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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 20 September 2022. Palestinians take part in a rally to demand the United Nations support UNRWA in front of the headquarter United Nation "UNSCO", in Gaza city.

  1. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Head of the People's Committee in Al-Shati camp, Youssef Al-Zaalan
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza, 20 September 2022. Palestinians take part in a rally to demand the United Nations support UNRWA in front of the headquarter United Nation "UNSCO", in Gaza city. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Head of the People's Committee in Al-Shati camp, Youssef Al-Zaalan STORYLINE: The annual Arab financial aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had declined to 3 percent of UNRWA's budget in 2022, a UN advisor said on Saturday. Adnan Abu Hasna, the media advisor of UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, told reporters in Gaza City that in 2018, the Arab financial support to the UN agency reached 200 million U.S. dollars. "In 2021, the Arab financial aid to the agency declined to 20 million U.S. dollars," he said, adding that "this year (2022), the financial support will be much less than we expect." Abu Hasna explained that during all the previous Arab summits, the Arab League agreed that Arab support for the UN agency should not be less than 7.5 percent, "but today we have seen it decline to 3 percent ... this is a big problem." He added that UNRWA is trying hard, with the help of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to restore contact with many Arab countries that have suspended and reduced their financial aid. Abu Hasna explained that the UN agency is counting on the success of the meeting of the donor countries, which will be held in New York on the sidelines of the meetings of the UN General Assembly. "We hope to mobilize the required and enough financial support that would cover UNRWA's financial deficit, which has reached 100 million U.S. dollars," he added. He warned that "if there are no financial developments after the conference, the crisis will intensify in the coming months of November and December." UNRWA was established as a United Nations agency by a decision of the General Assembly in 1949 and was mandated to prov

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