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The Palestinian conflict forced into exile nearly a million Arabs. Great efforts were made by the UN Relief and Works Agency to provide work and pay for the refugees. But available funds were only…

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this evening adopted a draft resolution which would have the General Assembly determine "that Zionism is a form of racism and racial…

Meeting for the second time in 24 hours on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, the Security Council late tonight expressed its grave concern at the continuation of…

Yasser Arafat (front centre), the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), departs with his colleagues after a one-and-a-half-hour meeting with Secretary-General Javier Pérez de…

Hostilities end between Egypt and Israel. Out of the 3,569 civilians in the Al Faluja area, 1,050 chose to go to Gaza and were evacuated under United Nations supervision at the same time as the…

Hostilities end between Egypt and Israel. Out of the 3,569 civilians in the Al Faluja area, 1,050 chose to go to Gaza and were evacuated under United Nations supervision at the same time as the…

The General Assembly adopts a resolution endorsing the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which was led by Judge Richard Goldstone. The Report accuses both Israel and…

A Palestinian resident walks beside a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza. A temporary ceasefire, brokered by his Special Coordinator, Robert Serry, has allowed civilians in Gaza to…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to the Middle East on an urgent mission to help defuse the crisis in that region. The Secretary-General on one of his many phone calls he made to help bring…

Thousands of Palestinian children fly kites on the beach of the northern Gaza Strip during a summer camp organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). An international observer…

Opening of the two-day session of the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People. Members of the Hasidic community attending today's meeting.

A view of demonstrators outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) West Bank Field Office.