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Thursday, March 15, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Egyptian FM says UNRWA programs preventing radicalization, terrorism
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry says the services provided by the UN relief agency for Palestinians is vital in protecting their dignity and helps prevent radicalization.
Shoukry tells reporters the UN agency had already undertaken reform measures to streamline and rationalize its activities, but said “there is a limit to its ability to do so” given the enormous sustained needs faced by 5 million people.
“It is vital and it is necessary to address these very basic services, but also to provide dignity for multitudes of Palestinians and to (protect) many of them from the potential threats of radicalization and terrorism,” he tells reporters at an emergency funding conference in Rome.
— with AP
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