JERUSALEM,
June 13, 2015 (WAFA) – Kuwait has donated $15 million for UNRWA’s human
development work with Palestine refugees, Saturday announced the UNRWA in a
press release.
The
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said that Kuwait has donated $15
million for its work with Palestine refugees across the Middle East. The
donation was announced at a ceremony in Geneva on 11 June, with the funds being
passed to UNRWA by Mansour Al-Otaibi, the Permanent Representative of the State
of Kuwait to the UN at a ceremony held in New York Saturday.
“This
welcome donation comes at a crucial time for UNRWA as developments in the
region dramatically increase the needs of our refugees, many of whom are caught
up in the civil war in Syria and who are living under blockade and occupation
in Gaza and the West Bank”, said UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl.
“There
are unprecedented pressures on our resources and I thank the Emir and people of
Kuwait for this timely donation,” he added.
UNRWA
reported that Kuwait has recently been one of its generous and consistent
donors. In 2013 Kuwait gave $29 million to the Agency, $12 million of which
came through the Islamic Development Bank. Last year Kuwait provided $14
million to UNRWA.
“It
must not be forgotten that in addition to this support, Kuwait also graciously
hosted the donor conference for Syria earlier this year which saw hundreds of million
pledged and which are making a real difference in the lives of some of the most
disadvantaged communities in the Middle East caught in a rising tide of
militancy and conflict,” said Krähenbühl.
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