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UN in the oPt Wire

31.08.2010 - UN chief condemns killing of settlers: Robert Serry, the United Nations Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said he was shocked by the killing of four settlers and urged that they should be allowed to distract the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations due to begin in Washington this week. More

27.08.2010 - Thousands of students affected by a shortage of classrooms and restrictions to sea and land continue in Gaza: OCHA publishes its weekly protection of civilians report for West Bank and Gaza. More

26.08.2010 - Chronically Ill Patient: "The checkpoint makes me sicker than I already am". The World Health Organization (WHO) in Jerusalem is raising the issue of access to health for Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory. The first issue of a series of portraits highlights the case of Noor, a woman from the West Bank, who has to attend dialysis in East Jerusalem. Three times a week she has to cross an Israeli checkpoint. Chronically ill and barely able to walk she is meticulously searched almost every time. No one from her family can accompany her.Read the full story

26.08.2010 - WHO issues its monthly report of July on Referral of Patients from the Gaza Strip: The report reveals that out of a total of 947 patient applications for permits to cross Erez, the Israeli authorities denied or delayed 16.7% of them. Cardiovascular diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, neurosurgery and orthopedics remain the major reasons for referral, accounting for almost half of all referred cases.More

05.08.2010 - Indicators on child well-being show corrosive trends - UNICEF publishes its monthly report of July: The report reveals that stunting rates are up; enrolment rates are down; and learning achievement has plummeted. Violence is pervasive, especially for adolescents who come into direct contact with the conflict, but also at home and in schools. UNICEF also conducted its Mid-Year Review of programme implementation in the West Bank and Gaza with the Ministry of Planning and Development and line ministries.More

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 People and their Success Stories

05.07.2010 - Food and Agriculture Organisation reveals how it helped war-affected farmers get back to work: Livestock, seedlings and land rehabilitation provided to 528 families in Gaza Strip. More

People - LEAVING POVERTY BEHIND IN RAFAH - UNDP helps Sameer al Hams build a washing-machine repair business from scratch.More

UN Calendar of Events

05.07.2010 - UNDP Leadership for Results and Media Workshop on HIV and AIDS

25.03.2010 - UNCT Capacity Development Workshop. See supporting documents