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Arab Nations Urged to Meet Aid Promises
(Financial Times-UK) Tobias Buck - Arab countries have been urged to use more of their oil wealth to help the Palestinians after figures showed they contributed only 1.5% of the general budget for the UN agency charged with supporting Palestinian refugees. The Arab League passed a resolution in 1987 saying that its member states should provide at least 7.7% of UNRWA's general budget. "The oil boom has seen the coffers of many Arab states swell to the tune of billions of dollars. Surely it is now payback time to help fund education and healthcare for some of the most disadvantaged people living on their own doorstep," said Chris Gunness, the UNRWA representative.