Overview Key messages Famine looms in the Gaza Strip, where the entire population of 2.2 million people faces alarming levels of acute food insecurity. Four out of every five people have been...
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7 crises the world must not look away from in 2024
In 2023, the EU and its Member States retained their position as one of the largest global humanitarian donors. Over the past 12 months the international community has focused on the rising number of...
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WHO's Health Emergency Appeal 2024
FOREWORD The threats of climate change, extreme weather events, food insecurity, conflict and displacement are intersecting, causing deeper and increasingly complex health emergencies. In 2024,...
2023 oPt Emergency Appeal Progress Report for the reporting period 1 January – 30 June 2023
UNRWA operates in an environment characterised by conflict, political tension and chronic humanitarian need. Within this context, the Agency maintains its commitment to the humanitarian principles of...
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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing - 29 November 2023 [EN/AR]
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, WHO welcomes the extension of the humanitarian pause in the conflict in Gaza, and the release of hostages and prisoners by both sides. The pause has...
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Allocution liminaire du Directeur général de l’OMS lors du point presse du 29 novembre 2023
Bonjour ou bonsoir à toutes et à tous, L’OMS se réjouit de la prolongation de la trêve humanitaire instaurée dans le conflit à Gaza et de la libération d’otages et de détenus par les deux parties. ...
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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 15 November 2023
15 November 2023 中文 Français Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, Yesterday, I met for the second time with families of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. I heard and felt their pain and...
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Allocution liminaire du Directeur général de l’OMS lors du point presse – 15 novembre 2023
Bonjour, bon après-midi et bonsoir, Hier, j’ai rencontré pour la deuxième fois les familles des otages israéliens actuellement détenus à Gaza. J’ai entendu et ressenti leur douleur et leur chagrin. ...
State of Palestine Annual Country Report 2022 - Country Strategic Plan 2018 - 2023
Overview Palestine continues to face a complex protection and humanitarian crisis due to prolonged occupation, internal political divisions, and recurrent conflict. In 2022, the situation was...
occupied Palestinian territory Emergency Appeal 2023
Foreword by the directors of UNRWA affairs in Gaza and the West Bank As the Directors of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza and the West Bank we are submitting this Emergency Appeal for 2023 that outlines the...
Health and climate change: country profile 2021: occupied Palestinian territories
Overview This WHO/EMRO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for occupied Palestinian territories provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...
The Rebuilding of Gaza Amid Dire Conditions: Damage, Losses, and Needs [EN/AR/HE]
A need for up to US$485 million for immediate and short-term recovery Jerusalem, July 6, 2021 - The eleven days of hostilities in May 2021 in Gaza resulted in the loss of over 260 people, including...
Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment: June 2021
Executive Summary On May 20, 2021, after 11 days of the worst conflict since 2014, Israel and militants in Gaza agreed to a cessation of hostilities. Casualties were recorded on both sides, including...
UNCT COVID-19 Development System Response Plan for Occupied Palestinian Territory
Sustainable development and COVID-19 In addition to the public health and humanitarian implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has delivered a negative shock to Palestinian socioeconomic...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/44/60) (Advance unedited version)
Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 15 June–3 July 2020 Agenda items 7 Human Rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Summary The Secretariat has the honour to transmit...
State of Environment and Outlook report for the occupied Palestinian territory 2020
Executive Summary This report provides an overview of the current state of the environment in the occupied Palestinian territory. Building on earlier work by the United Nations Environment Programme...
Human Rights Council holds interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry
Human Rights Council MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories occupied...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/40/73) (Advance unedited version)
Human Rights Council Fortieth session 25 February–22 March 2019 Agenda item 7 Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the...
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Annual Operational Report 2017
Executive Summary In 2017, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was able to rapidly and effectively deliver human development and humanitarian...
Community cooperation cleaning up Shu’fat camp
No one likes to live among garbage. But in the overcrowded Shu’fat refugee camp in the West Bank, UNRWA sanitation services are stretched to the limit and garbage piles up in the street. Toxic fumes...