{"id":196336,"date":"2005-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196336"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:11:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:11:29","slug":"auto-insert-196336","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196336\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Japan&#8217;s assistance to the Palestinians &#8211; Japanese Govt. press release (Non-UN document)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:19pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Summary of Japan&#39;s Assistance to the Palestinians<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>1. Japan&#39;s Assistance to the Palestinians (US$ million, FY1993-2004, including UNRWA)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Amount Total: US$767.0 million<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27734%27%20height%3D%27369%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20734%20369%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27734%27%20height%3D%27369%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/47406031cb2125da8525701300509580_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"369px\" width=\"734px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27910%27%20height%3D%27120%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20910%20120%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27910%27%20height%3D%27120%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/47406031cb2125da8525701300509580_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"120px\" width=\"910px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>2. Points of Japan&#39;s Contributions to the Palestinians<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tJapan&#39;s contribution to the assistance to the Palestinians since 1993 has amounted to about $767 million. Since the outbreak of the Intifada of September 2000, Japan implemented almost $190 million of assistance with its emphasis on humanitarian relief.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tAlmost 70% of the total assistance have been channeled through the international organizations including UNDP and UNRWA.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tIn addition to the present three priority areas of assistance: humanitarian assistance, PA reform, and confidence-building, Japan will increase its efforts from a mid to long term for a self-sustaining Palestinian economy in view of state-building efforts by Palestinians.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tOn the visit of President Mahmoud Abbas to Japan in May 2005, Japan announced its intention to implement assistance worth of about $100 million for the immediate future. In FY2004, a supplementary budget was approved for additional $60 million of assistance. Hence, the assistance level of FY2004 reached theJapan&#39;s highest level in the past.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>3. Major Donors&#39; Assistance to the Palestinians (Excluding contributions to UNRWA)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Assistance by donors (disbursement basis, 1993-2003, except for data for 2004 which is on commitment basis:MOFA &amp; MOP)<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27293%27%20height%3D%27314%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20293%20314%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27293%27%20height%3D%27314%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/47406031cb2125da8525701300509580_image2.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"314px\" width=\"293px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27390%27%20height%3D%27208%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20390%20208%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27390%27%20height%3D%27208%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/47406031cb2125da8525701300509580_image3.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"208px\" width=\"390px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27315%27%20height%3D%27235%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20315%20235%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27315%27%20height%3D%27235%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/47406031cb2125da8525701300509580_image4.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"235px\" width=\"315px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary of Japan&#39;s Assistance to the Palestinians 1. Japan&#39;s Assistance to the Palestinians (US$ million, FY1993-2004, including UNRWA) Amount Total: US$767.0 million 2. Points of Japan&#39;s Contributions to the Palestinians Japan&#39;s contribution to the assistance to the Palestinians since 1993 has amounted to about $767 million. 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