U.N. Chief Appeals for More Aid to Support Palestinian Refugees

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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations beseeched donors on Tuesday to fill an emergency $100 million gap in funding for the agency that aids five million Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. In a statement, Mr. Ban said the shortfall confronting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency was unprecedented and risked disrupting the education of a half-million children. Many United Nations agencies are under severe financial pressure because of emergency efforts to help people displaced by the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.