Informes

Appeal Target: US$ 1,887,024Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 1,802,593 Geneva, 11 November 2003 Dear Colleagues, Results of recent surveys all agree that the astronomic rates of unemployment and disruption of the educational process remain the most disturbing consequences…

Geneva (dpa) - Conditions in the Palestinian territories "worsen every day", the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said in a report published in Geneva Monday. Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, said the agency had to reduce…

Philadelphia, PA -The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an international humanitarian service organization, joins Palestine, Israel, and organizations and coalitions around the world for the International Week of Action Against the Wall, November 9-16. During the next week groups are…

Though conditions for Palestinians worsen daily, the latest appeal for emergency funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has raised barely 45 per cent of the refugees' needs, forcing programme cutbacks, the Agency's…

Preliminary analysis by OCHA reveals that the planned new Wall will have severe humanitarian consequences for more than 680,000 Palestinians in the West Bank - well beyond the impact of the current Wall The Israeli Government approved a new plan revealing…

AI Index: MDE 15/099/2003 (Public) News Service No: 254 Amnesty International is adding its voice to worldwide protests (Starting Sunday) against Israel's construction of the fence/wall in the Occupied West Bank. The organization calls on the Israeli authorities to stop…

SUMMARY Médecins du Monde has been present in the Palestinian Territories since 1995 and was forced to strengthen its programmes in 2001 in order to respond more effectively to the consequences of the escalation of violence associated with the Israeli-Palestinian…

While donations had increased for the regular programmes of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), donations to its emergency programme had fallen off dramatically, according to Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the…

Damascus -- With a contribution from the Syrian Arab Popular Committee (SAPC), UNRWA has been able to hand out some SYP 3,862,500 million (US$ 75,000) in immediate humanitarian assistance to 250 families in Rafah, Gaza, who were left homeless…

GENEVA / JERUSALEM, 31 October 2003 - The Government of Japan has donated US 2 million to UNICEF in support of the prevention of infectious diseases for Palestinian Children and Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Japan's contribution will…