By crossed cheque

Please make out a crossed cheque payable to UNRWA. Write "for deposit only" on the back of the cheque. (Crossed cheque means that the cheque can only be cashed by depositing the funds in one of UNRWA's bank accounts, with increased security of funds as a benefit.)

Sample of a crossed cheque

Photo credit: Mia Grondahl
Palestinian woman stands beside her demolished home in Rafah refugee camp, Gaza Strip, February 2002.

Send the cheque and the form to the following address:

External Relations Department
UNRWA HQ, Gaza
c/o UNRWA Representative Office, New York
One United Nations Plaza, Room DC1-1265,
New York, NY 10017, USA
Telephone: (+1-212) 963 2255
Facsimile: (+1-212) 935 7899

External Relations Department
UNRWA HQ, Gaza
c/o UNRWA Representative Office, Geneva
Room 92-93, Annexe Le Bocage, Palais des Nations,
1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Telephone: (+41) 22 917 1166
Facsimile: (+41) 22 917 0656

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