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±¬ÁÏÍøRWA PRESS RELEASE |
Press Release No. HQ/G/03/2006 28 February 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
European Commission Announces $ 76 Million
for ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA Annual Budget
Gaza – Today the European Commission announced a donation of $ 76 million to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA) for its annual budget.
The funds will support ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA’s general programming in the areas of education, health, relief and social services in the Agency’s five fields of operation: the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Karen AbuZayd, ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA’s Commissioner-General, welcomed the European Commission’s latest donation: “We are grateful for the Commission’s timely contribution to ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA’s 2006 regular budget. It will enable ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA to continue to deliver critically needed humanitarian services to Palestine refugees without interruption.”
The European Commission is also a generous supporter of ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA’s Emergency Appeal, which aids the most vulnerable and at-risk refugees in the Gaza Strip and West Bank by providing emergency employment, food assistance, mobile health care, and shelter repair and rehabilitation.
European Commission contributions to ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA in the past year amounted to $ 75.5 million.
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Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: European Commission, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA)
Subject: Assistance, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 28/02/2006