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UNIS/MA/327
6 June 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY

Press Briefing with Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini

Monday 12 June 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Room C0225A, 2nd floor, C-Building, Vienna International Centre

The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, will brief the media following an Executive Briefing to Member States at the Vienna International Centre. Mr Lazzarini will share updates on the challenges faced in UNRWA’s five fields of operations, including the impact of recurrent financial constraints on the lives of Palestine refugees.

Media representatives who wish to attend and who do not have accreditation to the VIC should send an email to press.vienna[at]un.org.

The press briefing will be streamed on UN Web TV: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1uej5olvl

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The speaker is available for one-on-one interviews at the end of the presser. Please contact:

Estefania Diaz
 Communications consultant, UNRWA
 Telephone: (+32 2) 290-3436

Mobile:(+32) 473 82 20 06
 Email: e.diaz[at]unrwa.org

For further information please contact:

Anne Thomas 
Public Information Officer, UNIS Vienna 
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-5588 
Mobile: (+43-699) 1459-5588 
Email: anne.thomas[at]un.org

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