Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee chairman warned this week that the U.S. decision to cut $65 million in funds to UNRWA will negatively impact one of its most vulnerable communities. The U.S. State Department notified the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees Tuesday of its decision to withhold $65 million of a planned $125 million installment to the body.
The LPDC is an inter-ministerial government body formed by Cabinet in November 2005 to manage government policy on Palestinians in Lebanon. During a meeting held at the Grand Serail Wednesday, the body head Hasan Mneymneh and UNRWA Lebanon Director Claudio Cordone discussed the dire implications of the U.S. announcement.
