{"id":197636,"date":"2007-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=197636"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:26:53","slug":"auto-insert-197636","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-197636\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA services in Gaza back to full operation – UNRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNRWA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Press Release No. HQ\/02\/2007<\/p>\n

08 February 2007<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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UNRWA Services in Gaza Back to Full Operation<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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UNRWA’s humanitarian operations in Gaza, which had been interrupted during recent inter – factional fighting, were restored to full operation on Tuesday, February 6th.<\/p><\/div>\n

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UNRWA’s headquarters and field offices, as well as 83 schools and food distribution center in Beach Camp, were forced to close during the recent violence. Closing UNRWA installations and facilities was a last resort for the Agency; the situation had simply become too dangerous for its staff and for the thousands of children in its schools.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In a meeting with head teachers from the worst-affected schools in Gaza City, UNRWA’s Director of Operations in Gaza, John Ging, delivered a clear message of reassurance of UNRWA’s commitment to continue with the delivery of humanitarian services in spite of the new and dangerous challenges faced by the Agency.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“We have to make up the time these children lost in school days, and I assure the wider refugee population in Gaza that through the bravery and dedication of our staff, UNRWA will continue to deliver services as long as it is possible to ensure a measure of safety for our staff. Our services are vital: 860,000 refugees depend on our food assistance, one million depend on our health services and we have 195,000 children in our schools.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ging added: “We are all hoping that the political leaders meeting in Mecca will have the courage and wisdom to find solutions to avoid a return to the violence of the past days”.<\/p><\/div>\n

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