# UN Funding of Palestinian Refugee Camps **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997 "2002-04-16T19:24:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/1 "2002-04-16T19:24:11Z")
The official site of the UN[Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East](http://www.un.org/unrwa/finances/contribution.htm) posts pledges and contributions by country and fund for the year 2000. They do not, however, show the same information for the year 2001. What I would like help discovering is, of the 100% of UN funds spent on maintaining the Refugee Camps in Gaza and the West Bank, what percentage is donated by the US? What percentage by Jordan? Etc… Can anyone help me find the answer? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/2 "2002-04-17T03:15:18Z")
Is this good enough? How exact do you need it? [http://www.un.org/unrwa/about/qa.html#b](http://www.un.org/unrwa/about/qa.html#b) > [@](#): > > UNRWA’s regular cash budget for 2001 is US$ 311 million, which includes US$ 290 million to run the programmes (education, health, relief and social services), US$ 7 million to rebuild working capital, US$ 4 million to implement a new pay policy for local staff, and US$ 10 million to meet the emerging needs of the refugees. This is in addition to US$ 20 million of in-kind donations and US$ 65 million for special projects. Due to the humanitarian crisis emerging from the Al Aqsa Intifada and Israeli closures, UNRWA has launched two emergency appeals for emergency food, employment and cash assistance, thus far (April 2001) raising over US$ 68.9 million (confirmed cash and in-kind pledges). ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/3 "2002-04-17T14:15:30Z")
Good info, **DDG** , but I’m looking for the _source_ of those funds. Which countries gave how much to the UNRWA? ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/4 "2002-04-18T14:29:56Z")
I don’t mean to be a pest, but I need to give this question one last shot. I’ve never seen GQ stumped by a question with an actual, factual answer! ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/5 "2002-04-19T20:37:46Z")
Final shot… I can’t believe I’ve stumped everyone. ☹ Do I win some sort of prize? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/6 "2002-04-20T01:39:30Z")
Any guesses how much of that ‘relief’ money was diverted to armaments and shuffled into the bank accounts of Arafat and his cronies? ---
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/7 "2002-04-20T03:52:38Z")
Not that it matters, but you haven’t told us why you’re curious about the 2001 figures rather than being satisfied with the 2000 data on that page. The 2001 data is probably not readily available. The 2000 figures on the page linked were apparently released by the UNRWA in Gaza on April 11, 2001. It’s uncertain when they were posted to the web, but the page was last edited on December 12. Local events may be preventing the UNRWA from being as timely with the data from 2001. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-funding-of-palestinian-refugee-camps/103997/8 "2002-04-20T04:07:49Z")
They may not have finished the accounting yet.