Reports

A decision to assess the environmental situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been taken at a meeting of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Nairobi, 17 February 2002 - There are concerns about pollution of…

By Lucy Mair At first I was surprised that the noise of a plane flying overhead could elicit such anxious looks from my Palestinian friends. Then I realized that in the Gaza Strip, this otherwise innocuous sound can mean only…

HR/02/015 Following is the statement made today by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the human rights situation in the Middle East: "I follow with ever deepening concern the deteriorating human rights situation affecting the whole population in…

Luxembourg and Sweden are supporting projects carried out by the UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP) to aid Palestinians facing severe difficulties as the result of the crisis in the area. Luxembourg is contributing US$2 million for emergency…

The French Government has made a contribution of about $124,000 to support the special education programme run by UNRWA for Palestine refugee children in Jordan. The programme, which caters to pupils with learning difficulties, operates nine special education centres located at…

Jerusalem/West Bank (IOCC) - International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is responding to the "man-made disaster" in the West Bank with a comprehensive program of rural development that is designed to create jobs, improve public health, clean up the environment and…

SYP 15 million (US$ 327,000) donated to UNRWA by the Syrian people are helping Palestinian families made homeless in Rafah, Gaza as a result of Israeli demolitions 10-12 January, through the Agency's emergency humanitarian programmes. The donation was presented to…

UNICEF West Bank and Gaza Financial Summary US$ Health 240,000 Education 350,000 Psychosocial activities 475,000 Adolescents’ participation 120,000 Advocacy 350,000 TOTAL 1,535,000 Country background - situation of children and women More than 190 children under the age of 18 have been killed in more than a year of violence between Palestinians…

UNRWA HQ, Gaza - Mr. Peter Hansen, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, acting on behalf of all United Nations Agencies represented in the occupied Palestinian territory, has protested in "the strongest possible terms" to the Government of Israel regarding last night's…

(Quelles mesures concrètes vont prendre la France et l'Europe après le ministre des Affaires étrangères français Hubert Védrine a affirmé que l'Union européenne était unanime à condamner ''la politique de pure répression d'Ariel Sharon''?) ''Nous sommes déterminés à poursuivre nos efforts…