RIYADH, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday to provide 50 million U.S. dollars to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
According to Saudi Press Agency, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, supervisor general of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), and Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner general of the UNRWA, co-signed in Riyadh a memorandum for the grant.
The grant aims to reduce the suffering of more than three million Palestinians as well as Palestinian refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan in areas related to education, health, relief and protection.
Krahenbuhl asserted that the financial aid would assist the organization in dealing with its deficit this year.
Created in December 1949, the UNRWA is a relief and human development agency which supports more than 5 million registered Palestinian refugees.
