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Efforts to Protect UNRWA
Informed sources have revealed a plan by UNRWA Acting Commissioner-General Christian Saunders to lay off between 7,000 and 8,000 of the agency’s 15,000 employees in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for its responsibilities to be transferred to UN bodies and other entities linked to the so-called “Board of Peace.” The proposals were rejected by representatives of donor and host countries, while the Palestine Liberation Organization warned of their impact on services for refugees and called for them to be withdrawn. An agency official said the funding shortfall stood at around $70 million, and that even larger deficits in the past had been addressed without staff cuts. Meanwhile, the Palestinian presidency is seeking international action to halt the plan and ensure that UNRWA can continue operating.
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