The head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency on Tuesday urged Gulf countries to donate millions to help UNRWA avoid a funding crisis, AFP reports.
Last year, the agency was hit by a major funding crisis that threatened to affect the opening of schools.
An appeal by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to donors helped resolve the crisis, but the agency still has a funding gap of some $80 million.
"We'd be very appreciative to have countries that have come forward last summer to help, and in particular three Gulf states - Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait - renew their generosity this year," said Pierre Krahenbul, UNRWA's commissioner-general. "If we could have that, we'd be able to avoid another crisis this summer," he said.