{"id":204285,"date":"2005-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=204285"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:44:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:44:46","slug":"auto-insert-204285","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-204285\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia allocates $6.2 million to assist Palestinian refugees on World Refugee Day – Australian Government press release\/Non ±¬ÁÏÍø document"},"content":{"rendered":"
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$6.2 million for Middle East Refugees on World Refugee Day <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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On World Refugee Day 2005, I am pleased to announce today a package of $6.2 million in humanitarian assistance for Palestinian refugees, who represent a significant proportion of the world's refugees.<\/p><\/div>\n

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These funds will be administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA). ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA provides health, education, shelter and food aid to Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.<\/p><\/div>\n

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±¬ÁÏÍøRWA estimates that more than four million registered Palestinian refugees live in the Middle East including over one and a half million in the Palestinian territories.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Australia's assistance will provide vital services including emergency employment generation, shelter reconstruction, health and education.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The $6.2 million is made up of $4.2 million in core funding to ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA and $2 million to support their 2005 Emergency Appeal for the Palestinian territories.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It brings Australia's total aid to the Palestinian people to $12 million in 2004-2005.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This support for the Middle East peace process aims to reduce the vulnerability of Palestinians to poverty and conflict and is the overarching goal of the Australian Development Co-operation in the Middle East Strategy for 2004-2006.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Australia also recently announced an allocation of $15 million from AusAID's International Refugee Fund for the financial year 2005\/06 to support refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and asylum seekers in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South East Asia and the Pacific.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Media inquiries:
\nChris Kenny (Mr Downer's office) 0419 206 890
\nAusAID (Public Affairs) 0417 680 590<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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