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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Press Release
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East Jerusalem 09 Feb 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA LIFTS SUSPENSION OF AID IMPORTS INTO GAZA
PRESS STATEMENT BY CHRISTOPHER GÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµNESS Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA SPOKESPERSON
The Hamas authorities in Gaza have returned to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA warehouses in Gaza City and Rafah all of the aid supplies confiscated on 03 and 05 February. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA will now lift the suspension on the import of its humanitarian supplies into Gaza, which went into effect on 05 February.
However, the Agency’s food distribution operation to 900,000 refugees continues to be jeopardized by the decision of the Israeli government to refuse entry of the three truck loads of nylon pellets for making the plastic bags in which the food is distributed. The only available bags are those on the local market.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA has also been denied approval to bring into Gaza 12 truck loads of bulk paper to print books, including its human rights textbooks for the second semester which started two weeks ago. The Agency has also been prevented from importing 5 trucks of exercise books for some 200,000 children. Sixty per cent of children in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA are without their full complement of textbooks.
ENDS
Christopher Gunness
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Spokesperson
Mobile: +972-(0)54-240-2659
Office: +972-(0)2-589-0267
Sami Mshasha
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Arabic Spokesperson
Mobile: +972-(0)54-216-8295
Anita Davies
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Public Information Office
0542402677
025890763
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Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Assistance, Children, Education and culture, Food, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Incidents
Publication Date: 09/02/2009