  {"id":298473,"date":"2024-07-12T12:50:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=298473"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:38:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:38:07","slug":"shared-commitments-on-unrwa-12jul24","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/shared-commitments-on-unrwa-12jul24\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Shared Commitments on UNRWA &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>12 July 2024<\/p>\n<p>The initiative of shared commitments on UNRWA was proposed by Jordan, Kuwait, and Slovenia on 22 May 2024 on behalf of 16 Member States, and formally launched in the margins of the UNRWA Pledging Conference in New York on 12 July. As of that day, 118 Member States, including all members of the UN Security Council, have signed up to these\u00a0commitments, which are an expression of solidarity and support to UNRWA.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative comes at a critical time as UNRWA undergoes unprecedented attacks and systematic attempts to dismantle it. It is a tribute to our staff working across the region, including on the humanitarian front lines in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA remains committed to continue delivering assistance and basic services including education to Palestinian boys and girls.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-298478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-125925.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-125925.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27637%27%20height%3D%27595%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20637%20595%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27637%27%20height%3D%27595%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-125925-200x187.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-125925-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-125925-400x374.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-125925-600x560.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-125925.png 637w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-unrwa-12jul24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the opening of the UNRWA Pledging Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/sg-remarks-unrwa-12jul24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cNowhere is safe. Everywhere is a potential killing zone\u201d in Gaza, Remarks by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, at the opening of the UNRWA Pledging Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ga-president-remarks-12jul24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remarks by the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Dennis Francis, at the Opening of the UNRWA Pledging Conference <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 12 July 2024 The initiative of shared commitments on UNRWA was proposed by Jordan, Kuwait, and Slovenia on 22 May 2024 on behalf of 16 Member States, and formally launched in the margins of the UNRWA Pledging Conference in New York on 12 July. As of that day, 118 Member States, including all members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/shared-commitments-on-unrwa-12jul24\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2517,1769,1945,6650,2005,1745,6891],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[],"class_list":["post-298473","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-access-and-movement","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-funding-needs","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-unrwa","entity-united-nations-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/298473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/298473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298526,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/298473\/revisions\/298526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=298473"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=298473"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=298473"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=298473"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=298473"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=298473"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=298473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}