PALESTINE RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY WARNS OF HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

IN WEST BANK CITIES, TOWNS, REFUGEE CAMPS

UN EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN AT WORSENING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN WEST BANK

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GAZA, 2 April (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has expressed deep concern at the worsening humanitarian situation in the West Bank following the Israeli military assaults on Ramallah, Bethlehem, Tulkarm and Qalqilya.

ISRAELI BOMB LANDS WITHIN 200 METRES OF 3,100 SCHOOLCHILDREN  

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GAZA, 7 March (UNRWA) -- At 9 a.m. today an Israeli F16 dropped a large bomb on the Palestinian Police headquarters compound in Gaza City. The bomb exploded within 200 metres of 3,100 refugee children, aged between six and 15 years old, who were attending three schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES BLOCK UN DELIVERY OF MEDICINE AND FOOD TO JENIN CAMP

GAZA, 3 March (UNRWA) – The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have prevented the United Nations from making a delivery of urgently needed medicines, food, blankets and tents to Jenin refugee camp, scene of heavy fighting over the past three days.

UN EXPRESSES 'DEEP CONCERN' AT DECISION OF ISRAELI SECURITY CABINET

TO TARGET REFUGEE CAMPS

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY UNEP

CARTAGENA, Colombia, 15 February (UNEP) -- 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), meeting this week in special session in the Colombian city of Cartagena.

PRESS STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of this morning’s press statement on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine question, by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

262^nd Meeting (AM)

MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS BADLY NEEDS RENEWAL OF ENERGY, CONVICTION

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Urges Recommitment to Principles of Oslo, Madrid;

Committee Elects Officers, Adopts 2002 Work Programme

COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY PROTESTS ISRAELI BOMBING IN GAZA

UNRWA LAUNCHES EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP

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