Reports

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…

AL-RAM - One month after a vitamin program was rolled out to 26,000 Palestinian schoolchildren in 85 schools, some 96 percent of the students are taking the supplements, reports Gina Benevento, communications specialist for MARAM, the U.S. Agency for…

Location of operation: Occupied Palestinian territories, Gaza Strip, Rafah Amount of Decision: Euro 1 million Decision reference number: ECHO/PSE/BUD/2004/01000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population 1.1. - Rationale: Between 16 and 22 January 2004 the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) carried out…

Press Release No. HQG/05/2004 01 March 2004 - Gaza The Government of Japan and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) signed an agreement in Gaza today, under which the Government of Japan will contribute 500…

The Government of Japan has decided to extend food aid of 500 million yen (to purchase flour) for Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Notes to…

Background The cycle of violence continued throughout the last quarter of 2003 and all efforts to revive the stalled negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians failed. Despite criticism from high-ranking former and current members of the Israeli defence establishment, Israel failed to…

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…

I have announced a further Australian contribution of $3 million in humanitarian assistance to refugees in the Palestinian territories. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will receive $2 million and $1 million will be allocated to the International…

IDF operations in Rafah, January 2004 The Israeli Defence Forces have carried out a campaign of demolition and land leveling in Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip. During its three most recent incursions, between 16 and 22…

by Robyn Long Rafah, Gaza, January, 2004 - Every day, all 180 children at the Um Al Hanoon Preschool in Rafah, Gaza eagerly await their mid-morning break, which consists of playtime and a snack of fortified biscuits and banana, strawberry,…