{"id":165911,"date":"2018-10-22T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T14:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=165911"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:48:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:48:56","slug":"concerns-aired-about-unrwas-budget-deficit-in-fifth-committee-press-release-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/concerns-aired-about-unrwas-budget-deficit-in-fifth-committee-press-release-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns Aired about UNRWA’s Budget Deficit in Fifth Committee – Press Release (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION,<\/span>\u00a07TH MEETING (AM)
\nGA\/AB\/4295
\n22 OCTOBER 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n

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Turning to the finances of the Â鶹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East\u00a0(UNRWA), the Group was very concerned that the relief Agency was facing a deficit of\u00a0$446\u00a0million in\u00a02018, including\u00a0$49\u00a0million dating back to\u00a02017.\u00a0 The Group noted the Board\u2019s recommendations and emphasized that austerity measures are not the only path to help the Agency deliver on its mandates.<\/p>\n

In laying out the Board\u2019s recommendations, Ms.\u00a0Parama Sen, Director of External Audit\u00a0(India), and Chair of the Audit Operations Committee of the Board of Auditors, said the increased deficit in UNRWA stems from\u00a0$400\u00a0million in suspended contributions from a major donor in\u00a02017 and\u00a02018.\u00a0 The situation threatens the Agency\u2019s ability to deliver its core mandate to Palestine refugees. \u00a0As a short\u2011term solution, the Agency has requested advance payment from its donors to finance core operations for\u00a02018 and launched an internal campaign task force to mobilize resources.<\/p>\n

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UNRWA continues to face financial difficulties to achieve its mandate of servicing Palestine refugees due to $400\u00a0million in suspended contributions from a major donor in\u00a02017 and\u00a02018.\u00a0 As a short\u2011term solution, the Agency has requested advance payment from its donors to finance core operations for\u00a02018 and launched internal campaign task force to mobilize resources.<\/p>\n

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MOHAMED FOUAD\u00a0(Egypt<\/u>), speaking on behalf of the \u201cGroup of\u00a077\u201d developing countries and China…said the Group takes note with serious concern the financial situation of UNRWA, which has a projected overall 2018\u00a0deficit of\u00a0$446\u00a0million, including $49\u00a0million dating back to\u00a02017.\u00a0 The Group notes the Board of Auditors\u2019 recommendations and emphasizes that austerity measures are not the only path for that Agency to deliver on its mandates.<\/p>\n

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SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION,\u00a07TH MEETING (AM) GA\/AB\/4295 22 OCTOBER 2018 fran\u00e7ais \/… Turning to the finances of the Â鶹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East\u00a0(UNRWA), the Group was very concerned that the relief Agency was facing a deficit of\u00a0$446\u00a0million in\u00a02018, including\u00a0$49\u00a0million dating back to\u00a02017.\u00a0 The Group noted the Board\u2019s recommendations and […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2433,1329],"document-source":[1365,5328,1897,1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,1745],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542,6541],"class_list":["post-165911","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-french-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-general-assembly","document-source-general-assembly-fifth-committee-administrative-and-budgetary","document-source-united-nations-department-of-public-information-dpi","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english","document-language-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/165911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/165911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=165911"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=165911"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=165911"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=165911"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=165911"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=165911"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=165911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}