UNRWA Under Attack – Saving the UN’s Palestine Refugee Agency

On 18 June 2024, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini joined PRIO to share his insights on what he has experienced in Gaza. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is the main humanitarian aid provider in the Gaza Strip. It is also responsible for running schools and healthcare for millions of Palestinian refugees in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The UN organization is facing a funding crisis worsened by Israel’s war in Gaza and the unproven Israeli accusations against the agency. Lazzarini informed us about the dire situation for Palestine refugees in the Middle East and the crisis facing the agency.

Speakers

• Introduction by PRIO Director Henrik Urdal
• Keynote by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
• Comments by Vebjørn Dysvik, Director General, Department of Regional Affairs, Norwegian MFA
• Comments by PRIO researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen
• Panel conversation between Commissioner-General Lazzarini, Vebjørn Dysvik and Jørgen Jensehaugen moderated by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, Senior Researcher at PRIO

Read more about this event here: https://www.prio.org/events/9147

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