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UN aid agency fears US Middle East plan will spark violence

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Reuters
31 January, 2020, 06:40 pm
Last modified: 31 January, 2020, 06:44 pm

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UN aid agency fears US Middle East plan will spark violence

“We certainly have serious concerns that (the US plan) it will result in an escalation in clashes, violence,”

Reuters
31 January, 2020, 06:40 pm
Last modified: 31 January, 2020, 06:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Christian Saunders, United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) interim commissioner-general, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Gaza City, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Nidal al-Mughrabi
FILE PHOTO: Christian Saunders, United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) interim commissioner-general, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Gaza City, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Nidal al-Mughrabi

The UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees voiced concern on Friday that the US administration's Middle East peace plan will spark further violence and said it had contingency measures in place to boost protection and assistance in the occupied territories.

Christian Saunders, head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), asked about the US plan which would not allow a right of return to Israel, said that this right was "enshrined in international law and various (UN) General Assembly resolutions"

"We certainly have serious concerns that (the US plan) it will result in an escalation in clashes, violence," Saunders told a Geneva briefing. "Palestinian refugees also look to us for reassurance in times like this when their rights and safety come under threat."

UNRWA, which provides critical services to 5.6 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East, including the West Bank and Gaza, appealed to donors for $1.4 billion this year.

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