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UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini speaks during a UN Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York City [File: Charly Triballeau/AFP]

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is facing its “darkest hour” and requires ongoing support from UN members after Israel’s decision to ban the organisation, its chief has said.

“Without intervention by member states, UNRWA will collapse, plunging millions of Palestinians into chaos,” Philippe Lazzarini, the agency’s commissioner-general, told the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

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