UNRWA
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday made a phone call with Philippe Lazzarini, the newly appointed Commissioner General of the United Nations agency supporting the relief of Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) financial deficit this year is estimated at $120 million.
Arab League says UNRWA symbolizes the international community's responsibility toward the Palestinian refugees
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) offered a contribution of $50 million to the UN agency.
Krahenbuhl, commissioner-general of the UNRWA, expressed on Wednesday his hope for continuing coordination and consultation with Egypt during the coming period.
A Palestinian committee, affiliated to the Arab Parliament (AP), convened on Monday in Cairo to discuss means of helping UNRWA to resume services for Palestinian refugees.
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed AboulGheit said that the U.S. allowed Iran following the 2015 deal to restore a big amount offrozen money.
Egypt will not tolerate terrorist acts or foreign interventions in Arab countries' internal affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry said.
Shoukry expressed concerns over the challenges facing the UNRWA which provides humanitarian aid to about 5.4 million Palestinian refugees.
The 150th ordinary session of the Arab League will discuss the the current attempts to end the role of the UNRWA
The 150th ordinary session of the Arab League will discuss the the current attempts to end the role of the UNRWA
Arab League general secretariat condemns the US decision to stop funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
The call also tackled the current situation of UNRWA and means of coordination between Egypt and Jordan in helping refugees.
Jordan warned on Wednesday that a severe financial shortfall facing a United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees.
Nikki Haley on Tuesday slammed Arab and Islamic states for talking a lot about supporting the Palestinians but not giving more money to help.
Ismail Haniyeh and Nickolay Mladenov discussed the Israeli occupation’s violations concerning repeated storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
A delegation of the Arab Parliament under its Speaker Meshaal bin Fahm al Salmi will attend the 138th round of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
The head of the UN agency for Palestinians criticised Tuesday the "political dimension" of a US decision to dramatically slash funding to the organisation.
Twenty one aid groups wrote to the Trump admin. to object to withholding $65 million in U.S. contributions to the UN agency that serves Palestinian refugees.
In a Twitter post on January 2 Trump said that Washington gives the Palestinians "Hundreds of millions of dollars a year and get no appreciation or respect”