Informes

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Following are Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's remarks at the start of the meeting of the Ministerial Committee on the Implementation of the Disengagement Plan this morning (Wednesday), 8 June 2005: "Recently, there has been an…

By Robert Berger Jerusalem, 07 June 2005 - A surge of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is threatening the Mideast cease-fire. The incidents coincided with a diplomatic storm as the British foreign secretary arrived for peace…

Ref: 69/2005 PCHR realizes that it is not possible to hold Palestinian parliamentary elections on the originally specified date (17 July 2005) due to legal impediments. However, the postponement of holding these elections without a new date announced damages the…

Ref: 68/2005 The latest step by Israel to ensure that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) can act with impunity and without respect to international law obligations is currently before Knesset Law Committee. The proposed amendment to Israel's tort law is…

WASHINGTON, - The following project was approved today by the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors: IDA GRANT AMOUNT: $20 million PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The development objectives of the project are: i) To develop a sustainable institutional structure of the water and wastewater…

The Government of Japan has decided to extend a grant aid of 344 million yen to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for the project for Improving the Control of Infectious Diseases and the Nutritional Status of Palestinian Children…

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delay and denial of access and…

UNCTAD/PRESS/IN/2005/021 UNCTAD has stepped up technical assistance to the Palestinian people in preparation for their envisioned State, focusing over the past month on enterprise development, Customs automation, economic development strategy, debt management, and trade facilitation and logistics. These activities are being…

TULKAREM, WEST BANK - The kids of Kafa Village have a spacious, brand new school building, built with funds contributed by the American people. They seem happiest about the playground that comes with it. The new 460-square-meter, two-storey Kafa Primary School…

JERUSALEM, June 2 (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he would withdraw support for a planned Gaza withdrawal that he says emboldens militants. With Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon assured of a solid cabinet majority for…