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2020-11-21 International-UN-NGOs
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UN agency for Palestinian refugees on the verge of collapse
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[DW] The United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
Relief and Works Agency for Paleostine Refugees (UNRWA) is facing insolvency. Financial aid for millions of refugees is at risk.
Time is running out fast. Thousands of jobs could be lost if the financial situation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Paleostine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) doesn't improve promptly, says Philippe Lazzarini, the organization's commissioner-general.
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"Our financial resources are at their lowest level in years. We really hope the situation improves and we're doing all we can to keep UNRWA up and running. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
without the funds that we've calculated we need, we won't be able to provide our services. Obviously we're doing what we can to avoid that situation."
According to Lazzarini, a financial shortfall of $70 million (€59 million) looms for the months of November and December, which means employees' salaries could be affected and might have to be pushed back into next year. Most of them are refugees themselves.
DEVASTATING EFFECTS
As part of its remit, UNRWA supports Paleostinian refugees in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
Strip, East-Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as in Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
and Jordan.
The Gaza Strip is expected to be hit hardest by the impending default of payments. UNRWA is the biggest employer there with around 13,000 people on its books. The economy is already in free fall, with unemployment at over 50%. "The people here really depend on international aid," says Lazzarini.
The situation isn't much better in Lebanon, home to some 174,000 Paleostinian refugees. Access to the labor market is limited. For months now, the country has been experiencing the worst economic crisis since the civil war ended in 1990. The devastating explosion in Beirut in August has exacerbated the situation, and while the local population is struggling to make ends meet, it's even more difficult for the refugees. Around 90% of them depend on UNRWA's support. On top of that there are around 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon who are also in dire need of help.
FINANCIAL HELP FOR UNRWA
UNRWA relies almost exclusively on voluntary financial contributions from UN member states, as well as from the EU. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
the organization, which was been in operation since 1950 and is now one of the biggest UN agencies, says that support has not kept pace with the rising demand for UNRWA's services.
Those requirements have grown exponentially with the increasing number of registered refugees, growing poverty and the worsening crises in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. As a result, UNRWA's budget has been chronically underfunded for years.
The organization has been through tough times recently. Last November, former Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbuhl was forced to step down following complaints about his leadership style and allegations of mismanagement.
At the time the Al Jazeera news network ran reports about internal complaints against Krähenbuhl and other UNRWA executives, who allegedly exploited their positions for personal gain and suppressed dissenting views and opinions within the organization. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
an inquiry didn't reveal that Krähenbuhl was involved in any scams or had embezzled funds.
Financial woes have been part and parcel of UNRWA's work for years. In 2018, President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
deferred payment of US yearly contributions of more than $300 million, taking umbrage generally with UN resolution 302, which pertains to the establishment of UNRWA, and specifically with resolution 194. Under that resolution, Paleostinians are guaranteed the right to return to their home country - an issue that has long been a thorn in the side of both Israel and the Trump administration.
WILL THE SITUATION IMPROVE UNDER JOE BIDEN?
All eyes and hopes are now on President-elect Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
 ...Candidate for president in 2020. When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.' ...
"First indications are that there is a willingness to revive the partnership between the US and UNRWA," Lazzarini says. In the meantime, efforts are underway to urge donors to provide compensation for imminent short falls. "Currently our ability to continue our work is in jeopardy," Lazzarini added. 
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