The United Nations agency for “Palestinian refugees”, UNRWA, needs more than $200 million to fund projects until the end of the year, with extra pledges so far unable to minimize a massive slash in donations from the United States.

"Schools may not be able to open on time in August," Miroslav Lajcak, the president of the General Assembly, told a pledging conference for the UNRWA in New York on Monday, according to AFP.


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