UNRWA
Press Release
East Jerusalem
25 Feb 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Qatar donates $10 million to UNRWA for Gaza

Responding to UNRWA's appeal for $345 million for its Quick Response Plan
for Gaza, the government of Qatar has allocated $10 million for UNRWA out of
$40 million which it is donating to the UN as a whole.

The donation follows the visit by the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Ms
Karen AbuZayd, to Qatar on 9- 11 February. Reacting to the donation Ms
AbuZayd said: "This is splendid news for the refugees of Gaza. It will
enable us to help them in particular with job creation. Following this and
the earlier announcement of Kuwait's donation of $34 million we look forward
to hearing more Arab expressions of support for UNRWA's plans for Gaza at
next week's meeting of donors in Sharm Ash Shaikh."

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For more information please contact:
Sami Mshasha
UNRWA Arabic Spokesperson
Mobile: +972-(0)54-216-8295
Office: +972 (0)2-589-0724