Name: Palestinian relief agency head deplores ‘short-sighted’ calls for closure
Uploaded: 2024-02-13T08:59:35-05:00
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Description: By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Tuesday that calls to dismantle it were short-sighted and that terminating its mandate would weaken the world’s ability to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “I have talked to the member states about all these calls to have […]

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Palestinian relief agency head deplores ‘short-sighted’ calls for closure

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Tuesday that calls to dismantle it were short-sighted and that terminating its mandate would weaken the world’s ability to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “I have talked to the member states about all these calls to have […]

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