
| UNRWA and Monaco sign agreement for better cardiovascular services


| 17 January 2011
 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the principality of Monaco signed, during the visit of H.S.H. |

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| Commissioner-General makes first official visit to Luxembourg


| 13 December 2010
 Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, made his first official visit to Luxembourg on 8 December. He signed an agreement for an additional contribution of EUR 1.5 million for UNRWA’s health programme in the occupied Palestinian territory. |

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| UNRWA to partner with Morocco-Palestine association


| 13 October 2010
 The Morocco-Palestine Solidarity Association (Association Solidarité Maroc-Palestine, or ASMP) has contributed $85,000 to aid Palestine refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). |

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| Three new agreements signed between Gaddafi Foundation and UNRWA

| 12 August 2010
 The Gaddafi Foundation, one of the leading charitable foundations in the Middle East and North Africa, has signed three new agreements with UNRWA. |

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| Japanese government sponsors new material and child health handbook for Palestine refugees


| 10 August 2010
 The Embassy of Japan and UNRWA launched on Wednesday 4 August a new maternal and child health handbook which will be distributed free-of-charge to Palestine refugees across Lebanon who are pregnant or have young children. |

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| UNRWA and Japan launch Mother and Child Health Care Handbook


| 30 June 2010
 Today UNRWA launched the Mother and Child Health (MCH) handbook at al-Jalil health centre in Yarmouk. The project, funded by the Japanese government at the cost of US$37,500, aims to improve the maternal and child health of Palestinian refugees in Syria. |

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| Women spread breast cancer awareness in Syria


| 25 June 2010
 A group of Palestinian women gathered at the UNRWA community centre in Yarmouk on 5 June to help combat one of Syria’s deadliest diseases: breast cancer. |

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| Success for UNRWA students in royal fitness awards


| 23 June 2010
 Winners of the King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness were honoured on 26 May during a special ceremony held at Al Hussein Sports City. More than 453,000 students aged between nine and 16, including 10,200 from 30 UNRWA schools, took part in the royal imitative. |

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| US Will Contribute $60 Million to UNRWA


| 22 June 2010
 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that the United States will be making an additional contribution of $60.3 million to UNRWA to support the Agency's core budget and special projects in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. |

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| Media campaign seeks to raise funds for UNRWA programmes


| 16 June 2010
 A regional media campaign will be launched during the holy month of Ramadan to raise funds for UNRWA health and education projects. |

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