{"id":236483,"date":"2020-06-23T17:45:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=236483"},"modified":"2020-07-21T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T14:24:04","slug":"secretary-generals-remarks-at-press-conference-on-unrwa-pledging-conference","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/secretary-generals-remarks-at-press-conference-on-unrwa-pledging-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General&#8217;s Remarks at Press Conference on UNRWA Pledging Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V_eDhhtgUqc\">Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought it was my duty to convey a very strong message of gratitude and support.<\/p>\n<p>As I said this morning,\u00a0our objective today was clear:\u00a0 to come\u00a0together to\u00a0mobilize political and financial support for the vital work of UNRWA\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0an agency that\u00a0is not only a lifeline for millions of Palestine refugees, but also critical for regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank\u00a0all of\u00a0the donors for stepping up at a critical time and reaffirming solidarity with\u00a0the\u00a0Palestine refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0amounts pledged today\u00a0will help ensure that UNRWA continues to deliver on its humanitarian mandate, while also meeting some of the most critical\u00a0Sustainable\u00a0Development\u00a0Goals to ensure\u00a0that truly\u00a0no\u00a0one\u00a0is left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u00a0represents an important step\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0but\u00a0much more is needed.<\/p>\n<p>We must continue to make every effort to\u00a0guarantee\u00a0strong and predictable UNRWA\u00a0financing\u00a0at a time of instability,\u00a0volatility\u00a0and great vulnerability for Palestine refugees\u00a0and\u00a0for\u00a0the Middle East.\u00a0Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video &#8220;I thought it was my duty to convey a very strong message of gratitude and support. As I said this morning,\u00a0our objective today was clear:\u00a0 to come\u00a0together to\u00a0mobilize political and financial support for the vital work of UNRWA\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0an agency that\u00a0is not only a lifeline for millions of Palestine refugees, but also critical for regional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/secretary-generals-remarks-at-press-conference-on-unrwa-pledging-conference\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[909,1149],"document-category":[1699,2637,2805,4389],"document-source":[5352,1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,1745],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-236483","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-jordan","country-sweden","document-category-press-conference","document-category-remarks","document-category-video","document-category-webcast","document-source-secretary-general","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/236483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/236483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=236483"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=236483"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=236483"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=236483"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=236483"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=236483"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=236483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}