Reports

GA/SPD/753 Sixty-ninth session 21st & 22nd Meeting (PM) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS COVERAGE Israel Says States Ignoring ‘Real’ Problem — Politicization of Refugee Issue Commending the perseverance of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)…

GA/EF/3410 Sixty-ninth session, 29th Meeting (AM) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS COVERAGE Agriculture was the cornerstone of the Palestinian economy, and was “deliberately targeted” by Israel, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today. As the…

GA/SPD/572 Sixty-ninth session, 20th Meeting (PM) General Assembly Fourth Committee Meetings Coverage Growing needs due to escalating conflict in the region amid a glaring funding shortfall in the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees had brought new urgency to the international…

The Gaza Strip has a population of 1.8 million people. 28% of its inhabitants are unemployed, and 38% live in poverty. * The fifty days of conflict and violence took an extremely heavy toll, both in…

A EUR 50,000 (US$ 65,000) donation from the Castilla la Mancha Regional Government will help almost 4,800 people in Gaza access their daily food needs. The food packages include products such as flour, oil, milk, canned meat,…

UNRWA is grateful to the Basque Government for contributing EUR 200,000 (US$ 273,577) to the Agency’s Gaza emergency appeal. The Israeli blockade of Gaza entered its eighth year in June 2014 and continues to have a devastating…

The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) facilitated the entry of several batches of humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip from August 15, 2014 to October 31, 2014. ERC delivered 4361.5 tons of humanitarians aid (medicines, medical supplies, relief items…

HIGHLIGTS 18 UNRWA school buildings continue to serve as Collective Centres for approximately 32,419 internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Monday 27 October talks in Cairo between Israel and Palestine, were postponed by Egypt in the wake of an…

Highlights The number of Palestinian child casualties from the recent Gaza war continues to rise, as children with serious injuries are still being treated in hospitals, and as further verification of earlier incidents is ongoing. Between 8…

15 – 21 October 2014 Issue 66 HIGHLIGTHS 18 UNRWA school buildings continue to serve as Collective Centres for approximately 38,346 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Less than two months into the current cease fire, there are grave concerns regarding…