Rapports

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army continued to violate the First and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by denying freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams, who…

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed a wide range of international issues with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell today, touching on the Middle East, Iraq, UN operations in Congo and Liberia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe. "We had a very…

On the 10th of June, the Palestine Red Crescent Society Headquarters in Al-Bireh received two blood bank vehicles, which were donated by the readers of the Danish Newspaper Politikin. These vehicles were received in the presence of Mr. Younis Al-Khatib,…

ROME - With increasing numbers of Palestinians becoming dependent on international food aid, the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, James T. Morris, on Wednesday began in Jerusalem a three-day visit to review first hand WFP's efforts…

Israeli Forces escalate war crimes in the OPT 20 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 4 women and a child, were killed by Israeli forces 15 of the victims, including 2 brothers and 2 sisters, were killed in 4 assassinations in Gaza Israeli…

MPs Ms Oona King and Dr Jenny Tonge are today in Gaza City with Christian Aid and local organisations to look at the humanitarian crisis and agricultural restrictions in the area. Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, the second most senior figure in the…

Gaza -- June 10, 2003: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) today handed over 19 new homes to refugee families from the Middle Camps area in the Gaza Strip whose shelters have been destroyed…

SG/SM/8743, PAL/1952 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General deplores the violence by Palestinian groups over the weekend. Such violence is especially untimely following the Aqaba Summit, where the parties made a commitment to…

PREFACE Since September 2000, the cycle of violence and destruction affecting the occupied Palestinian territory remains unbroken. Despite sporadic moments of fledgling hope, the last six months have not given rise to much optimism: the Palestinians have seen mostly more…

GENEVA - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has launched an urgent appeal to the international community for funds to support its emergency activities in the second half of 2003. UNRWA, the largest development and emergency relief…