UN CONFERENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

TO BE HELD 4-5 SEPTEMBER

PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY WELCOMES NEW UNITED STATES PLEDGE TO EMERGENCY APPEAL

GAZA, 6 August, (UNRWA) -- Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), today warmly welcomed the news that the United States will pledge up to $26 million to the Agency’s sixth emergency appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory.  The current appeal covers the six-month period to the end of December, 2003.

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

273^rd Meeting (AM)                                               

SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HOLDS PANEL

ON COPING STRATEGIES FOR PALESTINIAN ECONOMY

Speakers Underline Difficulties Resulting from

Dependence of Palestinian Economy on Israel International Aid

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TWO-DAY UN SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CONCLUDES

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UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OPENS

Speakers Say That Economic Peace, Prosperity Are Only

Way Forward; Stress Need for Integrated Economic Aspect to ‘Road Map’

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UN SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HOLDS PANEL

ON PRIORITIES FOR HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

Economic Progress Impossible Without Political Progress, Experts Say

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UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 15 - 16 JULY

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

272^nd Meeting (AM)

NEW SHELTERS FOR GAZA HOMELESS

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GAZA, 10 June (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) today handed over 19 new homes to refugee families from the Middle Camps area in the Gaza Strip whose shelters have been destroyed by Israeli forces.