Press Release: Food security: Louis Michel signs EUR 14 million agreement with UNRWA

EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, has today signed in Gaza a financing agreement worth EUR 14 million for the UNRWA-coordinated food security programme. On signing the agreement, Commissioner Michel pointed out that for more than 30 years the European Union had been supporting the activities of UNRWA, which works in difficult conditions to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/05/1509 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/1509&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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