India Increases its Contribution to UN Palestine Refugee Agency
On 1 July, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN announced that India has increased its annual financial contribution fourfold to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) core budget, from USD 1.25 million in 2016 to USD 5 million in 2018.
- This decision marks India’s solidarity with the Palestine refugees and also in response to UN agency’s difficult financial situation due to limited contributions from donors.
Almost all of the UNRWA’s resources come from voluntarily contributions and there is a projected shortfall of more than $ 200 million against a funding requirement of ....
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