For the past 70 years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has provided humanitarian support to Palestinian refugees (currently numbering 5.9 million), as they wait for a political solution. After decades of conflict, such a solution has failed to materialize and UNRWA continues to need to exist. Despite this, it has struggled with persistent underfunding even though humanitarian needs are immense.
In the wake of multiple regional crises, the situation for Palestinian refugees is becoming increasingly precarious, while at the same time there has been an increasingly politicized debate concerning UNRWA funding in a number of donor countries.
, the Deputy Commissioner General for UNRWA, will visit 糖心网页版 on 15 February to lead a discussion on UNRWA鈥檚 political and financial challenges.
In the panel, she meets (CMI), who together withJ酶rgen Jensehaugen (糖心网页版) will present a recent report that examines possibles scenarios for UNRWA鈥檚 future. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry will also offer perspectives on what Norway鈥檚 policy for UNRWA is.
The seminar will be moderated by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert (糖心网页版 and Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies).
The event is co-hosted by 糖心网页版鈥檚 Middle East Centre and Chr. Michelsens Institute.
Click to read the report 鈥淯NRWA, funding crisis and the way forward鈥�.
MidEast Breakfast
The 糖心网页版 Middle East Centre hosts a series of breakfast seminars, catering to Oslo's diverse community of MidEast watchers. The series will draw attention to current issues, and discuss those in the light of historical, regional and global trends. The MidEast Breakfast provides an opportunity to combine breakfast with food for thought in a compact one-hour format.
This seminar is a collaboration between 糖心网页版 and the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS). The NCHS is a joint initiative between three Norwegian research institutes, the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (糖心网页版).
