{"id":167823,"date":"2018-11-21T20:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T20:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=167823"},"modified":"2018-12-05T16:58:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T21:58:19","slug":"state-of-kuwait-makes-contribution-of-us-42-1-million-to-unrwa-bringing-total-contribution-from-kuwait-in-2018-to-50-million","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/state-of-kuwait-makes-contribution-of-us-42-1-million-to-unrwa-bringing-total-contribution-from-kuwait-in-2018-to-50-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait Makes Contribution of US $42.1 Million to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA – Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) expressed on Thursday its deep gratitude to the State of Kuwait for the extraordinary contribution of US$ 42.1 million received on 14 November, bringing Kuwait\u2019s contributions towards the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Programme Budget in 2018 to over US$ 50 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to extend a warm and heartfelt thank you to the State of Kuwait for its generous contribution to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA core services for Palestine refugees,\u201d the Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Representative Office in New York, Peter Mulrean, said. \u201cKuwait\u2019s steadfast and continuous support over the years has been a source of pride for the Agency and Palestine refugees, and we are deeply grateful to see that Kuwait has once again lent a helping hand at a time of historic dire needs for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and Palestine refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations hand delivered a cheque to Mr. Mulrean. The Permanent Representative of Kuwait, Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi said: \u201cWe deeply value the efforts of the Commissioner-General Pierre Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff towards ensuring the continuation of the critical work of the Agency. Their dedication and hard work is very much appreciated.\u201d Ambassador Al-Otaibi added, \u201cThis latest contribution is an expression of Kuwait\u2019s continued commitment and historic support to the important work of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA towards safeguarding the rights and dignity of Palestinian refugees, and stems from Kuwait\u2019s firm and unwavering position in support of the Palestinian cause<\/p>\n

This remarkable support by Kuwait comes as Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA faced in 2018 the most serious financial crisis in its history and will play a vital role in supporting the Agency\u2019s core mandated services of education, health, relief an social services to over 5 million Palestine refugees in Gaza, West Bank including East Jerusalem, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Kuwait has long been an important and consistent donor to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA through its government and through several Kuwait-based organizations such as the International Islamic Charity Organization, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and the Kuwait Red Crescent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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BACKGROÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵD INFORMATION<\/h2>\n
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA programme budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA encourages all Member States to work collectively to exert all possible efforts to fully fund the Agency\u2019s programme budget. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals.<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5.4 million Palestine refugees registered with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA across its five fields of operation. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christopher Gunness
\n<\/strong>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Spokesperson
\nMobile: +972 (0)54 240 2659
\nOffice: +972 (0)2 589 0267
\nc.gunness@unrwa.org
\n<\/a>Twitter: @ChrisGunness<\/a><\/td>\n		Sami Mshasha
\n<\/strong>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Arabic Spokesperson
\nMobile: +972 (0)54 216 8295
\nOffice: +972 (0)2 589 0724
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) expressed on Thursday its deep gratitude to the State of Kuwait for the extraordinary contribution of US$ 42.1 million received on 14 November, bringing Kuwait\u2019s contributions towards the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Programme Budget in 2018 to over US$ 50 million. \u201cI would like to extend a […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[921],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[4798,1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,5200,1745],"entity":[1985,1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-167823","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-kuwait","document-category-press-release","document-source-state","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/167823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/167823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=167823"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=167823"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=167823"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=167823"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=167823"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=167823"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=167823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}