Kuwait announced on Wednesday a contribution of an additional $42100000 to UNRWA the UN agency for Palestinian refugees according to Kuwait News Agency.
UNRWA has complained of a financial crisis since the US the largest contributor to the organization announced in August that it would end its $350 million a year funding for the agency.
The permanent mission of the State of Kuwait to the UN informed on Wednesday the General Secretariat of the Arab League of transferring $42100000 to the account of the permanent delegation of the State of Kuwait in New York so that it would transfer it to UNRWA in fulfillment of its pledge to donate that amount during the UNRWA Support Conference that was held in New York in late September.
The State of Kuwait had already offered a donation of $8000000 to UNRWA during the Rome Conference that was held on March 15 2018 making its total contribution to the agency in 2018 $5 000000.
