VOL. XLI

No. 50

14-December-1998

UAE

UAE Pledges $50Mn To Palestinians

The UAE Foreign Minister, Mr. Rashid 'Abd Allah, announced on 7December that the UAE had pledged $50mn to the Palestinians at the recent donor conferenceheld in Washington. Mr. 'Abd Allah said that the UAE had met its previous pledge of $25mn.At the US-hosted Conference To Support Middle East Peace And Development heldon 30 November, donor countries pledged more than $3bn in support of the Palestinianeconomy (MEES, 7...