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FEATURE By Gregor Mayer, dpa Baghdad (dpa) - The United Nations refugee organization UNHCR began on Wednesday to register Iraq's 80,000 Palestinian refugees, some of whom have been living in the country since they lost their homes in the first…

Economic Progress Impossible Without Political Progress, Experts Say GA/PAL/923 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 15 July (UN Information Service) -- A United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People this afternoon held a panel discussion on priorities for humanitarian and economic assistance for…

Despite of the Israeli military siege, closure and checkpoints, the Mobile Physiotherapy clinic has continued to carry out its services in 20 villages in Nablus district since August 01, 2002. The Care International funded project has rendered its services to…

Press Release The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene a United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People on 15 and 16 July at the United Nations Office at Geneva, in…

IP/03/958 Brussels, 8 July 2003 - The European Commission has approved a €10 million humanitarian aid package to support victims of the crisis in the Palestinian Territories and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The funds, allocated via the Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org Launched on:…

The villages of Beit Dajan and Beit Furik, ten kilometers east of Nablus, have become the poster children for water scarcity in the West Bank. Dependent under the best circumstances on water brought in from Nablus in tanker trucks,…

In his third hopeful comments conflict in four days United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he was encouraged by the recent developments, which have seen an agreement between Israel and Palestinians on a troop pullback and a ceasefire…

Introduction Within the last years, the open pools of the Beit Lahia sewage treatment plant have become the main environmental problem facing the Northern Area of Gaza. The plant's limited capacity, its close vicinity to highly populated areas, and the…

Introduction On 29 April, the Palestinian Legislative Council voted in a new government headed for the first time by a prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas. Following the swearing-in of the new prime minister, the Quartet released the Road Map, a…