国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Palestinians condemn U.S. decision to end aid to UNRWA

Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-01 12:44:59|Editor: ZX
Video PlayerClose

RAMALLAH/GAZA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian authority has condemned the decision of the United States to stop funding the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency.

"We totally reject and condemn this American decision of stopping its funding to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)," said Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), in a statement late Friday.

The U.S. decision aims to close UNRWA which was founded on UN resolutions, Erekat said.

The U.S. State Department said earlier Friday that "the United States is ending all funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency." It described UNRWA as "irredeemably flawed."

The U.S. administration has "carefully reviewed" the issue and "will not make additional contributions to UNRWA," spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.

Ahmad Abu Houli, a PLO member in charge of the refugee issues, said in a statement that "the UN members and the hosting states of UNRWA should immediately work on finding alternative donors."

He said "the aim of the United States to end aid to UNRWA clearly shows that the United States has plans to end the agency and liquidate the Palestinian cause as well as practice pressure and political blackmail on the Palestinian people and their leadership."

Meanwhile, Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, also condemned the United States for ending aid to UNRWA.

UNRWA provides services to about five million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including education, health care, relief, social services, infrastructure, and camp improvement.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001374356461
主站蜘蛛池模板: 南京市| 松桃| 望城县| 济宁市| 梁山县| 高雄市| 同德县| 加查县| 衡阳市| 乌海市| 祁东县| 清镇市| 南投市| 宿州市| 江油市| 清徐县| 东乡县| 清镇市| 千阳县| 天镇县| 平乡县| 土默特右旗| 西和县| 定远县| 静海县| 奇台县| 喀喇| 志丹县| 新建县| 杭锦后旗| 延吉市| 宜兴市| 宁南县| 颍上县| 鲁甸县| 泉州市| 保山市| 建瓯市| 望谟县| 林口县| 吉首市|