Reports

Background The effects of the second intifada on the Palestinian refugee population of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are now increasingly structural and the socio-economic situation is largely distinguished by high rates of unemployment and poverty, low incomes and shortage…

Press Release No. HQ/G/20/2004 Gaza - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has today reached agreement with the Palestinian Authority for land to be provided to the Agency to build 400 new shelters for the…

PCHR remains gravely concerned about the living conditions of Palestinian civilians, who have been made homeless, following the destruction of their homes by Israeli occupying forces. These civilians have resorted to temporary refugee centers, living under extremely difficult conditions. Rafah…

Appeal Target: US$ 185,289 Geneva, 17 June 2004 Dear Colleagues, The constant demolition of homes undertaken by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have to date left thousands of Palestinians homeless, especially in Rafah. The military operation 'Rainbow' launched by…

PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS THE HON CHRIS GALLUS MP AA 04 039 Australia will contribute $500,000 in humanitarian assistance for Palestinians, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Chris Gallus, announced today. 'The Australian Government will provide humanitarian relief to…

Gaza Strip: On 11 May 2004, at 12:00 pm, Israeli soldiers closed Abu-Holeh checkpoint, which connects the middle and the south areas of the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Palestinian civilians were stranded at the checkpoint because Israeli soldiers prohibited…

Press Release No. HQ/G/10/2004 Gaza -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has issued a call to the Israeli military to halt its demolition operations in Rafah in the Gaza Strip where 12,600 people are…

The annual BADIL Survey provides an overview of one of the largest and longest standing unresolved refugee and displaced populations in the world today. In 2003, it was estimated that two in five refugees were Palestinian.…

Geneva, 31 March 2004 - Mr. Abdalla Abbas has been appointed as UN-HABITAT's Coordinator for the Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People. Mr. Abbas will be in charge of planning and directing UN-HABITAT's work in the occupied Palestinian…

The Government of Japan has decided to implement, through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the following three projects totaling 2.125 million US dollars to help the Palestinian Authority (PA) reform and improve the living conditions in the Palestinian Territories.…