  {"id":200386,"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200386"},"modified":"2020-01-09T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T23:41:34","slug":"auto-insert-200386","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200386\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Red Crescent donates food and medicine for refugees in Gaza &#8211; UNRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Egyptian Red Crescent donates food and medicine for refugees in Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left; font-size: 13pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/atemplate.php?id=937\">\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0631\u064a \u064a\u062a\u0628\u0631\u0639 \u0644\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0626\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u063a\u0630\u0627\u0621 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0627\u0621<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\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%272%27%20height%3D%275%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202%205%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272%27%20height%3D%275%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/af80aad211ffc9cf8525798b00680567_image0.GIF\" width=\"2px\" height=\"5px\" border=\"0\" \/><span style=\"color: #1f527b; font-size: 6pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 8px; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">19 January 2012<br \/>\nGaza<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 8px; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">UNRWA has received an in-kind contribution of rice, flour, and sunflower oil from the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) for distribution to poor refugees in Gaza. The contribution comprises 9 tonnes of rice, 30 tonnes of flour, and 2.08 tonnes of sunflower oil. In addition, the ERC has sent a consignment of 20 cartons of medicine for use in UNRWA\u2019s health centres in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 8px; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi welcomed this contribution, stating \u201cthis donation demonstrates once again the steadfast support of the Egyptian people for the people of the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 8px; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u201cOn behalf of the refugees UNRWA serves, I thank the Egyptian Red Crescent Society for this generous contribution. I look forward to continuing the longstanding partnership between our organizations in order to maintain support to Palestine refugees in need until such time as a just and lasting solution to their plight has been achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 8px; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">ENDS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 7px; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Background information<\/strong><br \/>\nUNRWA provides assistance, protection and advocacy for nearly 5 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied Palestinian territory, pending a solution to their plight. The Agency\u2019s services encompass education, health care, social safety-net, camp infrastructure and improvement, community support, microfinance and emergency response, including in times of armed conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 7px; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">UNRWA is funded almost entirely by contributions from States. The Agency\u2019s core budget for 2010-2011 stands at $1.23 billion. In 2009, emergency appeals for the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon amounted to $827.4 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 7px; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>For more information please contact:<br \/>\nChristopher Gunness<\/strong><br \/>\nUNRWA Spokesperson<br \/>\nMobile: +972 (0) 54 240 2659<br \/>\nOffice: +972 (0) 2 589 0267<br \/>\nc.gunness@unrwa.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-top: 7px; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Sami Mshasha<\/strong><br \/>\nUNRWA Arabic Spokesperson<br \/>\nMobile: +972 (0) 54 216 8295<br \/>\nOffice: +972 (0) 2 589 0724<br \/>\ns.mshasha@unrwa.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian Red Crescent donates food and medicine for refugees in Gaza &nbsp; \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0631\u064a \u064a\u062a\u0628\u0631\u0639 \u0644\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0626\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u063a\u0630\u0627\u0621 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0627\u0621 19 January 2012 Gaza UNRWA has received an in-kind contribution of rice, flour, and sunflower oil from the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) for distribution to poor refugees in Gaza. 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