OIC praises Ƶ’s $50m donation to UNRWA

Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf (2nd from right) meets UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krhenbhl (2nd from left) in New York on 26 September 2019. (UNWRA)
  • Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf announced the donation to UNRWA on Thursday
  • OIC Secretary-General Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen also praised donations made by other member states of the organization

RIYADH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) praised Ƶ’s donation worth $50 million to the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA on Saturday.
OIC Secretary-General Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen also praised donations made by other member states of the organization. 
Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf announced the donation to the core program budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for 2019 on Thursday during a meeting with UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York.
“The renewed and generous donation by the Kingdom of Ƶ is of great significance to our Agency… We are very grateful for the dynamic partnership and cooperation with the Kingdom”, said Mr.Krahenbuhl.
UNRWA is a UN agency and provides assistance and protection to some 5.4 million Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Gaza.