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GAZA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is going through a financial crisis amid fund shortage, a spokesman of the agency said Friday.
Adnan Abu Hasnah, media advisor of UNRWA in Gaza told reporters that "the U.S. decision to cut 360 million U.S. dollars from UNRWA's budget has originated the crisis."
"We managed to overcome the crisis in 2018 and 2019, but in 2020 the situation is severe," he said.
The UNRWA provides health, education and humanitarian services to more than 5,000,000 Palestinian refugees in five areas in the region, namely the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
The U.S. decided to cut off its annual aid to UNRWA in 2018.
