Guterres: There is no alternative to UNRWA

Guterres: There is no alternative to UNRWA

SANAA, Oct. 29 (YPA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that implementing a law that prohibits the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from working in Israel could have devastating consequences for Palestinian refugees in the occupied Palestinian territories, which is unacceptable.

“There is no alternative to UNRWA, and implementing these laws would be detrimental to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to peace and security in the region as a whole.

“As I have said before, UNRWA is indispensable,” Guterres added in a press statement.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he would bring the matter to the attention of the 193-member UN General Assembly.

The Israeli Knesset approved last night, in a final way, in the second and third readings, a law prohibiting the activity of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians Refugees “UNRWA”, inside Israel, despite International and UN warnings of the danger of this legislation which violates international and UN charters and laws.