UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Press conference of the Extraordinary Ministerial Conference in support of UNRWA

Sheikh Zayed Centre (FAO Headquarters)
15.03.2018
 Rome time

A press conference with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, plus the Foreign Ministers of the co-hosting countries H.E. Ayman Safadi of Jordan, Margot Wallström of Sweden and H.E. Sameh Shoukry of Egypt, and the UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl.

 

The press conference will be webcast in Arabic, English and Italian.

 

UNRWA serves over five million Palestine refugees and is experiencing the worst financial crisis in its 70 year history. The aim of the Extraordinary Ministerial Conference is to support a collective response by the international community to protect the rights and dignity of Palestinian Refugees and ensure that UNRWA’s unprecedented funding crisis is urgently resolved.

 

Topics: Emergencies/Crises,Food Security,Press conference
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