Informes

Good Afternoon, High Representative Mogherini, Foreign Minister Brende, Palestinian Ministers Bishara, Ghneim and Milhem Minister Tzachi Hanegbi of Israel, Distinguished guests, I am grateful to Norway and the EU for convening and chairing this important forum. I join others in…

HIGHLIGHTS The UNRWA Gaza Job Creation Programme (JCP), in cooperation with the Agency’s Gaza Field Infrastructure and Camp Improvement Programme (ICIP), launched its annual “fighting mosquitoes” project across the Gaza Strip. The project runs for six months…

On 11 December 2016, for the first time in 2 years, MERCY Malaysia entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing in Egypt to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gazan people. This mission marks the first humanitarian…

April 19, 2017. Gaza’s sole power plant shut down on Saturday night and has not renewed operations since. Funds donated by Qatar and Turkey, which allowed fuel supplies to be purchased from Israel for the plant,…

HIGHLIGHTS ● Approximately 4,000 displaced families in the Gaza Strip have not been allocated any funding for the reconstruction of their homes. ● Severe access restrictions place some 2,000 Palestinians in the settlement area of Hebron city at…

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in its capacity as Coordinator for the Programme of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Reconstruction of Gaza, has re-programmed and signed a US$40 million agreement with the United Nations Relief…

As part of their continuous efforts to support the Palestinian people, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an amendment…

KEY FIGURES West Bank/East Jerusalem Demolition response Demolished structures: 175 (Jan-Feb 2017) of which 53 are residential, 40 inhabited displacing 289 individuals, including 164 children Donor-funded structures: 75 of which 27 are residential 57 households have received a shelter response…

HIGHLIGHTS All structures in Khan al Ahmar, a Palestinian Bedouin community in the Jerusalem governorate, were served with final demolitions orders, increasing the risk of a mass forcible transfer. Largest seawater desalination plant in Gaza inaugurated and expected…

Construction of schools and infrastructure projects: In 2016, UNRWA completed the construction of 24 new school buildings, addressing the current and future needs of UNRWA students. In addition, over the past year the infrastructure and camp…