  {"id":193297,"date":"2016-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=193297"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:35:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:35:02","slug":"auto-insert-193297","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-193297\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan grant will enable upgrade of electric power supply in Qarawat Bani Hassan &#8211; Japan MoFA Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27154%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20528%20154%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27154%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/00bb6317dd51e3d68525801b0051fd18_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"154px\" width=\"528px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-bottom:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;padding-bottom:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">August 25<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">, 2016<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Grant Signing Ceremony for Replacing Air Medium Voltage Network in Qarawat Bani Hassan, funded by Japan <\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Grant Contracts for one Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP) was signed today by Mr. Takeshi Okubo, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to the PA, and Mayor of Qarawat Bani Hassan Municipality at the Representative Office of Japan in Ramallah for a total amount of US$ 82,009.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Qarawat Bani Hassan Municipality will use the funds to replace 900 meters of old electric wire to underground and remove 8 old lattices column and install one new lattice column. In order to; reduce the danger of electrical shock accidents and improve the situation of electric power supply for 670 citizens in 96 residents. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Okubo congratulated Qarawat Bani Hassan Municipality and wished them success in their project. He emphasized Japan&#8217;s firm commitment of supporting Palestinian people from human security perspective as well as the importance of implementing social and economic development projects needed for Palestinian communities. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Since 1993 the Government of Japan has extended its official development assistance to approximately $1.7 billion, to the Palestinians. 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