Kuwait donates USD5m to UNRWA Syria program

Kuwait contributed on Friday USD five million to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency's Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal.

Kuwait's Permanent Delegate to the UN Mansour Al Otaibi handed over a cheque in this contribution to Director of the UNRWA Representative Office in New York Richard Wright at the Kuwaiti mission here.

"The contribution follows pledges made by Kuwait at the Fourth International Pledging Conference in London earlier this year," Otaibi told the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA.

He renewed Kuwait's commitment to support the Agency's relief efforts for the internally-displaced Syrians and Palestinian refugees in Syria and in other parts of the Middle East.

The Agency's Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl thanked Kuwait for "this generous donation,"saying: "I am very grateful for this renewed solidarity from Kuwait towards Palestinian refugees in Syria."

"I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the government and people of Kuwait for this valuable support."

"It will allow us to respond to essential needs of some 440,000 Palestinian refugees deeply affected by the conflict in Syria. This latest donation is a strong illustration of UNRWA's trustful partnership with Kuwait," Krahenbuhl added.

Source: MENA