UN’s Guterres to meet with donors to UNRWA, a ‘lifeline’ for civilians in Gaza UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres prepared to meet donors to UNRWA on Tuesday after several countries including the US, UK, Germany and Japan, suspended funding to the Palestinian aid agency. "It is a lifeline for civilians in Gaza," says France 24 correspondent Jessica Le Masurier. "And it employs 13,000 people in the Palestinian enclave."