{"id":126927,"date":"2018-01-17T21:38:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T21:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=126927"},"modified":"2018-01-30T17:20:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:20:16","slug":"belgium-pledges-multi-annual-support-to-unrwa","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/belgium-pledges-multi-annual-support-to-unrwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Pledges Multi-annual Support to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a non-United Nations document. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ provides these documents only as a convenience for reference purposes, and the inclusion of a document does not imply the endorsement of its content by the United Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 January 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In response to the call of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s Commissioner-General, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo has decided to allocate 19 million EURO over the next 3 years to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, the United Nations agency which provides humanitarian help to Palestinian refugees. Belgium is one of the few donors that provides this kind of multi-annual funding. Considering the financial difficulties which Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA currently faces, the Belgian annual contribution will be disbursed immediately. The US government decided yesterday to suspend half of its support to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander De Croo:\u00a0\u201cI have a lot of respect for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s work, which has to operate in the most difficult and dangerous circumstances. Living conditions in Gaza, Syria, the West bank and elsewhere in the region are particularly tough. For a lot of Palestinian refugees the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is the last life buoy. With the help of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA half a million of Palestine children are able to go to school. This prevents them from falling prey to radicalization and extreme violence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Belgium is together with other EU member states and the European Commission by far Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s largest donor. The coming months and years Belgium will, along with the EU and countries from the region, continue to support Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and the Palestinian refugees. The visit of Palestinian president Abbas next Monday in Brussels is a first opportunity to exchange thoughts in this regard.<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA was established in 1949 in order to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees, who in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War numbered about 700.000. Today, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA offers to approximately 5 million Palestine refugees services such as education, health care and housing. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is active in Palestinian occupied territories, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA defends also the rights of Palestinian refugees, in line with international law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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