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UNHCR only 6 per cent funded for 2019 operations in Jordan

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UNHCR-Jordan voiced its concern on Monday as it had only secured 6 per cent of its $371.8-million operating budget for 2019.

“For the non-Syrians we are less than 1 per cent funded, and our cash-assistance programme is only funded for the next 6 months until the end of June 2019. As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2019, we are increasingly concerned about the lack of funds,” Lilly Carlisle, the associate external relations officer at UN Jordan Operations told The Jordan Times on Monday.