04/01/2018 (Agence Europe) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced on Friday 22 December that the EU had made a further contribution of €10.5 million to its 2017 budget programme. This takes the EU’s total support to the UNRWA budget in 2017 to €102 million. The EU is the largest multilateral donor to the Agency, providing 12.5% of the total annual programme support. (CG)