Qatar rejects any attempts to terminate, reduce UNRWA role

Geneva: The State of Qatar has called on the international community to diligently work to provide all kinds of ample support for humanitarian respons...

Geneva: The State of Qatar has called on the international community to diligently work to provide all kinds of ample support for humanitarian response's plans and operations for the Palestinian refugees and displaced people so as to mitigate their suffering and ensure they receive adequate support that helps them live a dignified life, in addition to enabling the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to undertake its mandate.

In addition, the State of Qatar expressed its rejection of any attempts to either terminate or reduce the role of UNRWA, strip Palestinians of their refugee status, or liquidate their cause.

This came in the State of Qatar's statement delivered by the Third Secretary of the permanent delegation of the State of Qatar in Geneva, Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Mansoori, during the annual Pledging Conference of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva.

Al Mansoori underscored that the State of Qatar is committed to being one of the key backers of the United Nations' efforts and its agencies to assist refugees and displaced people in various territories of the world without any discrimination, stemming from its belief in humanitarian responsibility and spirit of international solidarity and engagement in sharing the burden.

He pointed out that the UNHCR's Global Appeal for 2025 highlighted the scale and severity of the crisis faced by refugees and displaced people around the world today, along with their increasing number to roughly 140 million people and the degeneration of their humanitarian situation due to the new conflicts and the failure to resolve long-term crises, thereby prompting the international community to steadfastly proceed with its joint coordination, share the burden, provide essential support for humanitarian and development response's efforts to refugees, as well as the countries and communities hosting them, in addition to working towards resolving and ending conflicts and finding enduring solutions.