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Palestinians: Remote Education

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 145776, tabled on 29 January 2021

Question

Robert Halfon
Conservative
Harlow
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2021 to Question 140776, how many Palestinian children received copies of UNRWA’s self-learning material; and what steps UNRWA is taking to retrieve that material and counter harmful educational messages.

Answer

James Cleverly
Conservative
Braintree
Commons

Answered on

4 February 2021

We contacted UNRWA directly regarding this issue. UNRWA informed us that they had identified the material in question through its own regular monitoring and took swift action to correct the issue. The Agency also conducted a review to address any education materials in breach of its policies. UNRWA has reported that these materials are no longer circulated and are not used in current lessons. The issue was rectified by November 2020.

We continue to monitor the situation to ensure self-learning materials remain in line with UN values.

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