Portugal contributes ten million euros to UN Agency for Palestinian refugees

Portugal will contribute ten million euros to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees, thereby contributing to boosting humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank. 

The resolution behind this voluntary contribution was approved in the Council of Ministers held on Thursday 21 March. 

The Prime Minister has informed the UN Secretary-General of this, "Today, I will have the opportunity of informing the Secretary-General of the United Nations that the Council of Ministers adopted a resolution that increases our humanitarian and specific assistance to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees by 10 million euros in order to ensure its proper functioning and capacity to supply food, medicines, humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, who are victims of an inadmissible attack, stated António Costa on his arrival in Brussels where he is attending the European Council. 

In the Council of Minister’s statement on Thursday, the Government indicated that "this deed reports the urgency to ensure that the international community is United and that those who most offer humanitarian aid have the resources to enable the response that is needed to face the catastrophe in Gaza and its consequences to the civilian population". This position is in "agreement with the United Nations Security Council Resolution", which expresses strong support to the UN Secretary-General’s appeals for a humanitarian cease-fire and immediate and safe access for the humanitarian aid offered to the civilian population in Gaza".