{"id":67507,"date":"2022-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?guid=83bfc3f9ff92bec176731f05a405edf8"},"modified":"2022-06-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:00:00","slug":"un-chief-calls-for-sustainable-funding-for-unrwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/un-chief-calls-for-sustainable-funding-for-unrwa\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief calls for sustainable funding for UNRWA"},"content":{"rendered":"
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for sustainable funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Guterres told a UN pledging event for the agency that in the last 10 years, the needs of Palestine refugees have increased, while funds have stagnated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
UNRWA has worked hard to absorb the annual funding shortage through program efficiencies. But that alone will never solve the problem, he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Guterres made a twofold appeal to UN member states: to make pledges that will bring UNRWA’s funding shortfall down to zero for this year and to put the agency on a durable financial footing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Jordan News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for sustainable funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).Guterres told a UN pledging event for the agency that in the last 10 years, the needs of Palestine r…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n