UN refugee agency in Gaza can't easily be replaced: chief

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It is unrealistic to think the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, can easily be replaced, its head said on Thursday in the face of calls for its abolition.

“It is a little bit short-sighted to believe that UNRWA can just technically hand over all its activities to other UN agencies or NGOs,” Philippe Lazzarini told journalists at the agency’s headquarters in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

“It’s an agency (that’s) quite unique because we are… primarily providing government-like services to one of the most destitute communities in the region,” he said.

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