Reports

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…

JERUSALEM - In response to an appeal to the donor community from the Ministry of Health, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided $28,700 worth of contraceptives in late February. This contribution will cover a one-year supply of…

The Palestinian Authority has open a new court building in Nablus in the West Bank, the first of its kind in the occupied Palestinian territory. It houses two courts: the magistrate court of the Nablus area and the primary court…

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by denying freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams, who were physically…

SG/SM/9185 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks to senior Arab journalists today in New York: I'm sorry it's a little late to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters, since you're nearly at the end of your week here.…

The European Commission has adopted an emergency decision for €1 million for victims of house demolitions in the Gaza Strip. 13,000 people who have lost their homes in recent months will be provided with emergency shelter and relief items, and with…

Israeli Forces Continue to Perpetrate Crimes in the OPTs 14 Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli forces 7 of the victims were killed in 3 extra-judicial assassinations Israeli forces conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas in the…

Physicians for Human Rights announces a four-city tour with Israeli psychiatrist and trauma specialist Zeev Wiener and Palestinian pediatrician Jumana Odeh slated for the week of March 8, 2004. The tour is designed to inform policy-makers and opinion leaders, prominent…

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…