VOL. XXXI

NO. 23

14-MARCH-1988

Financial and Banking News

AID FLOWS

Arabs Grant $43bn In Emergency Aid to Occupied Territories

Arab states and aid institutions have extended $43mn in emergencyhumanitarian assistance to Palestinians affected by the three-month uprising inthe Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Saudi Arabia has granted $20mn to theFund for the Support of Steadfastness in the Occupied Territories (FSSOT),Kuwait provided $5mn in January and another $5mn in March, while Iraq has given...