Reports

Shooting caused damage to the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School and the SOS Kindergarten located in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip on the evening of 2 February. None of the children and co-workers were injured, however, uncertainty…

Foreword UNRWA's Fourth Emergency Appeal is being launched against the backdrop of continuing strife, closures and sanctions that have afflicted the Palestinian communities of the West Bank and Gaza Strip for over fifteen months, taking a profound toll in casualties and…

The Government decided today to authorise Sida to enter into a new cooperation agreement with the PLO for the Palestinian Authority for 2002. Similar agreements have been made since 1995. There are special agreements for individual projects within the…

Press Release No. HQ/G/03/2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA - January 31, 2002 The deteriorating conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip after 16 months of strife, closures and sanctions has compelled the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…

The Current Situation and Closures Before the Oslo accords of 1993, the Palestinian territories were under total Israeli military occupation. Since 1994, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has been granted partial control over segments of the territories, and now controls 18…

NY/01/2002 New York - UNRWA received today a cheque for $ 1 million from the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as a contribution to the Agency's regular programme of assistance to Palestine refugees. On behalf of Mr. Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of…

Background During January, UNRWA continued its emergency operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Economic conditions and problems of access to services associated with closures remained severe. After assessment by UNRWA of relief activities to date and adjustment of plans…

Emergency Assistance to Victims of Conflict Augusta Victoria Hospital and the Village Health Clinics Geneva, 30 January 2002 The year 2002 continues to be punctuated by the increasing cycle of violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians. As Israel tightens the…

On January 24, an OCHA team travelled to Tulkarem to meet with the governor, mayor and members of the municipal council. OCHA was accompanied by a team from Oxfam GB which is undertaking an assessment of…

(9 -18 January 2002) Overview The reporting period witnessed an end to the relative calm which had followed a televised speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Yasser Arafat on 16 December, calling for an end to violence, and a subsequent declaration…