(MENAFN) An appeal for its emergency programs of over than USD800 million has been launched by The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Approximately USD400 million will be for Syria and the occupied Palestinian territory, which consists of Gaza and the West Bank. The appeal also covers some 50,000 Palestine refugees from Syria who have fled to Lebanon and Jordan.
At a launch event in Geneva, UNRWA Commissioner-General, Pierre Krahenbuhl, explained that the majority of Palestine refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory and from Syria "rely on UNRWA to provide aid which is literally life-saving, including food, water, shelter and medical assistance.
Krahenbuhl emphasized that "supporting UNRWA emergency appeals is not a substitute for an urgently needed political solution to the underlying conflict. It is, however, fundamental to sustaining the dignity and strength inherent in the Palestine refugee community."
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