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UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA)
Originally established by UN Resolution 302 of 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programs for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA’s mandate has been repeatedly renewed in light of the ongoing Palestinian refugee question. It’s short-term but renewable mandate and the absence of mechanisms to address the natural growth of the Palestinian refugee population since its establishment, together with the predominately voluntary funding system which is adversely susceptible to world politics, have resulted in a chronic funding crisis for the Agency and decreases in the quality and quantity of services provided to refugees. It is the responsibility of the international community to ensure the provision of humanitarian assistance and rights-based protections to Palestinian refugees and to act with immediate effect to resolve the funding crisis. Financing the essential programs run by UNRWA to ensure basic human rights must be made a mandatory obligation of the international community.
- A Critical Analysis of the Biased Review of UNRWA’s Neutrality
- Q&A UNRWA Brochure
- USA-UNRWA Framework Agreement: Assistance or Securitization?
- Causes and measures to resolve the chronic funding crisis
- Confronting the Campaign Targeting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Parameters, Principles and Recommendations for A Palestinian Strategic Plan
- UNRWA's Role in Protecting Palestine Refugees
- UNRWA - Between Refugee Aid and Power Politics
- 2024 - States’ Complicity in Genocide Includes Aiding Israel’s Campaign to Dismantle UNRWA
- 2024 - BADIL Calls on the UN Secretary-General to Ensure UNRWA’s Full International Protection
- 2024 - Israel’s Campaign to Defund and Dismantle UNRWA Continues Beyond the Gaza Strip into Jerusalem
- 2023 - Under Item 7 of UNHRC #55: Defunding UNRWA is a Breach of States' International Obligations to Palestinian Refugees and IDPs, Constitutes Collective Punishment and Supports Genocide in the Gaza Strip
- 2024 - Defunding UNRWA Contributes to the Ongoing Israeli Genocide in the Gaza Strip, in Contradiction to the ICJ’s Provisional Measures
- 2023 - The International Community’s Failure to Protect Palestinians Extends to UNRWA
- 2023 - In Figures and Numbers... BADIL releases the Fact Sheet: "De-functioning UNRWA: Decrease in Services, Staff, and Capacity"
- 2023 - UNRWA fails to meet its mandate and blames Palestinian refugees
- 2023 - The International Community must act to halt the Securitization of UNRWA
- 2023 - Supporting the UNRWA’s Arab Staff Union – West Bank is a national duty
- 2023 - Open Letter to UNSG: UNRWA staff must not be burdened with the responsibility of the failure of the International Community
- 2023 - Protecting UNRWA includes protecting the rights of UNRWA’s Palestinian employees and meeting the demands of the ASU-West Bank
- 2022 - BADIL Welcomes the Renewal of UNRWA’s Mandate but Calls on the International Community to Address the Funding Crisis and the Mandate’s Limitations
- 2022 - The Renewal of UNRWA’s Mandate is an International Responsibility to Face the Ongoing Challenges
- 2022 - BADIL Commends UNRWA on Rejecting IMPACT-se’s Fallacious Reports: Educational Contents Discussing the Palestinian Narrative is a Right, Not a Form of Antisemitism
- 2022 - Mr. Lazzarini's clarifications are welcomed, but insufficient to end the UNRWA liquidation Project!
- 2022 - The GPRN and Palestinian organizations in Palestine and in exile address an open letter to the UNRWA Advisory Committee in response to the statements of Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
- 2022 - Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Forum (Situation assessment): UNRWA and current and future challenges - on the sidelines of the UNRWA Advisory Commission meeting in Beirut
- 2022 - UNRWA is our Right until Return: Statement by BADIL Resource Center and the Global Palestinian Refugee Network
- 2022 - What do you Need to Know About the Framework Agreement Between US and UNRWA
- 2021 - Palestinian Refugees’ Right to COVID-19 Vaccine, Under the Supervision of UNRWA, Must Be Urgently Upheld
- 2020 - Addressing the Corona Virus Outbreak among Palestinian Refugees is the Responsibility of UNRWA and the International Community
- 2021 - UNRWA, Ongoing Target of Israel’s Normalization Strategy, Must be Upheld by the International Community
- 2019 - Renewing UNRWA’s mandate is the first step in securing protection for Palestinian refugees and IDPs
- 2019 - PHROC: Support UNRWA and Ensure Refugee Rights under International Law
- 2019 - Palestinian Refugees and IDPs: Fortifying UNRWA and Closing the Protection Gap
- 2019 - “UNRWA is Our Right until We Return” campaign: Phase 2
- 2018 - (13 December 2018) -GPRN and Adaleh Coalition launch “UNRWA is Our Right until We Return” Campaign
- 2018 - (02 October 2018)- Confronting the campaign targeting UNRWA: a Palestinian strategic plan
- 2018 - (02 July 2018)- UNRWA: Causes and measures to resolve the chronic funding crisis
- 2018 - (28 June 2018) -UNRWA’s essential services under threat, currently facing one of the worst financial crises of its history
- 2018 - (20 May 2018)- Letter from BADIL Center for Palestinian Refugees to the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ignazio Cassis, in response to his statement on UNRWA and Palestinian refugees