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Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallstr?m spoke on the telephone today to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres about the upcoming ministerial meeting on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA), which was convened at the initiative of Sweden and Jordan. Ms Wallstr?m stressed that the purpose of the meeting, to be held in Rome on 15 March, is to mobilise political and financial support for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA, which is currently facing an acute budget deficit of USD 446 million.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA assists more than five million Palestinian refugees, one third of whom still live in refugee camps, and plays an important stabilising role in an already troubled region.

Ms Wallstr?m thanked the Secretary-General for his strong commitment to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA and his leading role in improving its financing.

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