  {"id":207503,"date":"2005-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=207503"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:23:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:23:40","slug":"auto-insert-207503","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-207503\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF and Saudi Cttee for Relief of Palestinian People discuss assistance for children in the OPT &#8211; UNICEF 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=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNICEF and Saudi Committee for the Relief of Palestinian People Discuss Assistance for Children in the occupied Palestinian territory<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">JERUSALEM \/ RIYADH, MAY 31, 2005 &#8212; The Saudi Committee for the Relief of Palestinian People have announced plans to forge a new strategic framework with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) for assistance to children in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The agreement was reached at the end of two days of meetings this week between representatives from UNICEF&#39;s Gulf Area Office and oPt and senior officials from the Saudi Ministry of the Interior.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The proposed framework will focus on assistance in education and health for the new generation of Palestinian adolescents.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&quot;UNICEF and the Saudi Committee for the Relief of Palestinian People shares the vision on the importance of children getting the right start in life and receiving quality education in a child-friendly manner. ,&quot; said Dan Rohrmann, the UNICEF Special Representative in oPt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Saudi Committee for the Relief of Palestinian People was established in 2000, and has since donated some US$200 million to projects in oPt. The Committee has provided cash and in-kind assistance in addition to funding educational and medical activities as well as reconstruction schemes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">UNICEF &#8211; the world&#8217;s most influential advocate for children &#8211; has been working to improve the situation of children and women in oPt since the early 1980s. Go to: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/oPt\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">www.unicef.org\/oPt<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>For further information, contact:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Omar Shehadeh<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNICEF Dubai Country Office<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tel : + [971] 4 3680702<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mobile: + [971] 50 6516324<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Email: oshehadeh@unicef.org<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">oshehade@emirates.net.ae<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Michael Bociurkiw<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tel: +9722 5830013 ext. 242<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mobile: +972-577-293214<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Email: Mbociurkiw@unicef.org<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF and Saudi Committee for the Relief of Palestinian People Discuss Assistance for Children in the occupied Palestinian territory JERUSALEM \/ RIYADH, MAY 31, 2005 &#8212; 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