VOL. XLI

No. 49

7-December-1998

PALESTINE

Donors Pledge Over $3Bn Aid Assistance To Palestinians

At the US-hosted Conference To Support Middle East Peace AndDevelopment on 30 November, donor countries pledged more than $3bn in support of thePalestinian economy. US Secretary of State, Ms. Madeleine Albright spoke optimistically of"the beginning of a process which will turn words on paper into contracts,construction sites and commerce in the West Bank and Gaza and throughout the MiddleEast," as US...