Informes

Due to the ongoing crisis with irregular border access and the lack of wheat flour in Gaza, UNRWA has exhausted all stocks of flour in its warehouses. Wheat supplies scheduled to arrive in Gaza the 9-10 December were unable…

Following the resumption of violence on 4 November 2008, Israel has intensified to an unprecedented level the blockade on the Gaza Strip, imposed in June 2007. The 18 - month long blockade has created a profound human dignity crisis,…

ACTED works to increase the food security of vulnerable herders in the West Bank A confluence of natural and man-made factors in recent years has severely impacted the agricultural sector of the West Bank. Small-scale herders in particular face growing…

Executive summary A year on from the November 2007 Annapolis Conference and the stated determination of the Government of Israel (GoI) and the Palestine Liberation Organization to conclude a comprehensive peace agreement by the end of 2008, Palestinian living conditions…

PR 37/2008 November 27, 2008 Vienna, Austria - While delivering a statement yesterday at the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which held in Vienna, Austria, Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Living conditions for most Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) have continued to deteriorate in 2008. The year began with a renewed sense of hope for progress, following the resumption of relations between…

East Jerusalem - The European Union is contributing an additional €5 million to UNRWA for cash subsidies to some of the most vulnerable refugee families in Gaza in 2009. This assistance targets families in abject poverty who are unable…

The Unit for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories reports daily on the general humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The data for the supplies transferred via the Kerem Shalom, Karni and Sufa crossings are based on the…

KEY POINTS Since 5 November, Israel has blocked all commercial and humanitarian goods from entering into Gaza with the exception of two days when some industrial fuel was allowed in. Civilians continue to pay the price of conflict and violence…

Damascus, November 2008 - Despite his poor health, Ahmed Ata Jichi waits patiently in line to receive UNRWA's quarterly distribution of food and cash assistance. Today is a good day for him. He will be able to take back…