Published : 19-01-2023
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, met on Thursday with Dr. Faysal AlMiqdad, Syrian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.
Lazzarini Briefed Miqdad on UNRWA’s efforts to mobilize donor countries to increase funds in order to enable the Agency to keep up its vital services for Palestinian refugees in Syria.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini visited Syria from 15 to 19 January 2023, to meet Palestine refugees and Agency staff in Aleppo and Damascus.
Together with the Director of UNRWA affairs in Syria, Amanya Michael Ebye, Lazzarini engaged with the communities in Neirab, Ein el Tal and Yarmouk camps, and had meetings with senior government officials.
Discussions with representatives of the Palestine refugee communities of Neirab and Ein el Tal showed the scope and scale of the hardship of the refugees in and around Aleppo. Their requests for very basic needs ranged from milk and diapers for babies to supporting cancer patients with treatment.
During his visit, the Commissioner-General met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faysal Miqdad, the Governor of Aleppo, Husien Diab, and the Director-General of the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR), Qasem Hussein.
He briefed the government officials on the Agency's relentless efforts to mobilize additional contributions from donor countries to help respond to acute needs such as the ones he witnessed in Syria.
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, met on Thursday with Dr. Faysal AlMiqdad, Syrian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.
Lazzarini Briefed Miqdad on UNRWA’s efforts to mobilize donor countries to increase funds in order to enable the Agency to keep up its vital services for Palestinian refugees in Syria.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini visited Syria from 15 to 19 January 2023, to meet Palestine refugees and Agency staff in Aleppo and Damascus.
Together with the Director of UNRWA affairs in Syria, Amanya Michael Ebye, Lazzarini engaged with the communities in Neirab, Ein el Tal and Yarmouk camps, and had meetings with senior government officials.
Discussions with representatives of the Palestine refugee communities of Neirab and Ein el Tal showed the scope and scale of the hardship of the refugees in and around Aleppo. Their requests for very basic needs ranged from milk and diapers for babies to supporting cancer patients with treatment.
During his visit, the Commissioner-General met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faysal Miqdad, the Governor of Aleppo, Husien Diab, and the Director-General of the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR), Qasem Hussein.
He briefed the government officials on the Agency's relentless efforts to mobilize additional contributions from donor countries to help respond to acute needs such as the ones he witnessed in Syria.
