India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu said the Government of India has increased its annual financial contribution fourfold to the UNRWA core budget, from USD 1.25 million in 2016 to USD 5 million in 2018. "We pledge to contribute USD 5 million in 2019, at the same level as in 2018," Naidu said. India made a strong appeal to other traditional donors of UNRWA to consider enhancing their contributions and non-donor member states to consider contributing to UNRWA in solidarity with the Palestine refugees. The Agency currently serves 5.4 million Palestinian refugees - 20% of the world's refugees. Naidu underscored India's support for UNRWA's work which is providing assistance to about 5.4 million Palestine refugees to help them achieve their full human development potential.

Source: dna July 02, 2019 07:50 UTC