UN RELIEF OFFICIALS SOUND ALARM OVER DEEPENING FOOD INSECURITY IN PALESTINE

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UN RELIEF OFFICIALS SOUND ALARM OVER DEEPENING FOOD INSECURITY IN
PALESTINENew York, Jun 21 2013 2:00PMThe heads of two United Nations
aid agencies today raised the alarm over the worsening food insecurity
in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where one in three Palestinian
households now struggle to feed their families.

Preliminary results of a joint UN survey carried out by the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the World Food Programme
(WFP), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East (UNRWA), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
found that 1.6 million people – or 34 per cent of households – were
food insecure in 2012.

This represents a "dramatic" rise from 27 per cent in 2011, stated a
<"https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/un-agency-heads-raise-alarm-rising-levels-food-insecurity-palestine">joint
news release from WFP and UNRWA.

Contributing factors include high unemployment rates, stagnant
economic growth, the financial problems of the Palestinian Authority,
the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the six-year
blockade of Gaza.

WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and UNRWA Commissioner-General
Filippo Grandi today visited a Bedouin village between Jerusalem and
Jericho where a food distribution carried out jointly by the two
agencies was taking place.

"High food prices and low wages mean that 1.6 million Palestinians
don't know from where their next meal is coming," said Ms. Cousin.
"Yet food security is security. Food security is a vital component for
sustained peace across the region."

Ms. Cousin also welcomed a new agreement with UNRWA that will
strengthen cooperation in Palestine and throughout the region and
address the urgent needs of the population.

In nearby Jericho, she met shoppers using electronic vouchers from WFP
to buy olive oil, salt and other groceries, most of which are produced
locally in Palestine. In the past three years, WFP has injected more
than $100 million into the Palestinian economy through local purchase
and the redemption of electronic food vouchers. This investment
supports local businesses and generates employment.

WFP reaches approximately 650,000 food-insecure, non-refugee
households in Palestine. Meanwhile, UNRWA provides food assistance to
more than one million food-insecure Palestine refugees across the
Middle East.

During the visit to the village of Khan al Ahmar, the two officials
signed a Memorandum of Understanding, in an agreement which will
deepen and expand ties between their agencies.

"As well as cooperating more in the fields of food security and
nutrition, we can share expertise in logistics, supply chain
management and other initiatives, not just in Palestine, but
regionally, particularly as we face up to the challenge of the Syria
crisis," said Mr. Grandi.Jun 21 2013 2:00PM
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