Als Koeweit de activiteiten van de UNRWA zo belangrijk vind, waarom doneert het dan niet wat meer dan een luttele 5 miljoen per jaar? Men verdient pakweg een miljard dollar per week (BBP) aan olieinkomsten in dit olierijke staatje.
Koeweit staat voor de volle 100% achter de Palestijnen en steunt de familieleden van 'martelaren' ofwel omgekomen terroristen. Toen de Palestijnen zich in de eerste Golfoorlog solidair verklaarde met Saddam Hoessein (die ook financiële steun gaf aan familieleden van 'martelaren') was men niet meer zo van de Palestijnen gecharmeerd, en zijn er duizenden gedood en een veelvoud gevlucht.
"She said UNRWA had to carry on working until the refugees' problem was settled in accordance with the Assembly's resolution 194."
De UNRWA zou, net als de UNHCR, het vluchtelingenprobleem moeten helpen oplossen in plaats van bestendigen. Men zou permanente huisvesting moeten bieden en de vluchtelingen voorbereiden op een toekomst in de landen waar zij nu leven, in plaats van het volkomen irreële verlangen naar het 'recht op terugkeer' in stand te houden.
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Kuwait lauds UNRWA efforts, stresses solidarity with Palestinians
Kuwait News Agency - 10 November, 2007
http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?id=356821&news_type=Top&lang=en
Kuwait has emphasized the role of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), expressing full "solidarity" with the Palestinian people and demanding that Israel be committed to UN Security Council resolutions and the principle of "Land for Peace." The Kuwaiti delegation was addressing the Special Political and Decolonization Committee of the 62nd UN General Assembly. The statement was delivered late Thursday by diplomat Mona Bebehani, who underlined the role of UNRWA since it was established in providing health, educational, social and relief services for the Palestinian people.
She said UNRWA had to carry on working until the refugees' problem was settled in accordance with the Assembly's resolution 194.
The statement also urged UNRWA to carry out its operations in the five concerned areas -- the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan -- with no distinction of one area over the others.
It also pointed to financial hardships that UNRWA was facing, but at the same time hoped that it would carry on with its operations. Bebehani said Kuwait would continue support to UNRWA through its annual USD 5.1 million contribution out of the country's belief in the "just Palestinian cause."
Kuwait, government and people, has provided, and is still providing economic support to all the Palestinian refugees and has also financed many infrastructure projects through the international institutions, in addition to other project to maintain the Arab and Islamic identity of Jerusalem.
Supporting families of "Palestinian martyrs" is also a main concern, Bebehani said.
She referred to the Israeli oppressive measures and escalation against the Palestinian people, saying that Israel claimed it adopted such unjustified policies to protect its national security but the course of events proved that Israeli policies led to greater deterioration in the Palestinian territories.
She referred to the Israeli oppressive measures and escalation against the Palestinian people, saying that Israel claimed it adopted such unjustified policies to protect its national security but the course of events proved that Israeli policies led to greater deterioration in the Palestinian territories.
In addition, the Israeli authorities hindered humanitarian activities by the UNRWA, Bebehani said.
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