Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries reaffirmed their strong support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement highlighting UNRWA’s indispensable role in protecting the rights and welfare of millions of Palestinian refugees and providing education, health care, social services, and emergency relief.
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The ministers welcomed the UN General Assembly’s recent decision to renew UNRWA’s mandate for three more years and condemned Israeli forces’ storming of UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem as a violation of international law and the agency’s inviolability. They stressed that the incident contravenes the International Court of Justice advisory opinion, which obliges Israel to facilitate rather than impede UNRWA’s operations.
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Amid an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the statement emphasized UNRWA’s vital function in distributing food, relief items, and essential services through its extensive network. The ministers warned that weakening UNRWA’s capacity would have severe humanitarian, social, and political consequences and urged the international community to provide predictable funding and ensure the agency can operate across all five fields of its mandate. Supporting UNRWA is critical to regional stability and protecting Palestinian refugee rights until a just solution aligned with international law is achieved.
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