Published : 26-06-2018
In a letter sent by the Action Group in London on June 25, to UNRWA’s Donors’ Conference held in New York, it called on the international community and donor countries to double its funding, for UNRWA to maintain its services to the Palestinian refugees.
The Group stressed the importance of providing financial support for the continuation of UNRWA's work in proportion to the growing plight of the Palestinian refugees, and to ensure the sustainability of the necessary funding, in order for the Agency to provide services to the refugees at all levels of education, health and relief and to develop its work to include the physical and legal protection of Palestinian refugees outside the five areas of its operation, to ensure their right to live in dignity.
The letter, which was sent to the Conference and to the diplomatic missions of the participating countries, focused on the suffering of the Palestinian refugees in Syria as a result of the financial crisis of UNRWA and the consequent repercussions that come at the time of greatest need to expand and intensify its work.
The Group also pointed out that the suffering of the Palestinian refugees in Syria has increased significantly because of the continuing armed conflict in Syria and the precarious legal status of the refugees outside, in addition to getting killed, arrested and displaced.
It is worth noting that 418,000 Palestinian-Syrians depend directly on UNRWA’s assistance, an average of 95% suffer from food insecurity, in addition to 3776 victims and more than 1674 documented detainees in the regime’s prisons.
In a letter sent by the Action Group in London on June 25, to UNRWA’s Donors’ Conference held in New York, it called on the international community and donor countries to double its funding, for UNRWA to maintain its services to the Palestinian refugees.
The Group stressed the importance of providing financial support for the continuation of UNRWA's work in proportion to the growing plight of the Palestinian refugees, and to ensure the sustainability of the necessary funding, in order for the Agency to provide services to the refugees at all levels of education, health and relief and to develop its work to include the physical and legal protection of Palestinian refugees outside the five areas of its operation, to ensure their right to live in dignity.
The letter, which was sent to the Conference and to the diplomatic missions of the participating countries, focused on the suffering of the Palestinian refugees in Syria as a result of the financial crisis of UNRWA and the consequent repercussions that come at the time of greatest need to expand and intensify its work.
The Group also pointed out that the suffering of the Palestinian refugees in Syria has increased significantly because of the continuing armed conflict in Syria and the precarious legal status of the refugees outside, in addition to getting killed, arrested and displaced.
It is worth noting that 418,000 Palestinian-Syrians depend directly on UNRWA’s assistance, an average of 95% suffer from food insecurity, in addition to 3776 victims and more than 1674 documented detainees in the regime’s prisons.
