Saudis pledges $50 million to UN’s Palestinian refugee agency

28 November 2018, 2:14 pm

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Saudi Arabia pledges $50 million in aid to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants (UNRWA), which has been hit by the withdrawal of all US funding.

The announcement is made at a news conference in the Saudi capital by the director of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, Abdullah al-Rabeea.

UNRWA commissioner general Pierre Krahenbuhl tells the news conference that the agency has succeeded in containing spending following the decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump in August to end all funding.

The United States had been by far the biggest contributor to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees and the move dealt a massive blow to its already stretched finances.

— AFP