World Chronicle 771: Peter Hansen, UNRWA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), for World Chronicle program 771.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:13
• Production Date: 8 December 1999
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS; MOHAMED ATTIA SAAD; PETER HANSEN; TUYET NGUYEN
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST - UNRWA
• Subject Topical: PALESTINE REFUGEES; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 2150744
• Parent Id: 824802

Description

UNRWA

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is one of the largest United Nations programmes in the Middle East. UNRWA provides basic social services to the 3.6 million Palestine refugees registered with the Agency in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In this episode of World Chronicle, Peter Hansen, UNRWA Commissioner-General, looks back at the Agency's fifty years history and its contribution to the welfare and human development of four generations of Palestine refugees.

• Scripts: File; 771.pdf (31.83 KB)