UN member states back UNRWA at General Assembly amid ‘untenable’ status quo

LONDON: UN member states rallied in support of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees on Thursday. It came as the UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, called on donors to safeguard the “critical stabilizing presence” of UNRWA amid “intolerable” conditions in Gaza and “enormous challenges” in Lebanon. He was speaking at a high-level ministerial meeting — co-chaired by Brazil, Jordan and Spain during the UN General Assembly in New York — which sought to bolster support for the be