Reports

International Meeting on Impact of Construction Of Wall in Occupied Palestinian Territory Continues GA/PAL/951 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 15 April (UN Information Service) -- The Minister of Planning of the Palestinian Authority this afternoon said that Israel's separation wall was an overt…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As requested by the Minister for Agriculture of the Palestinian Authority (PA), FAO in cooperation with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) undertook an assessment of the food and nutrition…

ROME - In an effort to address the dire socioeconomic conditions in the Palestinian Territories, the United Nations World Food Programme -- in collaboration with the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture -- will purchase 416 MT of olive oil, at…

In January, USAID's Office of Food for Peace in Washington made a $5 million in-kind contribution toward the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Emergency Operations Appeal for the West Bank and Gaza, filling a gap in the amount…

President George W. Bush has identified Israel's placement of walls in the West Bank and its daily humiliation of the Palestinian people as deterrents to the Middle East peace process. RI agrees that action compatible with international humanitarian law…

Estimated 2.4 million people affected, including 1,200,000 children and 650,000 women Children cannot attend schools for extended periods of time due to closures, curfews and insecurity Some 50 per cent of all children are psychosocially affected by the…

Press Release No: 2003/241/MNA JERUSALEM, March 5, 2003 ― Twenty-seven months after the outbreak of the intifada, 60 percent of the population of the West Bank and Gaza live under a poverty line of US$2 per…

The ICRC today launched a budget-extension appeal for 44 million Swiss francs, more than doubling the initial 2002 budget of 35 million for Israel and the occupied and autonomous territories to 79 million francs. Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of…

This note supplements the information given in document A55/33. 2. Since September 2000, the international community has witnessed a series of tragic events unfold in the Palestinian territories. These events have led to a dramatic deterioration in the social and economic…

Plan of Action Holds Israel Responsible for Reparations to Palestinians (Received from a UN Information Officer.) NICOSIA, 18 April -- At the close of its one-day session, the United Nations Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Meeting in Solidarity with the Palestinian People today…