UN PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY LAUNCHES $103 MILLION APPEAL

FOR WEST BANK, GAZA STRIP

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 6 June (UNRWA) –- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)has launched an urgent appeal to the international community for funds to support its emergency activities in the second half of 2003.

UNRWA PLEDGES TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN GAZA

AMMAN, 22 May (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has told a meeting of its major donors that it will not halt its humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip as a consequence of the closure imposed by the Israeli authorities.

UN AGENCIES AND NGOS PROTEST GAZA CLOSURE

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Following is the text of a statement issued yesterday by United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations:

KYIV MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONCLUDES WITH FINAL DOCUMENT

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KYIV, 14 May –- The United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace this afternoon urged the Security Council to endorse the “Road Map”, call for its implementation and remain engaged on the issue.

EXPERTS EXAMINE MEDIA COVERAGE OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Public Forum in Kyiv Urges Greater

Role for Civil Society, Think Tanks, Academics

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PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEED POLITICAL WILL

FOR SUCCESSFUL ROAD MAP, KYIV MEETING ON MIDDLE EAST TOLD

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KYIV, 14 May –- The “Road Map” was a clear trade-off that hardly met the needs of Palestinians and Israelis, a representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, said this morning at the International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace in Kyiv.

EXPERT PANEL AT KYIV MEETING EXAMINES SITUATION

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

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KYIV, 13 MAY -- The logic of “might makes right” could not make a just and lasting peace, Palestinian Authority Minister for Tourism Mitri Abu Aita told the second session of the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace this afternoon in Kyiv. 

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT

OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE OPENS IN KYIV

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KYIV, 13 May –- There could be no military solution to the Middle East conflict, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Anatoliy Zlenko, told the opening session of the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace in Kyiv this morning. 

UNITED NATIONS MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE TO CONVENE

IN KYIV, 13-14 MAY; PUBLIC FORUM TO BE HELD ON 15 MAY

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

271^st Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER RECENTLY RELEASED

‘ROAD MAP’ FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE