CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India provides how much fund to support the UNRWA to support the Palestinian refugees for its programmes and services like education and healthcare in the COVID-19 situation?
A
1 million USD
B
3 million USD
C
2 million USD
D
4 million USD
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -India gives USD 2.5mn to UN agency for welfare of Palestinian refugees.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States, Germany, the EU, and Sweden were the largest individual donors, contributing a cumulative 57 per cent of the Agency’s overall funding. France was also among the top ten donors.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2011, India voted in favor of including Palestine as a full member of UNESCO. India co- sponsored and voted in favour of the UNGA Resolution on November 29, 2012 that admitted Palestine as a ‘non-member Observer state’ at the UN without voting rights.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United Nations General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine refugees in the Agency’s area of operations pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.

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