  {"id":277427,"date":"2022-07-08T09:29:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T13:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=277427"},"modified":"2022-07-11T16:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T20:02:26","slug":"unrwa-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-strict-adherence-to-un-values-in-educating-palestine-refugee-children-statement","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-strict-adherence-to-un-values-in-educating-palestine-refugee-children-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA Reaffirms Its Commitment to Strict Adherence to UN Values in Educating Palestine Refugee Children &#8211; Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-publish-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><strong><span class=\"date-display-single\">08 July 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNRWASTATEMENTa_080722.pdf\">Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) takes seriously its responsibility to educate over half a million\u00a0Palestine refugee\u00a0girls and boys in strict adherence with UN humanitarian values. We have zero tolerance for hate speech and incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence.<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA explicitly incorporates human rights education into its school curricula through its Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, and Tolerance (HRCRT) education. In 2021, UNRWA\u00a0went further, launching\u00a0a centralized, online learning platform where teaching materials, thoroughly vetted in a three-step process, are posted. The platform provides a safe, accessible, and centrally monitored system to access instructional materials customized across grade, subject, and host country.<\/p>\n<p>A recently released report makes allegations regarding UNRWA\u00a0educational materials\u00a0purportedly used by\u00a0the Agency in Gaza that do not comply with UN values. The\u00a0materials in question are published on a non-UNRWA\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0note\u00a0the allegations in question originate with a detractor organization whose methodologies and goals were questioned in\u00a0a rigorous 2021 academic review\u00a0funded by the European Union.\u00a0UNRWA takes every allegation seriously and is reviewing the contents of the report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 08 July 2022 Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) takes seriously its responsibility to educate over half a million\u00a0Palestine refugee\u00a0girls and boys in strict adherence with UN humanitarian values. 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