JERUSALEM, February 7, 2009 (WAFA)- The European Commission (EC) provided, Saturday, a contribution of €66 million to the General Fund of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), to enable UNRWA to maintain delivery of essential services to Palestine refugees.
The European Commission Representative in Jerusalem Christian Berger, signed the agreement along with, UNRWA's Deputy Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, in the main UNRWA warehouse in
The €66 million contribution from the European Union will go to UNRWA's core budget, the General Fund, helping to pay salaries for UNRWA’s teachers, doctors and social workers and enabling UNRWA to maintain delivery of essential services to
Grandi expressed his gratitude for the EU’s funding, highlighting that, in addition to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, “refugees in the West Bank are being subjected to yet another year of debilitating closures, and over 20,000 refugees remain homeless in northern Lebanon as a consequence of the destruction of Nahr El Bared Camp in
Regarding the blockade on