United Nations, May 23 -- The head of the UN relief and works agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that despite weathering a "truly existential crisis" over funding last year, money to continue operations in the Gaza Strip would only last until mid-June.
Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl on Wednesday told the Council it was "absolutely critical to avoid a breakdown of our food pipeline" and called on partners - 42 of whom increased their contributions to UNRWA last year after the United States withdrew funding - "to actively mobilize in support of our efforts".
He was briefing via video-link, along with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, on the overall political and humanita...