APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 03 November 2021. Thomas White, newly director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza speaks during a press conference, in Gaza city.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 03 November 2021. Thomas White, newly director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza speaks during a press conference, in Gaza city. STORYLINE: Australian Thomas White was appointed Director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip in August 2021, replacing Matthias Schmale who left the Strip. UNRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the UNRWA programme budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall. UNRWA encourages all Member States to work collectively to exert all possible efforts to fully fund the Agency’s programme budget. UNRWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals. UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5.7 million Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA across its five fields of operation. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. UNRWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance. Footage by/ APAwire
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