{"id":206571,"date":"2009-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=206571"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:12:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:12:30","slug":"auto-insert-206571","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-206571\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt, Mauritania and Qatar renew support for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PRESS RELEASE
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Egypt, Mauritania and Qatar renew support for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Amman, 9 December 2009<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) this week received pledges of financial support for its activities from the governments of Mauritania, Egypt and Qatar. The donations to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s regular budget, of US$20,000, US$25,000 and US$50,000 respectively, followed an urgent appeal for help by the Agency to plug a US$0.5billion deficit in its annual budget.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The contributions reflect a marked increase in the support from each of the states compared with their donations to the Agency last year. The contribution by Mauritania marks a first for the country, which is listed by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ as a "least developed country", with an average GDP of approximately US$800 per head. The Qatari government upped its support by US$15,000 compared with last year, as did Egypt, currently chair of the advisory commission that oversees Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s activities.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The support, gratefully received by officials, are set to bolster the Agency’s core programmes and enable the delivery of essential services to a population of some 4.7 million Palestine refugees. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA provides assistance and protection to Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied Palestinian territory, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. It does so by offering to a population of some 4.7 million refugees a range of human development and humanitarian services in primary and vocational education, primary health care, social safety-net, community support, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s role also encompasses advocacy and actions to address the human rights and protection needs of Palestine refugees. <\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ member states. The Agency’s core budget for 2010 and 2011 stands at $1.23 billion. In 2009, emergency appeals for the West Bank and Gaza amounted to $456.7 million, with an additional $370.7 million required for Lebanon.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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