VOL. XLV

No 38

23-September-2002

PALESTINE

UNCTAD Stresses Need For Development Efforts To Underpin Relief Aid

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) annual report on its assistance to the Palestinian people warns thatthe Palestinian economy is on the path to de-development and stresses the urgentneed for policies to promote development alongside relief aid to alleviate theimpact of the ongoing economic crisis. As noted in an earlier UNSCO report (MEES, 29 July) the...