The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that the financial deficit for the year 2019 decreased from $167 million to only $90 million.
UNRWA Media Advisor Adnan Abu Hasana said that over the past three weeks, intensive efforts were made and resulted in the agency receiving $ 77 million from more than 20 countries and partners. It includes funds transferred from countries that have frozen their remaining contributions for this year in light of the investigation supervised by the United Nations Internal Oversight Office, which concluded that there is no corruption or financial abuse.
He added, in a statement to the Qatar News Agency (QNA), that the Qatari support for UNRWA contributed greatly to reducing the financial deficit of the UN agency this year, praising the development of the relationship with the State of Qatar in order to provide better service to millions of Palestinian refugees in the UNRWA's five fields of operations.
UNRWA had announced that it needs at least $167 million to be able to continue its services and pay the salaries of its employees until the end of this year.
Source: QNA
Image credit: Al Jazeera
Follow us on our social media channels:
@ILQlive
@ILQlive
@ILoveQtr
ILoveQatar
You have successfully registered your account!
Please confirm your e-mail address by clicking on the URL sent to you.The e-mail usually arrives in 5-10 minutes.
How ajeeb was that!? Thanks for contributing to our community! Your post will appear after we take a quick look!
