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02/02/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/02/2026 12:32

UNRWA Commissioner-General: GAO Report Debunks Misleading Allegations Against UNRWA Education

From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)

Nonpartisan entities do not serve political agendas. They let facts speak for themselves.

The latest study from the nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office USGAO confirms that UNRWA reviews education materials, trains teachers, and provides supplementary teaching documents to eliminate and ban problematic content. The actions were monitored and supported by the US Department of State.
The report also recognises UNRWA's conflict resolution and tolerance education programme, which ensures the teaching of human rights daily within UNRWA schools.
Disinformation about UNRWA's education programme is a cornerstone of a propaganda campaign to undermine and destroy the Agency.
These false and misleading allegations have been consistently debunked.
Once more the facts speak for themselves and continue to be underscored repeatedly by outside analysts.
Over half a million girls and boys in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon depend on UNRWA to learn.
The GAO report confirms, again, that UNRWA is constantly taking the right steps to address the challenges it faces and deliver quality education for Palestine Refugees.
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