{"id":197406,"date":"2008-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=197406"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:24:11","slug":"auto-insert-197406","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-197406\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA Commissioner-General visits Syria &#8211; UNRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNRWA<br \/>\nPRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"49%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Press Release No 21\/2008<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">13 October 2008<br \/>\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNRWA Commissioner-General Visits Syria<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Commissioner-General Karen Koning AbuZayd will arrive in Syria on 13 October on a four-day visit that will include high-level meetings and visits.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">During her mission, Ms. AbuZayd will meet with Syrian government officials to update them on UNRWA&#8217;s work; she will also give an interview to the Syrian TV.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms. AbuZayd will launch UNRWA&#39;s &quot;Violence-Free Schools&quot; campaign in Syria, and open new school buildings in Homs and Khan Eshieh Camps. She will also promote field efforts to enhance employability and economic self-sufficiency of refugees and brief donors and UN agencies on UNRWA&#8217;s operations and latest challenges region-wide.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNRWA is a humanitarian and human development agency providing education, health care, social services, micro-credit and emergency relief to over 4.6 million registered refugees living in the Gaza, West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic. In Syria, the Agency provides assistance to over 450,000 refugees.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>For information only<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"49%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Not an official record<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">For further information please contact:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Hala Mukhles<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Office: 6133035 ext 314<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mobile: 093-416591<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNRWA PRESS RELEASE Press Release No 21\/2008 13 October 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNRWA Commissioner-General Visits Syria Commissioner-General Karen Koning AbuZayd will arrive in Syria on 13 October on a four-day visit that will include high-level meetings and visits. 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