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U.S. Urges Arab Donors to Pay Pledges to PNA

WASHINGTON, May 02, 2008, (WAFA)-The United States called on Arab nations to make good on aid they have pledged to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) but have yet to deliver.

'It's extremely important that people pay their pledges,' U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters as she flew to London for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran and Kosovo.

'States that have resources ought to be looking not for how little they can do, but how much they can do,' she added.

 

Rice did not mention any names but a senior U.S. official made clear Washington had in mind oil-rich Arab states whose contributions he called 'woefully short.'

Of $717.1 million in budget support for the Palestinians promised by Arab League members, only $153.2 million has been delivered, all of which came from three countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Algeria.

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