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UNRWA - Robert Turner
- Robert Turner is the Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza where he manages an operation with over 12, staf and an annual budget of over $ million.
Robert Turner | UNRWA
Challenging times
DW: You have been running the Gaza-office operations for UNRWA for the past three years. What do you think about your time in Gaza?
Robert Turner: It is easy to despair about Gaza, it is easy to look at all the problems and think, this can never be resolved. But you also say, look these people are remarkably resilient, they have been through a lot and if there is an opportunity they will take advantage of it. They will create opportunities. I am going to leave here very reluctantly in a way, because it has been such a remarkable experience but with some optimism that things can improve.
It is also a challenging work environment. You've experienced two wars, one in 2012 and you were in Gaza during the conflict last summer which lasted 51 days.
We thought that the 2012 war was quite difficult until we had the 2014 one and then we thought well actually we thought that the 2012 one was a 'piece of cake' in comparison. Particularly last summer was in
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Biography - Robert Turner
- The Director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, Robert Turner, has announced his intention to leave his post in mid-July, after serving with the Agency since 1 May “It’s been the most rewarding and challenging three years of my professional life,” said Mr Turner, “I shall miss my team and working alongside the communities in Gaza.
Robert Turner
| Unrwa's top official in Gaza, Robert Turner, said a U.N. team's study of shrapnel and craters at the school concluded it had been hit by. | |
| The Director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, Robert Turner, has announced his intention to leave his post in mid-July, after serving with the Agency since 1 May 2012. | |
| We call on the UN General Assembly and its Member States to unseat the Israeli state from the Assembly as soon as possible to safeguard the credibility and. |
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- The recently announced decision of Robert Turner to resign as director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza, after three years in the post, is a blow to the people he worked so.
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- UNRWA was established in to provide help to some 5 million registered Palestinian refugees.