11 FEBRUARY 2021<\/p>\n
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
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UNRWA<\/u><\/p>\n
Our friends at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East\u00a0(UNRWA) has asked for $1.5\u00a0billion to fund its essential services, emergency appeals and priority projects for this year.\u00a0 This figure includes $806\u00a0million for core services, such as education, health, relief and social services, protection and infrastructure, as well as camp improvement.\u00a0 Emergency humanitarian assistance would require another $231\u00a0million.\u00a0 To respond to the hardship caused by the conflict in Syria to Palestine refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, the Agency is seeking $318\u00a0million.\u00a0 The emergency appeals include adjustments that UNRWA made to its services to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among [Palestine refugees] and to address its impact.<\/p>\n
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Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n
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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 And another question for you, quoting here Axios, the Jewish National Fund is apparently planning this weekend to approve a new policy that will allow the organization, which is a very big organization, as you know, to purchase land in the West Bank for the first time.\u00a0 What’s the UN’s reaction?<\/p>\n
Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Look, I\u2026 the only thing I’ve seen is that same report from Axios.\u00a0 We will look into it.\u00a0 I think our stand for a negotiated settlement continues unchanged, as well as our stand against anything that would annex land, but that’s just our position\u2026 we’ll look into, A, if that actually happens and look into the report a little bit further.<\/p>\n
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