UN agency says it needs $800m a year to assist Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian children play at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City [File: Khalil Hamra/AP]

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said it will seek a new injection of funds at an upcoming donor conference, after it withstood years of financial instability during the administration of former United States President Donald Trump.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York that the organisation needed “predictability” for its operations in order to implement “three core activities” – education, health and social services.

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