Tag: Sweden

	Sweden donates USD 2.3 million to UNRWA's Gaza emergency response 23 November 2012 The Government of Sweden has donated USD 2.3 million (SEK 15 million) to UNRWA’s emergency response in the coastal enclave following last week’s escalation of violence. The funding will help provide urgent assistance to thousands of Gazans.
	Beauty and brains: UNRWA cosmetology students trained in Sweden 09 July 2012 Twelve young refugee women returned to Jordan with renewed enthusiasm for their career path after spending two weeks on a vocational training exchange at a beauty school in Sweden.
	Sweden’s Development Minister joins children of Gaza in UNRWA’s Summer Games 20 June 2011 Today in Gaza, Sweden’s Minister for International Development Co-operation took part, quite literally, in the fifth Summer Games organised by the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA.
	Sweden Contributes SEK 70 million for UNRWA’s Emergency Appeal 16 March 2009 The Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) has contributed SEK 70 million (approximately US$ 8 million) to UNRWA in support of the UN Consolidated Appeal Process for occupied Palestinian territory in 2009.
	10 Key Steps to Building a Future for the Children of Gaza 29 January 2009 Op Ed by Sweden’s Minister for Development Co-operation, Gunilla Carlsson and UNRWA's Commissioner-General, Karen AbuZayd.
	Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 27 November 2009 Delivered by UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen Koning AbuZayd at the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Uppsala, Sweden.