Arab League Secretary-General meets UNRWA commissioner in Cairo

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Arab League Secretary-General meets UNRWA commissioner in Cairo

STORY: Arab League Secretary-General meets UNRWA commissioner in Cairo DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit met with Philip Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Monday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in Cairo. The meeting focused on the problems facing the agency and the financial difficulties that hinder its work in the recent period amid global crises that have put pressure on funds for humanitarian aid. According to Jamal Rushdie, spokesman for the AL Secretary-General, Aboul-Gheit stressed the critical importance of the agency's work, especially in the current phase, during which Palestinian refugees in the five UNRWA areas of operation are facing great difficulties. Aboul-Gheit listened to a detailed explanation from Lazzarini about the financial situation of

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