India Donates USD 1 Mln to Palestinian Refugees

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India Donates USD 1 Mln to Palestinian Refugees
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Reaffirming its firm support to the Palestinian cause, India has donated USD one million to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide daily supplement of food to thousands of Palestinian children in camps in Gaza Strip.

Minister of State for External Affairs and Human Resources Development E Ahamed handed over a cheque of USD one million to UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi here last evening.

Ahamed told Grandi that the cheque is India's annual contribution for the year 2011-12 to be utilised for "providing daily supplement of food assistance to more than 76,000 students attending UNRWA schools in Gaza for 50 school days under the agency's Emergency Programme in Gaza strip".

The Indian minister assured the UNRWA official of New Delhi's continued support in its operations and in its efforts to alleviate the sufferings of Palestinian refugees.

UNRWA is the main provider of basic services, education, health, relief and social services, to five million registered Palestinian refugees in the Middle East.

India has been contributing annually to the UN welfare agency's budget and since 2009-10 enhanced its annual contribution to USD one million.

It also made a special contribution of USD one million in response to a flash appeal by UNRWA in 2010 to keep its operations alive in the aftermath of massive destruction following the Gaza war.

Ahamed, who is here on a two-day visit to the Palestinian territories, will also participate in the inauguration of the India-Brazil-South Africa Multipurpose Sports Centre that was constructed in Ramallah with the funding of IBSA Forum.


FILED ON: NOV 19, 2011


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[Tshering22]

What a waste of taxpayers money... but then again, Congress would even introduce Sharia to win the third time or sell off our part of India to Chinese for that matter. The sooner this threat (UPA) to our nation is removed, the better it is for us to move forward with our real partners.

Treacherous Madam G and her goons make us look bad again in front of our Israeli strategic partners.

 

[INDIAISM]

As expected Cheap Vote Politics.....they are trying buy to muslim votes for UP election by donating 1 million $ to Palestine ....

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Its a good gesture from india who have supported palestine's nationhood from 1947!!
If it helps even a few thousand people's then we should be proud of that help!!!
Helping and charity is never bad !!
Go on india!!

 

[Filmmaker]

Can't expect anything better from Sonia Gandhi. Congress and its muslim vote bank politics sucks

 

[Drone(PREDATOR)]

What a waste of taxpayers money... but then again, Congress would even introduce Sharia to win the third time or sell off our part of India to Chinese for that matter. The sooner this threat (UPA) to our nation is removed, the better it is for us to move forward with our real partners.

Treacherous Madam G and her goons make us look bad again in front of our Israeli strategic partners.

what are you saying? helping palestine is waste of money? Sorry but i am not agree with you

 

[december]

i dont know why your ar frustrated of indias support to palestine.Is it because it is muslim state.

But i can understand frustration against Congress and its justified.

 

[december]

the fund was given to UN agency and its clearly stated its a annual contibution.That means it is being evey year.people please dont rant
for everything.

 

[OrionHunter]

Treacherous Madam G and her goons make us look bad again in front of our Israeli strategic partners.

Don't worry! Israel already knows that this is just to appease the Muslims back home! And what the heck has India to do with Palestine anyway? We are light years apart and Palestine has no strategic significance apart from the mistaken notion that we would be in the good books of those damn oil rich, good-for-nothing Bedouins!

And is it a 'humanitarian' gesture as some contend? How about some humanitarian gesture to the starving millions back here in India? We've got our priorities all mixed up. So what's new?

 

[Nitin Goyal]

Good job by India. Palestinians are really suffering we should help more.

 

[JayAtl]

humanitarian aid of 100x is given to palestinians by Isreal. why would indians here object to a mere 1 million?

US provides millions in aid to N korea and palestine too...

 

[Che Guevara]

Waste of Indian tax payer money

 

[Nitin Goyal]

I can't believe few Indians are behaving like this.

 

[livingdead]

Good job by GoI. We should work more on humanitarian aid, building schools and educating more children there.
Request BJP supporter not to see everything in their narrow political agenda.
Most muslim voters in UP dont give a sh*t how much was donated to palestine.

 

[RockyX]

Bad decision and waste of Tax payer money.