Japanese survey team to support Palestinian efforts to achieve economic self-support – Japanese Govt. press release (Non-UN document)

Dispatch of survey team to Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Areas

Mr. Takashima: The third announcement is about support for the Palestinian economic effort.

The Government of Japan will dispatch a survey team to Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Areas to support the Palestinian effort to achieve economic self-support.

The team will meet with the officials of the Israeli Government, the Palestinian Authority and international organizations including the World Bank, UN Development Programme and UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

The team intends to draw mid- and long-term plans of Japanese assistance for the new economic development program for the Palestinian people and the Palestinian autonomous government.