UNRWA and Spain sign framework agreement – UNRWA Press Release

UNRWA Signs Framework Agreement with Kingdom of Spain

On Friday 25 January, a framework agreement was signed in Madrid by UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd and Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé.

The agreement strengthens and promotes on-going collaboration between UNRWA and the Kingdom of Spain, and enhances the UNRWA Spanish Committee’s capacity to mobilize resources from within the Spanish Autonomous Communities and local entities.

In 2007, Spain was UNRWA’s 8th largest donor for the second consecutive year. In 2006, Spanish funding for UNRWA rose by 88% from the previous year, and in 2007 contributions from Spain’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) and the Spanish Autonomous Communities totalled over USD 17 million.