RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Gaza- 30 January 2023. The close of the UNRWA headquarters during a protest demanding their rights, in Gaza City

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Head of the Staff Union of the UNRWA, Amir Al-Mishal
0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) UNRWA spokesman in the Gaza Strip, Adnan Abu Hasna

STORYLINE:

Thomas White explained that the Gaza Strip "is hardly livable due to the difficult economic and humanitarian conditions."
He said his agency entered the new year with financial commitments estimated at about $80 million.

The UN official said the financial situation of the UNRWA was very difficult last year, stressing that it has financial obligations for this year of around $80 million that it carried with it from 2022.

The agency will launch an “emergency appeal with the general budget of UNRWA for Palestine and Syrian refugees,” according to White.

He said the financial deficit suffered by UNRWA had a clear impact on the agency's work in the Gaza Strip.

White also noted that the UN General Assembly voted at the end of 2022 to extend the mission of UNRWA for the next three years.

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