  {"id":203739,"date":"2008-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203739"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:38:25","slug":"auto-insert-203739","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203739\/","title":{"rendered":"EU contributes \u20ac23 million for salaries of Palestinian civil servants and pensioners &#8211; EU press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>EU contributes &#8364;23 million to pay salaries and pensions of over 73,000 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners through PEGASE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\nPR\/021\/2008 <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Jerusalem &#8211; <\/strong>73,761 Palestinian public service providers and pensioners will today receive a total of over NIS 117 million (over &#8364;23 million), which is being disbursed through the European mechanism for support to the Palestinians, PEGASE[1]. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The EU&#39;s PEGASE contribution will be added to this month&#39;s payment of salaries and pensions by the Palestinian Ministry of Finance, thus helping to ensure the continued delivery of essential public services. Funds from the European Member States and the European Commission will be channeled through the Single Treasury Account of the Palestinian Authority. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Spain and Sweden have both contributed to this month&#39;s payment. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">PEGASE channels EU and international assistance to help build a Palestinian State and is the main financing mechanism of the European Union, the largest donor to the Palestinians. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">PEGASE is fully in line with the priorities expressed by the Palestinian Authority in the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan and is open to contributions from donors wishing to channel funds to the Palestinian population in the occupied Palestinian territory. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">For further information in Arabic and English on the EU&#39;s assistance to the oPt and the new PEGASE mechanism, please visit: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.delwbg.ec.europa.eu\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">www.delwbg.ec.europa.eu<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Alix de Mauny, Press and Information Manager, European Commission Technical Assistance Office, 054 802 4915 &#8211; alix.de-mauny@ec.europa.eu <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Alix de Mauny<br \/>\nPress and Information Manager <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">European Commission Technical Assistance <br \/>\nOffice for the West Bank and Gaza Strip<br \/>\nPO Box 22207 Mount of Olives<br \/>\nJerusalem<br \/>\nTel: +97225415888 ext 859<br \/>\nFax:+97225415848<br \/>\nMobile: +97254 7498678<br \/>\nWebsite : <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.delwbg.ec.europa.eu\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">www.delwbg.ec.europa.eu<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">[1] M&#233;canisme Palestino-Europ&#233;en de Gestion et d&#39;Aide Socio-Economique (PEGASE) <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU contributes &#8364;23 million to pay salaries and pensions of over 73,000 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners through PEGASE PR\/021\/2008 Jerusalem &#8211; 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