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U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon visits UNRWA following announcement of resumption of aid
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Today, United States Ambassador to Lebanon H.E. Ms. Dorothy C. Shea visited the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Field Office where she met with the Deputy Commissioner-General of the Agency, Ms. Leni Stenseth and the Director of UNRWA Affairs, Lebanon, Mr. Claudio Cordone. Also attending the meeting were the United Nations Acting Special Coordinator for Lebanon and Resident and Humanitatian Coordinator, Ms. Najat Rochdi, the Chairperson of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, Dr. Hassan Mneimneh and the Palestinian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mr. Ashraf Dabbour. The visit follows the 7 April U.S. announcement to resumption of funding to UNRWA with a contribution of US$ 150 million.
UNRWA launches digital learning platform for half million Palestine refugee students
New mobile-friendly UNRWA education platform hosts a wide range of materials
By JT - Apr 19,2021 - Last updated at Apr 19,2021
A Palestine refugee student in Sbeineh camp, Syria (Photo courtesy of UNRWA/Taghrid Mohammed)
AMMAN The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has launched a new centralised digital education platform designed to improve education access for more than 540,000 refugee students in 711 schools across the Middle East.
In emergency situations such as the pandemic or periods of armed conflict Palestine refugee children are often unable to physically access their regular schools, risking interruption of their education, according to an UNRWA statement.
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Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), who also serves as chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, echoed the remarks calling an Iran armed with a nuclear weapon unacceptable, and adding that the best way to achieve this is via diplomacy and that he supports the Biden administration s efforts to secure a compliance-for-compliance return to the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of AcJCPOA. Neither we nor Israel can afford to begin a march toward war. That should be the very last possible option.
State of Palestine : Humanitarian Situation Report, No. 1, January – March 2021
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• As of 31 March 2021, there were 270,878 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 50 per cent were women and 13 per cent were children under the age of 18.
• UNICEF distributed e-vouchers for accessing hygiene kits to 5,900 families in Hebron and Bethlehem Governorates benefitting 35,400 people. A further 7,683 adults (3,903 men and 3,780 women) and 510 kindergarten staff in the Gaza Strip were provided with hygiene kits.
• Through family centres in the Gaza Strip, UNICEF and its local partners reached 3,599 vulnerable children (57 per cent girls) with structured psychosocial support, including individual counselling, group counselling, life skills, child-parent interaction sessions, and other psychosocial support group activities. A further 622 children (42 per cent girls) benefited from individual case management.