHILIPPE LAZZARINI, UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL AMMAN, 27 January 2024- “Nine countries have as of...
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Always included: Uninterrupted education for children with disabilities before, during, and after a crisis (November 2023) [EN/AR]
Key messages Globally, some 72 million children are out of school due to emergencies and protracted crises. Of these, 17% are children with disabilities. In West and Central Africa, over 13,250...
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Forgotten frontlines: Looking at the climate finance going to fragile and conflict affected states in 2019-20 [EN/AR]
Conflict-ravaged countries pushed into "debt traps" by climate funding Published: 5th December 2023 Oxfam found that over half of climate finance reported by rich countries could put fragile states...
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Global Humanitarian Overview 2024: UN launches $46 billion appeal for 2024 as global humanitarian outlook remains bleak [EN/AR]
• Conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies are wreaking havoc in communities around the world. Nearly 181 million people in 72 countries are targeted to receive humanitarian aid and...
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Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 [EN/AR/FR/ES]
PEOPLE IN NEED 299.4 M PEOPLE TARGETED 180.5 M REQUIREMENTS (US$) $ 46.4 B APPEALS 35 In 2024, nearly 300 million people around the world will need humanitarian assistance and protection, due to...
Climate Equality: A planet for the 99% [EN/AR]
Author(s) Ashfaq Khalfan, Astrid Nilsson Lewis, Carlos Aguilar, Jacqueline Persson, Max Lawson, Nafkote Dabi, Safa Jayoussi, Sunil Acharya Overview The world faces twin crises of climate breakdown...
The State of the World's Cash 2023 [EN/AR]
Humanitarian cash assistance at a crossroads, warns new report Unlocking the potential of cash assistance to meet people’s humanitarian needs will require greater effort and change. In 2022, $7.9...
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Report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, 1 January-31 December 2022 (A/78/13) [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
General Assembly Official Records Seventy-eighth Session Supplement No. 13 Letters of transmittal Letter dated 18 August 2023 from the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works...