RAMALLAH, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hailed on Friday the United Nations General Assembly's resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees.
The UN Agency to relief Palestinian refugees is acting in five different areas in the Middle East, which include the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria.
Abbas said, in an official statement published by WAFA News Agency, that "this decision is a clear international community's message that international legitimacy resolutions can't be compromised or blackmailed."
He also said that "gaining a global overwhelming majority is a proof that the whole world is standing by our people's side, to their historic rights and to their just cause."
Abbas called on the international community to act for the sake of a just solution to the Palestinian issue in accordance with the international resolutions until peace, security and stability achieved.
The UN General Assembly members voted earlier in favor of extending the mandate of UNRWA for additional three years, where 169 member states voted in favor of the bid, where Israel and the United States voted against.
UNRWA was found in 1949 in accordance with the UN General Assembly's resolution, where its mission was to aid the Palestinian refugees in refugee camps built up in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories.
The humanitarian agency provides educational, health and sanitation services to around 5 million refugees in such areas.
