Reports

32/2002 March 14, 2002 - Vienna, Austria - The OPEC Fund for International Development today approved grant assistance amounting to US$195,000 in support of two schemes aimed at addressing some of the immediate social needs of Palestinians affected by the…

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE OPTs One of the most basic principles of international humanitarian law refers to the obligation of states to ensure access to medical treatment to any injured person, including evacuation if need be; protection of civilian hospitals…

Ref: 35/2002 PCHR is deeply concerned that Israeli occupying forces are taking advantage of the international focus on its attacks on Palestinian refugee camps in order to carry out large-scale land destruction and confiscation in the al-Mawasi area in the…

In spite of a massive intensification in the conflict, SOS Children's Villages is continuing to take care of its children and young people in the Palestinian Territories and is supporting neighbourhood families in need. So far no one has…

Easing the plight of Palestinian Children 1. Background Islamic Relief is currently operating an Integrated Care Programme for the rehabilitation of traumatised children in the El Burij Refugee Camp in the Middle Camps area of the Gaza Strip. During the past…

LAW, MIFTAH and PCHR, today wrote to the EU, US, and other non-EU members of the international community calling upon them to take effective action and intervene in the face of the latest, rapid escalation of attacks by the…

Highlights Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) suspends its ambulance services in the Ramallah region after its vehicles and an ICRC escort car were fired on by the IDF The Gaza Strip is under a severe internal closure regime for the 10th…

The 'Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees' and 'Physicians for Human Rights - Israel' jointly appeal for an end to the humanitarian nightmare in the Palestinian territories. Ramallah is now under complete occupation, 120 tanks are present on the streets,…

MEDECINS DU MONDE MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL Paris, March 12, 2002 - Claude Moncorgé, President of Médecins du Monde and Jean-Hervé Bradol, President of Médecins Sans Frontières met with the Israeli ambassador to France on March 12th. The representatives of the aforementioned organizations…

Nearly 4 million Palestinian refugees are registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. As defined by UNWRA, these refugees are persons whose…