Reports

USAID/West Bank & Gaza is pleased to welcome a $10 million in-kind contribution from USAID's Office of Food for Peace (FFP) toward the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Emergency Appeal (EMOP) for the Palestinian Territories. The Emergency Appeal…

IP/03/958 Brussels, 8 July 2003 - The European Commission has approved a €10 million humanitarian aid package to support victims of the crisis in the Palestinian Territories and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The funds, allocated via the Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office…

Introduction On 29 April, the Palestinian Legislative Council voted in a new government headed for the first time by a prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas. Following the swearing-in of the new prime minister, the Quartet released the Road Map, a…

Introduction On 29 April, the Palestinian Legislative Council voted in a new government headed for the first time by a prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas. Following the swearing-in of the new prime minister, the Quartet released the Road Map, a document…

Each chapter includes basic background information and highlights for the previous year. Chapter one provides a short historical background to the ROOT CAUSES and scope of Palestinian mass displacement. Chapter two examines the DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS of…

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…

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…

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER DOWNER AA 03 026 22 May 2003 Australia is committed to working with the international community to help bring about a lasting peace in the Middle East. Australia welcomes the release of the Middle East 'road map', and…

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…