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    Philippe Lazzarini (born 1964) is a Swiss-Italian humanitarian who has been serving as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
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    Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and that 190 UNRWA employees were militants. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UNRWA, said the organization had dismissed...
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    Palestinians risked dying from disease than bombings. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini warned of an impending humanitarian "tsunami" as people succumbed...
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    humanitarian aid to northern Gaza. On 9 February 2024, UNRWA's director Philippe Lazzarini said that Israel had blocked food for 1.1 million Palestinians in...
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  • Argentine alpine skier Nick Lazzarini (born 1984), American dancer Philippe Lazzarini (born 1964), Swiss-Italian diplomat Pietro Lazzarini (1842–1918), Italian...
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  • around the world in the past four years. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini briefed the UN Security Council, sharing Save the Children's analysis...
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    June 2023. UNRWA is led by a Commissioner-General—since 8 March 2020 Philippe Lazzarini of Switzerland—an Under-Secretary-General of the UN responsible for...
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    need to redefine its Middle East strategy. In 2020, Swiss national Philippe Lazzarini was appointed head of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)...
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    northern Gaza since the start of the conflict nearly two months before. Philippe Lazzarini stated the aid entering Gaza was still inadequate. Samer AbdelJaber...
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  • this deadly conflict", adding that "This horror must stop." UNRWA: Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner General of UNRWA said that images from the attack...
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    humanitarian aid to northern Gaza. On 9 February 2024, UNRWA's director Philippe Lazzarini reported that Israel had blocked food for 1.1 million Palestinians...
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    after Israelis set fire to the building, causing "extensive damage". Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, stated UN staff in prior months had been harassed...
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  • stockpiling humanitarian supplies at Rafah Crossing. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini noted that Gaza's supply of clean drinking water was running out,...
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  • Israel's siege and blockade during the Israel-Hamas war. On 14 January, Philippe Lazzarini stated, "Whenever you go to a school, the kids are looking at your...
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    killed in Gaza in four months than in four years of worldwide wars. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, declared: "This...
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    (UNIFEM) UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Gaza, Palestine and Amman, Jordan Philippe Lazzarini 1949...
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  • population in Gaza is tightening." On 13 October, UNRWA commissioner Philippe Lazzarini said, "The scale and speed of the unfolding humanitarian crisis is...
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  • killed by Israeli forces northeast of Jenin. UN Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that UNRWA aid for Palestinian refugees may end due to the suspension...
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  • vehicles stoned. Furthermore, the commissioner-general of the UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said that 133 of its workers had been killed, and 85% of the population...
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    proposal to push Palestinians into so-called safe zones." UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini stated a sustained military assault on southern Gaza could push as...
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  • Since 1962, the head of UNRWA has been titled Commissioner-General: Philippe Lazzarini (Switzerland) - appointed Commissioner-General 19 March 2020 by UN...
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  • paying the price." The IDF stated it had killed multiple "terrorists." Philippe Lazzarini stated, "These attacks cannot become commonplace." The Qatar Foreign...
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    6 and injuring dozens. The school was sheltering 4,000 refugees. Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General, stated the attack was "outrageous...
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    humanitarian aid to northern Gaza. On 9 February 2024, UNRWA director Philippe Lazzarini said that Israel had blocked food for 1.1 million Palestinians in...
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    population in Gaza is tightening." On 13 October, UNRWA commissioner Philippe Lazzarini said, "The scale and speed of the unfolding humanitarian crisis is...
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    claiming the tunnel received power from the UNRWA building. UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini denied that the UNRWA was aware of the tunnel stating that it lacked...
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  • population in Gaza is tightening." On 13 October, UNRWA commissioner Philippe Lazzarini said, "The scale and speed of the unfolding humanitarian crisis is...
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  • Secretary General Hussein al-Sheikh and UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini. November 3–5, 2023  Palestinian National Authority Ramallah Met with...
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  • supporting the lives of millions of Palestinian women, men and children." Philippe Lazzarini (born 1964) Switzerland Article36 Exeter "for maintaining peace and...
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    help reduce loss of life and protect vulnerable people on the move." Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General: “This is just tragic. No one gets on...
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