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Press Release

PAL/1894

DONOR COUNTRIES TO TAKE UP UNRWA’S ACCESS PROBLEMS WITH ISRAEL

25/09/2001
Press Release
PAL/1894


DONOR COUNTRIES TO TAKE UP UNRWA’S ACCESS PROBLEMS WITH ISRAEL


(Reissued as received.)


AMMAN, 25 September (UNRWA) -- The European Union will continue to urge the Israeli authorities to ease the restrictions on the movement of staff and humanitarian supplies by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a meeting of 25 countries was told today in Amman.

SG/SM/7968-AFG/146

PLIGHT OF CIVILIAN AFGHAN POPULATION DESPERATE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

25/09/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7968
AFG/146


PLIGHT OF CIVILIAN AFGHAN POPULATION DESPERATE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


Those Deliberately Withholding Food

And Attacking Relief Workers Will Be Held Responsible


Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the humanitarian crisis in and around Afghanistan:

PAL/1893

UNRWA FACES $31 MILLION BUDGET CRISIS

25/09/2001
Press Release
PAL/1893


UNRWA FACES $31 MILLION BUDGET CRISIS


(Reissued as received.)


AMMAN, Jordan, 24 September (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is facing a financial crisis at a time when it is needed more than ever as a force for stability in the Middle East.  That was the stark message of Peter Hansen, UNRWA’s Commissioner-General, to a meeting of donor and host nations in Amman, Jordan, today.