UNRWA in the news

October 2012

• Protecting Palestinians from turmoil
  Irish Times, 23 October 2012

August 2012

• Cohort reporting improves hypertension care for refugees
  The Lancet, 11 August 2012

May 2012

• U.N.'s oldest refugee camps look at sensitive upgrades
  Reuters, 9 May 2012

December 2011

• The last straw for Bedouin in Jerusalem's periphery?
  Foreign Policy, 23 December 2011
   
• Israeli plan to move West Bank Bedouin stirs controversy
  Washington Post, 13 December 2011

November 2011

• Interview with Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of UNRWA
  Global Observatory, 14 November 2011

September 2011

• Destroying Schools, Destroying Hope in the West Bank
  Huffington Post, 8 September 2011

June 2011

• Interview with Chris Gunness, UNRWA spokesperson, on World Refugee Day
  CCTV, 20 June 2011
   
• Gaza : coup d’envoi des jeux d’été le 15 juin
  UN Radio, 14 June 2011
   
• Summer Games to provide “normality” in Gaza
  UN Radio, 14 June 2011
   
• FEATURE: From Gaza to Guadarrama – UN spreads the word on Palestinian refugees
  UN News Centre, 7 June 2011
   
• Refugees cannot be ignored: UNRWA
  The Daily Star, Beirut, 4 June 2011
   
• Education about the life of Palestinian refugees 'on the road’ in Spain
  UN Radio, 1 June 2011

December 2010

• Coming to America: Gaza boys take trip of a lifetime
  The Guardian, 10 December 2010

November 2010

• Middle East peace starts with development
  The Guardian, 15 November 2010
   
• 'Peace Starts Here' short films about Palestinian issues
  UN News, 1 November 2010

September 2010

• UN agencies to provide school kits to 30,000 child refugees
  The Daily Star, Beirut, 22 September 2010

June 2010

• Grandi: I hope for a solution to Palestinian question that would bring UNRWA’s existence to an end
  Al-Ahram, Monday 28 June 2010

• Media campaign seeks to raise funds for UNRWA programmes
  The Jordan Times, 15 June 2010

February 2010

• Al-Quds meets with UNRWA’s new Commissioner-General
  Al-Quds newspaper

December 2009

• The heart of the matter
  Haaretz - 10 December 2009
   
• Peace must begin with the plight of Palestine's refugees
  The Guardian - 8 December 2009
   
• Monarch highlights need to build UNRWA's capacity
  Jordan Times - 7 December 2009
   
• Remarks by US Senior Advisor Richard Erdman
  New York - 3 December 2009
   
• Oral Answers to Questions on International Development (PDF)
  House of Commons - 2 December 2009
   
• Fundamentally Flawed (PDF)
  The Jerusalem Post - 1 December 2009

October 2009

• On its 60th anniversary… A Tribute to UNRWA (PDF)
  Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee Newsletter - October 2009

September 2009

• At 60, still helping the vulnerable
  Rami Khouri, Lebanon Daily Star - 26 September 2009
   
• Peace Starts With People
  Karen AbuZayd, Washington Times - 24 September 2009
   
• UN agency helping Palestinian refugees marks 60th anniversary
  Associated Press/Haaretz - 24 September 2009
   
• President Abbas: Cry Out to Save Palestinian Refugees
  Wafa - 24 September 2009

August 2009

• One-man play by U.N. official draws ire in Israel
  McClatchy Newspapers - August 2009
   
• Resilience of Gaza's people lifts spirits of UN aid worker
  UN News Centre - 17 August 2009
   
• Reconstruction work for Nahr el-Bared set to begin
  The Daily Star - 12 August 2009

July 2009

• Spectacular show of music and poetry in Vienna to mark 60th anniversary of UNRWA
  Vienna - July 2009

May 2009

• King decorates UNRWA
  17 May 2009
   
• Facts about Gaza and the War
  Middle East for you site
   
• The Role of UNRWA and the Palestine Refugees
  Palestine–Israel Journal, Vol 15 No. 4 and Vol 16 No. 1, 08/09

April 2009

• Letter to the Editor: UN agency responds
  National Post (Canada) - 9 April 2009
   
• Protection 'matter of life and death' for people of Gaza, Israel – UN official
  UN News Service - 3 April 2009

March 2009

• Durable peace must be foundation for rebuilding Gaza, Ban tells donors meeting
  UN News Service - 2 March 2009

February 2009

• UNRWA rebuts claims made by The Australian newspaper
  February 2009

January 2009

• UN appeals for $613 million to help Gaza recover after Israeli offensive
  UN News Service - 29 January 2009

• UN official urges steps to ensure Gaza crisis does not lead to further extremism
  UN News Service - 23 January 2009

• Hamdan offers to reconstruct three UNRWA schools shelled by Israel
  Emirates News Agency - 9 January 2009