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Kuwait keen on supporting UNRWA - diplomat

First secretary at the Kuwaiti permanent delegation to the UN's headquarters in New York, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
First secretary at the Kuwaiti permanent delegation to the UN's headquarters in New York, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait is always keen on supporting the activities of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), donating a sum of USD 162 million since the agency's establishment in 1949, said a Kuwaiti diplomat Tuesday.
During a meeting focusing on UNRWA activists, held within the 72nd UN General Assembly, First secretary at the Kuwaiti permanent delegation to the UN's headquarters in New York, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said Kuwait was keen on supporting the agency's mission.
In 2015, Kuwait donated a sum of USD 15 million to cover the expenses of 500,000 Palestinian studying at UNRWA-operated schools, said the diplomat.
Kuwait had provided USD 50 million between 2013 and 2015 during the Syria donors' conference to help Palestinians seeking refuge in the fellow Arab country, said Sheikh Jarrah, adding that a sum of USD 34 million was provided to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli aggression on UNRWA schools.
He indicated that Kuwait had provided USD 200 million in 2014 to help in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, which also suffered from another Israeli attack.
In December 1949, UNRWA was created as a relief and human development agency, which supports more than 5 million registered Palestinian refugees, and their descendants. The refugees were expelled from their homes during the 1948 Palestine war and the 1967 Six-Day war. (end) asf.gta