{"id":113,"date":"2021-11-16T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diplomat.ie\/?p=113"},"modified":"2021-11-16T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:56:15","slug":"minister-brophy-pledges-support-to-un-agency-for-palestine-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomat.ie\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/minister-brophy-pledges-support-to-un-agency-for-palestine-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Brophy pledges support to UN Agency for Palestine Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D., today pledged \u20ac2 million in additional support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at\u00a0an international Ministerial Conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking virtually at the conference, Minister Brophy said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIreland is a longstanding friend of UNRWA. A friendship that is based on our awareness of the agency\u2019s critical role in supporting millions of Palestine refugees.\u00a0\u201cUNRWA is as vital now as ever before, not least given the COVID 19 pandemic and the multiple crises in its fields of operation. I am pleased therefore to confirm that Ireland will provide an additional \u20ac2 million to UNRWA in 2021.\u201d\u00a0The additional funding will bring Ireland\u2019s 2021 contribution to UNRWA to a total of \u20ac9 million, equalling its largest-ever contribution to the agency. It will help support UNRWA to provide basic services and humanitarian assistance to 5.7 million Palestine refugees, in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D., today pledged \u20ac2 million in additional support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at\u00a0an international Ministerial Conference. Speaking virtually at the conference, Minister Brophy said: \u201cIreland is a longstanding friend of UNRWA. 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