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Hi there, this is Paula. On his last day in office, UNRWA’s chief Philippe Lazzarini told Geneva Solutions that the agency – created only as a temporary stop-gap measure 80 years ago – should be involved in helping Palestinians find a political solution.

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Paula Dupraz-Dobias

01.04.2026


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The commissioner general of the UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting at UN headquarters 17 April 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

UNRWA’s future hinges on Gaza peace plan implementation, outgoing chief says. Warning of the risks of a collapse of the UN Palestinian refugee agency, its outgoing chief, Philippe Lazzarini, says the organisation needs to be part of a political solution for the population that it has long provided services to.

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