About Us

IMRA
IMRA
IMRA

 

Subscribe

Search


...................................................................................................................................................


Thursday, January 22, 2015
UNDP Received Only 5% of $200M to Launch Gaza Reconstruction

UNDP Received Only 5% of $200M to Launch Gaza Reconstruction
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=27659

GAZA, January 22, 2015 (WAFA) – Head of the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP) Bassil Nassar Thursday said that the program has only
received 5% of the $200 million pledged by donor countries to begin the
reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

He told media and reporters that UNDP was assigned to survey the damage of
Gaza’s homes that belong to non-refugees, noting that the final number was
30,000 homes (including either partial of full damage).

Nassar explained, “To reconstruct the Strip (building wise for non-refugees)
we need $200 million. So far we have only received 5% from the donor
countries.”

The reconstruction of Gaza is facing problems in funding. Nassar affirmed
that the process is moving slowly and the humanitarian situation in Gaza is
evolving from bad to worse.

He said, “Funding is related to the political process. The donor countries
are linking their donations to the unity government and its control of both
Gaza and the borders as well as rising fears from the potential of a new
war.”

Nassar estimated that delaying the fund and obstructing the entry of
necessary construction material would eventually delay the reconstruction
process by no less than 10 years.

Israel waged a war on the besieged Gaza Strip in August of 2014. The 51-day
war claimed the lives of over 2,200 Palestinians according to statistics by
the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Public Works and Housing
said that the total number of residential units destroyed stopped at 28,366.

The entry of construction material was allowed by Israel in October of 2014
based on a mechanism set by the United Nations and in agreement with Israel
and the Palestinian Authority.

Arab and world countries pledged to provide the sum of $5.4 billion; almost
half of it to reconstruct the Gaza Strip whiles the remaining part to
support Palestinians’ needs and PA’s budget. The reconstruction process didn’t
begin yet.

M.H

Search For An Article

....................................................................................................

Contact Us

POB 982 Kfar Sava
Tel 972-9-7604719
Fax 972-3-7255730
email:imra@netvision.net.il IMRA is now also on Twitter
http://twitter.com/IMRA_UPDATES

image004.jpg (8687 bytes)