REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

Donor Report Card
UNRWA requires a 5% increase in donor funding annually to keep
pace with the growth in the refugee population. The pass/fail report card below is based on the difference between 1998 and 1999 individual donor contributions to UNRWA's regular budget.
Pass EU, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada Fail
USA, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Italy

General Notes:
1. The table is compiled from data supplied in UNRWA's annual reports. It includes all contributions in cash and kind (mainly food commodities from the EC). Not included are exceptional contributions from EMLOT fund (emergency fund for Lebanon and the Occupied Territories, used to finance the special intifada programs and Lebanon emergencies, phased out since 1994), as these donations came usually from special budget lines.

2. Figures consist of actual receipts, i.e., all losses and gains accounted for by exchange rates are included. (All donors give in their own currencies, which are then converted to dollars.)

3. There is no calculation for inflation, so the comparisons between 1990 and 1999 are even less than cited.

4. Comparisons between 1990 and 1999 do not reflect real
changes in contributions in the years between 1990 and1999.