UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency established in 1949 to provide essential services—like education, healthcare, and relief—to Palestinian refugees displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and subsequent conflicts, operating in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, and Gaza, pending a just resolution to their plight. Funded by voluntary contributions, UNRWA serves over 5.9 million registered refugees, offering human development programs and emergency aid, though it doesn’t administer camps or handle security.