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The United Nations and Palestine

Speaker—Yashar Vasef, Executive Director, Iowa United Nations

Association


Behind the
headlines, the politics, and the conflict are the Palestinian people.
Yashar Vasef will
discuss the work of the United Nations in supporting the Palestinian people
both inside and outside Palestine.

The UN Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) provides education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, and
microfinance to 5 million Palestinians refugees scattered in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.


Co-sponsored by

Cedar Valley United Nations Association (CVUNA) andCedar Falls AAUW (American Association of University Women).

The program is free
and open to the public.

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