India Releases First Tranche of USD 2.5 Million to UNRWA for Palestinian Refugees

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On 16 July 2024, the Government of India (GOI) released the first tranche of USD 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

An Overview of the News

• This payment is part of India’s annual contribution of USD 5 million for the fiscal year 2024-25.

• India has contributed a total of USD 35 million to UNRWA’s core programs up to 2023-24. 

• These programs include education, healthcare, relief, and social services for Palestinian refugees.

• At the UNRWA Pledging Conference 2024 in New York, the USA and India pledged to provide medicines as per UNRWA’s specific requests.

About UNRWA

• UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees' relief and development.

• It covers Palestinians displaced during the Nakba, the 1948 Palestine War, and later conflicts, along with their descendants and legally adopted children.

• As of 2019, over 5.6 million Palestinians are registered with UNRWA.

• Formation - 8 December 1949

• Headquarters - Amman (Jordan) Gaza, Palestine

• Deputy commissioner-general - Leni Stenseth