UAE offers extraordinary $ 50 million donation to UNRWA

The United Arab Emirates has announced a $ 50 million donation to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), reaffirming its commitment to support essential services and provided by the Office to more than five million Palestine refugees in Syria, Gaza and the West Bank. The United Arab Emirates is a valuable and reliable partner of the Agency, one of the few selected donors whose steady support over the decades has contributed to its ability to pay its dues. mandate.

"At a time when we are under intense pressure on the Agency, the enormous generosity of the United Arab Emirates sends a clear message: Palestine refugees are not the only ones," said the Commissioner General of the United Arab Emirates. 39, UNRWA, Pierre Krineball. It is also an offer of solidarity from the United Arab Emirates, for which I am deeply grateful. "

This exceptional financial support will help UNRWA to maintain its programs for 2019 as planned, particularly in the areas of primary health care, education and social services, which are essential to the lives and dignity of refugees from Palestine and constitute a pillar of their sense of stability.

The Office remains grateful to the United Arab Emirates for its renewed confidence and support. In 2018, the UAE's extraordinary contribution of $ 50 million allowed the Agency to open its 708 schools for the 2018-2019 academic year and made them the sixth most great donor of the year.

UNRWA's mandate is to provide vital services to some 5.4 million Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA in its five areas of operation in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. and in the Gaza Strip. Its services include education, health care, relief, social services, camp infrastructure, improvement, protection and microcredit.