6. Protecting and developing the mandate and authority of UNRWA is a Palestinian national responsibility 16 a) Palestinian national responsibility requires that the PLO leadership take active political action in support of organized, popular grassroots action. b) Popular protests against service reduction are not adequate enough to ensure the protection of UNRWA and to prevent its liquidation. c) The current Palestinian political and diplomatic action is inadequate as it is limited to emotional and moral appeals and reactions. d) Palestinian political action should be proactive, strategic and in line with a plan built on the protection of refugees’ rights. Three integrated objectives should be prioritized: (1) protecting UNRWA; (2) addressing the chronic financial crisis; and (3) expanding UNRWA’s mandate. e) Popular action and protests should be organised, incremental, ongoing and integrated with national political and diplomatic action. The campaign should not target UNRWA and/or disrupt its operations. Rather, it should exert pressure on the international community and be complemented by an international advocacy campaign to expose the political agenda of the USA and Israel. f) Cooperation should be initiated with the Agency to manage a global advocacy campaign. This cooperation is not indicative of approval for the Agency’s procedures. While the Palestinian priority is to confront the campaign against UNRWA, national actors, including civil society organizations and refugee popular committees, should not disregard UNRWA’s reduction of services or offer alternative compromises at the expense of refugee rights and needs. Such compromises could temporarily alleviate the impact of reductions, but will eventually result in the obviation of international responsibilities and replacement of the Agency.