AMMAN— In a virtual briefing to the
UN Security Council , the Commissioner-General of UNRWA,
Philippe Lazzarini, indicated that the Palestine refugees situation has
deteriorated further, since his last briefing to the Council in May 2021,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
On Thursday, Lazzarini explained
that more than 80 percent of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza
live below the poverty line, according to the United Nations News Center.
He said the recent escalation in
Gaza was a "stark reminder" that war and violence could occur at any
time, in the absence of a real and comprehensive effort to solve the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Lazzarini noted that 60 Palestine refugee
families had lost their homes, and 17 children had been killed, eight of whom
were students in UNRWA schools.
“Nearly half of UNRWA’s students are
traumatized and need special assistance to deal with recurrent cycles of
violence and economic hardships. Meanwhile, the economic and security
conditions in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the political, are worsening
as
Palestine refugees suffer from High levels of dispossession, violence and
insecurity,” he indicated.
Lazzarini said that
UNRWA has, for
more than seventy years, been a source of opportunity and hope for a better
future for generations of Palestine refugees, calling on member states that
have reduced their funding to reconsider the impact of their decision on the
stability of the region.
He indicated that, in a few weeks,
the General Assembly will be presented with an extension of UNRWA's mandate for
approval, calling on "all member states to mobilize, politically and
financially, to support UNRWA and to continue working towards a political
solution that benefits the region and its people."
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