BAN URGES SUPPORT AS UN AGENCY AIDING PALESTINIANS FACES ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ DEMANDS INVOLVING "GAY" RIGHTS

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Date: 26 Sep 2013 18:00:00 -0400
Subject: BAN URGES SUPPORT AS UN AGENCY AIDING PALESTINIANS FACES
'UNPRECEDENTED' DEMANDS
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BAN URGES SUPPORT AS UN AGENCY AIDING PALESTINIANS FACES
'UNPRECEDENTED' DEMANDSNew York, Sep 26 2013 6:00PMThe United Nations
agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees is facing
extraordinary demands under very challenging circumstances,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging the international
community to step up so that five million people can receive the help
they need.

"Let me be clear: the demands placed on UNRWA today are
unprecedented," Mr. Ban
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7148">said at a
meeting of supporters of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

"At a time of great turbulence in the Middle East, we need your
commitment to intensify support for UNRWA and its crucial work on
behalf of vulnerable Palestine refugee communities in Gaza, the West
Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria."

Mr. Ban emphasized that due to the current situation in the region,
UNRWA is not just providing assistance to refugees but managing crises
affecting all of its areas of operation. It is helping more than half
a million Palestine refugees registered in Syria. However, because of
the Syrian conflict, over half of them are internally displaced, while
60,000 others have fled to Lebanon and Jordan.

UNRWA is also alleviating poverty and distress in Gaza, where more
than half the population of 1.7 million people depends on food
assistance from the Agency to survive.

Mr. Ban thanked international donors, who provide 97 per cent of
UNRWA's funding, while adding that much more is needed to keep the
Agency afloat.

"UNRWA faces a funding deficit on its basic programmes of $50 million.
This deficit will double next year, calling into question UNRWA's
future ability to provide basic services to refugees," Mr. Ban said,
noting that some of the Agency's services have already been cut.

"For example, the Agency can no longer make small support payments
that helped the poorest refugees in Gaza and the West Bank. This is
contributing to a heightened sense among Palestine refugees that the
international community is abandoning them," Mr. Ban said.

He called on donors to sustain their efforts and, whenever possible,
enhance their support for UNRWA. In particular, he urged members of
the League of Arab States to fulfil their commitment to fund 7.8 per
cent of the costs of UNRWA's basic programmes.

"If this were realized on a sustained basis, UNRWA would be in a much
more stable financial position. I urge you to back UNRWA with concrete
pledges today or very soon after this meeting," Mr. Ban said.

Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, stated prior to the
meeting that the Agency cannot sustain its services to refugees unless
all donors step up.

"We are $54 million short this year and next year will be worse. We
are, in particular, looking to Arab donors to reaffirm and move
forward on their engagement to achieve the 7.8 per cent target for
Arab Government contributions to UNRWA's core budget previously set in
Arab League resolutions," he said.

"In these present volatile conditions in the region, it seems highly
desirable to reinforce UNRWA as an important contributor to
stability."Sep 26 2013 6:00PM
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