{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64523cd4476bb50011d58871/66b1eaaf38389602412d62a3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"UNRWA Under Attack – Saving the UN’s Palestine Refugee Agency","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64523cd4476bb50011d58871/1722935723746-bf370f56-867f-4094-adc9-6ccca7460652.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On 18 June 2024, UNRWA Commissioner-General<a href=\"https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/philippe-lazzarini-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Philippe Lazzarini</a> joined PRIO to share his insights on what he has experienced in Gaza. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is&nbsp;the main humanitarian aid provider in the Gaza Strip. It&nbsp;is&nbsp;also responsible for running schools and healthcare for millions of Palestinian refugees in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The UN organization is facing a funding crisis worsened by Israel’s war in Gaza and&nbsp;the&nbsp;unproven Israeli accusations against the agency. Lazzarini informed us about the dire situation for Palestine refugees in the Middle East and the crisis facing the agency.</p><p><br></p><p>Speakers</p><ul><li>Introduction by PRIO Director<a href=\"https://www.prio.org/people/3473\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Henrik Urdal</a></li><li>Keynote by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini</li><li>Comments by Vebjørn Dysvik, Director General, Department of Regional Affairs, Norwegian MFA</li><li>Comments by PRIO researcher <a href=\"https://www.prio.org/people/5841\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jørgen Jensehaugen</a> </li><li>Panel conversation between Commissioner-General Lazzarini, Vebjørn Dysvik and Jørgen Jensehaugen moderated by<a href=\"https://www.prio.org/people/6646\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert</a>, Senior Researcher at PRIO</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Read more about this event here:<a href=\" https://www.prio.org/events/9147\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://www.prio.org/events/9147</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)"}