Informes

In an unprecedented move, governments at the 19th Session of the Governing Council adopted a resolution calling on UN-HABITAT to establish a special Human Settlements Programme in the occupied Palestinian territories. The programme seeks to address the difficult housing situation…

Appeal No. 01.57/2002; Appeal target: CHF 3,745,706; Appeal coverage: 42% Overall analysis of the programme The Palestinian uprising in the occupied/autonomous territories continued throughout 2002, its third year. The conflict between Palestinians and Israelis remains deep and violent. Curfews and…

Copenhagen -- The total number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli's military demolition campaign climbed above 12,000 this month following a rapid acceleration of the policy in Gaza during the first quarter of this year. Since the beginning of the…

Appeal Target: US$2,879,504Balance requested: US$2,209,483 Geneva, 23 April 2003 Dear Colleagues, Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Occupied Palestinian territories in September 2000, Gaza has been the recipient of crushing economic sanctions, and remains under siege with…

Background March 2003 marked the 30th month of the current crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). In Gaza, the reporting period witnessed some of the most serious clashes of the Intifada with increased Israeli military incursions, the temporary reoccupation of…

Early last year, as part of their ongoing cooperation, the ICRC delegation in Cairo and the Egyptian Red Crescent Society equipped a first-aid centre affiliated with the National Society in Rafah, on the Egyptian-Israeli border, with furniture and basic…

War in Iraq would devastate ongoing aid work' JERUSALEM -- World Vision, the international Christian humanitarian organization, is transporting food, blankets and other relief supplies to communities in Gaza and the West Bank that would be hardest hit by curfews and…

In preparation for a war on Iraq and its possible repercussions in Gaza, Word Vision is pre-positioning 2,500 relief kits in high risk locations. Based on the experience of the first Gulf War, transporting humanitarian relief items as well as…

Background Humanitarian operations by UNRWA continued through May and June despite closures and curfews that severely hindered access to refugee camps and other Palestinian communities. Operation Defensive Shield, the Israeli military offensive in the West Bank that…