Aqaba: Nayef Fayez, Chairman of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), engaged in discussions with Olaf Becker, Director of Operations at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), regarding the agency’s endeavors to assist Palestinian refugees.
Fayez commended the agency’s dedication to delivering essential services to refugees in Jordan, emphasizing its ongoing initiatives aimed at enhancing education, healthcare, and other critical services vital to the beneficiaries of its programs.
During the meeting, Becker expressed gratitude for the ASEZA’s efforts in providing fundamental services through the assistance programs administered by the Commission to the intended recipients. He underscored the significance of collaboration among the agency, the government, and ASEZA in executing projects geared towards enhancing the educational sector, schools, and healthcare facilities.
Furthermore, Becker emphasized the necessity for donor countries to resume their support
to UNRWA following a review of the procedures that led to the suspension of their aid. This support is crucial for UNRWA to continue its essential operations, particularly in Jordan, which hosts the largest population of Palestinian refugees, as well as in other countries accommodating Palestinian refugees.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Syria condemned the decision of some countries, on top the US, to suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
‘The decision is a blatant bias to the incitement campaign promoted by the Israeli occupation and implementation of its plans to liquidate the agency and end the services it provides to the Palestinian people,’ Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The ministry noted that the actions of these countries constitute a blatant aggression against human values amounting to collective punishment and reflect their abandonment of assuming the collective responsibility approved by the UN in providing support to the Palestinian refugees until a just solution to their cause is reached.
Syria calls on these countries to reverse the funding suspension decision due to the serious repercussions it will have on the humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people, the ministry concluded.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon