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Ambassadors of Kuwait, Jordan and Slovenia to the UN launch an initiative to support the UNRWA
Ambassadors of Kuwait, Jordan and Slovenia to the UN launch an initiative to support the UNRWA

Kuwait, Jordan, Slovenia launch initiative to supportUNRWA

 NEW YORK: Ambassadors of Kuwait, Jordan and Slovenia tothe UN launched an initiative to support the United Nations Relief and WorksAgency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

In a press statement late Thursday, Jordan's permanentenvoy to the UN Mahmoud Hmoud said that he and his Kuwaiti and Sloveniancounterparts; Ambassadors Tariq Al-Bannai and Samuel Zbogar will send a letterto ambassadors of member-countries on joining the initiative.

  The step aims toaid UNRWA in facing the financial, political and performance issues the agencyhas been dealing with in the past few months, he said. The ambassadorreiterated commitment to ending the suffering of Palestinian refugees andsupporting the two-state solution.

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