Reports

IP/03/607Brussels, 30 April 2003 - The European Commission is announcing new forms of assistance to support the reform process in the Palestinian Authority. These will be available to the new government formed by Prime Minister Mahmoud…

Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi Peace in the Middle East , Towards the peaceful coexistence of the two states The real chance for peace in the Middle East, which is the key for the peace and stability…

Appeal Target: US$2,879,504Balance requested: US$2,209,483 Geneva, 23 April 2003 Dear Colleagues, Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Occupied Palestinian territories in September 2000, Gaza has been the recipient of crushing economic sanctions, and remains under siege with…

Information provided by Craif Kippels: Lutheran World Federation representative (Jerusalem) East Jerusalem, April 18, 2003 - There are significant and growing humanitarian needs in the West Bank and Gaza areas of the Palestine territories. In collaboration with other Christian organizations, the…

A COALITION of Christian aid agencies has finally been able to deliver desperately needed food to an area of Palestine sealed off from the rest of the world. More than 8,000 Palestinians are trapped in the Mawasi area, surrounded by…

With great perseverance World Vision, as part of a coalition of Christian International NGOs distributed 1200 food kits and 1200 bags of flour to the Mawasi area in the Gaza strip, which literally was sealed off from the outside…

IP/03/519 Brussels, 9 April 2003 - The European Commission is providing a further relief package worth €15 million to Palestinian victims of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The aid will support provision of food, medicines, water and sanitation…

EAST JERUSALEM, West Bank After weeks of pressing for permission from the Israeli military, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and four other Christian organizations recently succeeded in bringing in basic food supplies to 1,200 families in the southern Gaza Strip. At least…

Background March 2003 marked the 30th month of the current crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). In Gaza, the reporting period witnessed some of the most serious clashes of the Intifada with increased Israeli military incursions, the temporary reoccupation of…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) recently sponsored a major roundtable on emergency food assistance to the Palestinian people. A representative from USAID's Health and Humanitarian Assistance program participated, delivering a paper entitled "Malnutrition: Diagnosis and Appropriate Responses."…