U.N. seeks &#36;450M in aid for Palestinians
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U.N. aid groups are asking for a record $450 million to staunch a deepening Palestinian humanitarian crisis, saying Wednesday that international sanctions and Israeli limits on Gaza exports have devastated the Palestinian economy.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 31 (IPS) - Poverty in the Palestinian territories has reached  "unprecedented levels" because they have been held under  an "economic siege" for almost seven years, a United  Nations body has found.
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UNICEF said Tuesday that it was providing urgently needed aid for 50,000 people caught up in an upsurge in fighting in Congo.
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Delegations from more than 60 countries are expected to offer around $5.6 billion on Monday to help lift the Palestinian economy and underpin the renewed Middle East peace talks.
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Dozens of international donors on Monday pledged $7.4 billion in aid to the Palestinians over the next three years in support of the Western-backed government of President Mahmoud Abbas, who is negotiating peace with Israel.
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The U.S. is giving civic and economic projects in Jordan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, and on the West Bank &#36;18.5 million in contributions, the State Department announced Friday.
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The United Nations will launch a global appeal for $30 million in emergency aid to help Haiti recover from floods that killed hundreds of people, the executive
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An international donors' conference pledged $7.4 billion in aid to the Palestinians over the next three years, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Monday.
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The UN launches an appeal for $450m to counter a worsening humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories.
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Seeing a rare and probably fleeting opportunity to influence the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the Bush administration is preparing financial assistance to help Palestinians
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The U.N. refugee agency appealed Tuesday for additional money to help millions displaced by violence in Darfur as Sudanese, African and U.
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The Western-backed government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas estimates that it will need at least $1.62 billion in donor assistance per year to close its soaring budget gap, the World Bank said.
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The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees on Tuesday made its largest aid appeal ever, saying $246 million was needed next year to help Palestinians in a "deep, unprecedented crisis" because of escalating violence and economic sanctions.
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The U.N. refugee agency appealed on Friday for $1.06 billion to provide food and shelter next year for millions of people uprooted by persecution and conflict.
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Urging a matching "unprecedented global response", UN Secretary General Kofi Annan ( news - web sites ) said that half a billion dollars in aid had been promised or delivered for relief operations after the ...
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The United Nations appealed to  the world's prosperous nations on Thursday for $3.9 billion in  donations next year to address humanitarian emergencies  touching 27 million people in 29 countries, with most of the  money targeted at Africa.
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With swarms of locusts threatening crops in a number of African countries, a U.N. agency appealed for an additional &#36;70 million in assistance Thursday to prevent the upsurge from becoming a full-scale plague.