{"id":203535,"date":"2006-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203535"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:35:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:35:43","slug":"auto-insert-203535","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203535\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA signs $6 million agreement with Zayed Bin Sultan Foundation for schools in Gaza and West Bank &#8211; UNRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"4px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/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=\"18%\" valign=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\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%27114%27%20height%3D%27100%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20114%20100%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27114%27%20height%3D%27100%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/b451a6093e4dd0ed8525724b005544b3_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"100px\" width=\"114px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"36%\" valign=\"center\" 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=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:27pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNRWA<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:17pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">PRESS RELEASE<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\" valign=\"center\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Press Release No. HQ\/21\/2006<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">20 December 2006<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"2px\" color=\"#000000\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNRWA signs $6 Million Agreement with Zayed Bin Sultan<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Foundation for Schools in Gaza and West Bank<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Abu Dhabi &#8211; Wednesday 20 December.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNRWA signed today a landmark Cooperation Agreement with the Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation in the United Arab Emirates worth 6 Million USD.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Under the agreement the Foundation will finance the construction, rehabilitation and equipping of eight schools in Gaza and the West Bank.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Signing for the Foundation, its Acting General Manager Salem Bin Obeid Al-Dhahiri said that the Foundation&#39;s choice of UNRWA as a partner was clear evidence of the confidence the Foundation had in the Agency. He praised UNRWA&#39;s role in helping to alleviate the suffering of the Palestine refugees and in mobilising support for them.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr Peter Ford, the Representative of UNRWA&#39;s Commissioner-General in the Gulf Region, said: &quot;we are delighted to be entering into this important new partnership, which testifies to the commitment of the region to the improvement of the living conditions of Palestine refugees and to their human development. It also provides further evidence of the growing cooperation between UNRWA and its partners in the United Arab Emirates.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNRWA is a human development organization that provides education, health and humanitarian assistance to over 4 million refugees in the Middle East.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">-ends-<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Not an official document. For information only.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">For more information, call:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(Jerusalem) Johan Eriksson: +972-542402632<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(Amman) Matar Saqer: +962-795605553<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNRWA PRESS RELEASE Press Release No. HQ\/21\/2006 20 December 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNRWA signs $6 Million Agreement with Zayed Bin Sultan Foundation for Schools in Gaza and West Bank Abu Dhabi &#8211; Wednesday 20 December. 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