Transitioning from UNRWA to UNOPS represents an opportunity to reset a humanitarian framework long distorted by politics and ...

Fifty-six House Democrats quietly introduced legislation Thursday to repeal a congressional ban on funding to a United ...

The UNRWA, short for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was established two years after about 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled from their homes ...

The panel made recommendations to improve neutrality, including through engagement with donors, neutrality of staff and behavior, neutrality of education, and governance. UNRWA Commissioner ...

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini acknowledges that it has been "stressful" leading the embattled UN agency for Palestinian ...

Some 139,000 people have given to UNRWA USA since October 2023, said Mara Kronenfeld, its executive director, a huge jump from the 7,000 people it counted among its donor base before the current war.

With Israel’s complete blockade on Gaza approaching 10 days, Philippe Lazzarini says aid is being ‘weaponised’.

Since the 1960s, the U.S. – the UNRWA’s primary donor – and other Western countries have repeatedly expressed their desire to use aid to prevent radicalization among refugees. In response to ...

The softly-spoken Swiss father of four began his tenure in 2020 under Covid lockdown, as UNRWA was reeling after the United States -- traditionally its largest donor -- dramatically slashed its ...