During his meeting with the Director of UNRWA Operations in the West Bank, Louis Gwen, the Head of the Refugee Affairs Department, Ahmed abu Huli, called on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to prepare an action strategy for the coming years that would be able to meet the challenges and take into account the needs of refugees. For her part, Gwen touched on the difficulties facing the agency since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, stressing that the biggest challenge was securing the necessary financial funds to support the Agency’s budget in light of continued financial deficit. She further indicated that there has been an improvement in UNRWA’s budget after the return of American support, but that UNRWA still needs over 150 million dollars to overcome its financial crisis. For further details, click here