UNRWA

1. United Nations Relief and Works Agency.

UNRWA

/ ˈʌnrə /

acronym

1. United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Example Sentences

“It’s targeting a community by changing the topography on the ground,” said Roland Friedrich, director of affairs in the West Bank for UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

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Lebanon hosts about 222,000 Palestinian refugees, according to the United Nations agency UNRWA.

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Israel has at times restricted the operations of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or Unrwa, which is the primary provider of aid in Gaza.

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In its advisory opinion, the court said Israel “is under the obligation to agree to and facilitate relief schemes provided by the United Nations and its entities, including Unrwa.”

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Unrwa - the largest humanitarian organisation in Gaza, with 12,000 Palestinian staff - has challenged Israel's allegation that it knowingly has Hamas members in its ranks, or that it co-operated with the armed group.

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