{"id":197550,"date":"2013-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=197550"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:25:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:25:47","slug":"auto-insert-197550","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-197550\/","title":{"rendered":"United States contributes funds in support of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s work servicing refugees in the region – Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States donates US$ 123m to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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الولايات المتحدة تتبرع بمبلغ 123 مليون دولار للأونروا<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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The United States announced a new contribution of US$ 123 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA), which will enable the Agency to continue its work serving a population of some five million registered Palestine refugees in the region. This latest donation brings the total U.S. contribution to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in 2013 to US$ 244.5 million.<\/p><\/div>\n

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US$ 75 million will go towards the General Fund, which supports core activities in education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement and microfinance.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“On behalf of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, I would like to thank the United States for this generous contribution today. The U.S. has assisted the Agency for several decades as a major bilateral donor. Its commitment to Palestine refugees is crucial to maintaining regional stability and supporting health, education and other programmes that Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA offers to this disadvantaged community. Despite the difficult economic situation worldwide, the U.S. has proven once again that it is dedicated to the development of Palestine refugee potential,” said Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The donation from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration includes an additional US$ 37 million earmarked for the Agency's Emergency Appeal in Gaza and the West Bank, US$ 10 million for the construction and equipment of three schools and two health centres in Gaza and US$ 1 million for relief work in Nahr el-Bared camp in Lebanon.<\/p><\/div>\n

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U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kelly Clements reaffirmed the United States support for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA services, saying: “The United States has been proud to work with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA for many years. We remain committed to supporting their efforts to help Palestinian refugees receive the services that they need.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Background information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, and microfinance.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United States donates US$ 123m to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA 18 June 2013 Amman الولايات المتحدة تتبرع بمبلغ 123 مليون دولار للأونروا  The United States announced a new contribution of US$ 123 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA), which will enable the Agency to continue its work serving a population […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[2553],"document-category":[2437,1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,2441,2533,2153,1745,2729],"entity":[5343,1985,1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-197550","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-united-states-of-america","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-health","document-subject-refugee-camps","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-shelter","entity-palestine-plo-palestinian-authority","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/197550","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\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/197550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=197550"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=197550"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=197550"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=197550"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=197550"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=197550"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=197550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}