May 07, 2016, at 01:11 pm
New York, May 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A United Nations human rights committee has completed its annual evaluation of the situation affecting millions of people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, during which representations were made by civil society organizations, UN representatives and Palestinian officials on a wide range of issues affecting the Palestinian and Syrian people in territories occupied by Israel.
Humanitarian operations to support Palestinian refugees continue near Syrian capital – UN agency
May 06, 2016, at 01:31 pm
New York, May 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following intense fighting between armed groups inside Yarmouk camp, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported that it has been able to continue its humanitarian operations in Yalda, near Damascus, since Monday.
Middle East: Funding crisis may force UN agency to delay start of school year
Jul 27, 2015, at 01:33 pm
New York, Jul 27 (IBNS): Facing its most severe financial crisis ever, the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestine refugees throughout the Middle East has on Sunday convened an emergency session to weigh the growing risk that it may be forced to delay the start of the academic year in some 700 schools for half a million students across the region.