Qatar underlines UNRWA's pivotal role in meeting humanitarian needs of Palestinian people

New York: The State of Qatar has underlined the indispensable and pivotal role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...

New York: The State of Qatar has underlined the indispensable and pivotal role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in meeting the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people. This was emphasized in the New York Declaration issued by the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.

This came in a statement delivered by Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani, before the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly during its 80th session, under agenda item 49, concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani noted that UNRWA, established in 1949, continues to provide essential services and vital humanitarian assistance to more than five million Palestinian refugees in the State of Palestine, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Lebanese Republic, and the Syrian Arab Republic.

He pointed out that its responsibilities have increased significantly in light of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

He added that the efforts of the State of Qatar, in cooperation with the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Turkiye, and the United States of America, succeeded in reaching a ceasefire agreement on October 13th in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, aimed at ending the bloodshed and humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip.