Informes

Save the Children is reaching girls and boys in need in the poorest and most marginalized areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Children make up the majority of the population in these areas and Save the Children…

PAL/1895, TAD/1929 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 4 October (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) -- The widespread economic crisis that has crippled the Palestinian economy since October 2000 provides the focus for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…

IP/01/1371 Brussels The European Commission is providing a further €5 million in humanitarian assistance for the victims of the ongoing crisis in the West Bank and Gaza. More than 500 Palestinians have been killed and 14,000 injured since the fighting…

Press Release Jerusalem/10/2001 Jerusalem - The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has notified UNRWA of the bank's decision to contribute $5 million to support UNRWA's emergency work in the West Bank and Gaza. In a meeting held at UNRWA's Jerusalem…

RAMALLAH, October 1, 2001 - The World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) today signed a grant agreement in the amount of US$7 million for the Emergency Response Program, which is designed to help offset the effects of…

This Bulletin aims to provide a brief overview of issues related to Palestinian Refugee Rights While past research suggests that Palestinian refugees comprise a particularly vulnerable sector of Palestinian society in the occupied territories, reports during the first few months…

This is the fifth in a series of UNSCO reports on the socio-economic impact for Palestinians of confrontation, border closures and mobility restrictions. The report covers the one-year period 1 October 2000 to 30 September 2001. The report is based…

Background The UNRWA microfinance and microenterprise programme offers one barometer for gauging economics and livelihoods trends in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.During September,the situation of the programme in the West Bank,and the implications it holds in…

Gaza (dpa) - Five Palestinians were killed in the Palestinian territories Thursday and 28 were injured in the most serious outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in many weeks. Israeli tanks early Thursday entered Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and shelled…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israeli troops fought a fierce gunbattle with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, despite an agreement to seek a lasting truce that could boost U.S. efforts to forge a global anti-terror…