Brussels, 27/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees, had temporarily to close its offices in Gaza City last week as protesters blockaded its entrances, angry at the slashing of UNRWA's emergency programmes.
UNRWA said that its critical services - in health and education - were being maintained as normal and that suspension of other programmes was merely temporary. UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness explained that this situation was...