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UNRWA Advisory Commission members visited Syria on 18 - 19 June 2022
A delegation of UNRWA Advisory Commission (AdCom) members visited UNRWA in Syria from 18 to 19 June 2022, the rst such visit since the beginning of the conflict over a decade ago. The delegation included 11 member states (Finland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Norway, Palestine, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria and European Union) and was accompanied by Ms. Leni Stenseth, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General, and Mr. Amanya Michael-Ebye, Director of UNRWA Aairs in Syria. The mission programme included visits to three Palestine refugee camps in Damascus and rural Damascus: Yarmouk, Sbeineh and Khan Eshieh, the UNRWA emergency cash distribution centre and the Damascus Training Centre for Technical and Vocational Education. AdCom members engaged with sta and community members and got arst-hand impression of the reality for Palestine refugees in Syria.