United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Office de secours et de travaux des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine dans le Proche-Orient
Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente (OOPS)
-وكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (الاونروا)
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.unrwa.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/unrwa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unrwa
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/unrwa
Founded
1949-12-08
History
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In cooperation with host authorities, provide registered Palestine refugees with essential humanitarian assistance in the areas of: education; health; relief and social services; microfinance and microenterprise; projects; emergency operations.
Events
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Cooperates with: E-XE3016 - UNHCR. Member of: E-XJ0813 - United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS). Represented on: E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). Participates in: E-XE9922 - Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations (JIU).
Links with:.
- F-XF4228 - Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD);
- F-XE4484 - Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND);
- E-XE3377 - ECOSOC;
- F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- E-XE3556 - Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process (UNSCO);
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- E-XE4532 - Refugee Working Group (RWG);
- G-XG6910 - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida);
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- E-XE9760 - UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab States (UNEDBAS);
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- E-XE3242 - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA);
- E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV);
- F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Links indicated by: E-XE5305 - United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: D-XM0413 - Association for Human Resources Management in International Organizations (AHRMIO). Cooperates with: F-XF5000 - ICDL Europe; A-XA1762 - International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA); B-XB2937 - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF). Links with:
- G-XG3360 - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC);
- G-XG5095 - American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA);
- U-XG0729 - Austcare;
- G-XG5259 - British Council;
- G-XN0831 - Children International;
- G-XG5813 - Coordination of Nongovernmental Organizations for International Development Cooperation;
- G-XG8205 - Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU);
- G-XG1663 - Danish Refugee Council (DRC);
- UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe;
- G-XG7779 - Diakonia;
- C-XC0946 - Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA);
- B-XB2832 - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU);
- F-XF1623 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);
- U-XE6096 - International Coordinating Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine (ICCP);
- D-XD2971 - Middle East Council of Churches (MECC);
- G-XG1765 - MOVIMONDO Molisv;
- G-XG3870 - Near East Foundation (NEF);
- G-XF0110 - Oxfam GB;
- D-XD2745 - Parliamentary Association for Euro-Arab Cooperation (PAEAC);
- G-XG2080 - Rissho Kosei-Kai (RKK);
- 'Save the Children' federations (Norway, Sweden, UK);
- G-XG4475 - Society for Austro-Arab Relations (SAAR);
- G-XG3671 - Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA;
- B-XC4504 - United World Colleges (UWC International);
- various refugee councils (Denmark, Finland, Norway, UK);
- B-XB3453 - World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCA);
- B-XC4317 - World Vision International (WVI).
Links indicated by: U-XF4711 - Positive Planet International; G-XG4629 - Search for Common Ground (SFCG); F-XM0215 - Learning for Well-being Foundation (L4WB).
Publications
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- Society → Refugees
- Social Activity → Agency
- Social Activity → Welfare
- Commerce → Business Enterprises
- International Relations → United Nations
- Peace → Humanitarian
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE1325
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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