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Palestine Refugees, Middle East, 1951
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…
1 January 1951
General Assembly
Third Committee Adopts Draft Resolution
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…
17 October 1975
Security Council
Security Council Demans Immediate Cessation of All Violence in Middle East; Affirms Vision of Two States, Israel and Palestine
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…
12 March 2002
UN Headquarters
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat Departs after Meeting Secretary-General
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…
20 April 1989
Field Coverage
UN Supervises Evacuation of Al Faluja
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…
26 February 1949
Field Coverage
UN Supervises Evacuation of Al Faluja
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…
26 February 1949
General Assembly
General Assembly Endorses Goldstone Report on Gaza Conflict
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…
5 November 2009
Field Coverage
Scenes from Gaza After Israeli Air Strikes
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…
17 July 2014
Secretary-General
Secretary-General Visits Middle East
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…
13 October 2000
Field Coverage
Palestinian Children Break World Record for Kite Flying
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…
28 July 2011
Opening of UN International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Palestinian People
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.
4 September 2003
Secretary-General
Demonstration Outside UNRWA West Bank Field Office
A view of demonstrators outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) West Bank Field Office.
14 March 2005