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01 Nov 2007

occupied Palestinian territory
Saudi Arabia finances new UN-HABITAT Palestinian training centre

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— UN Human Settlements Program
Geneva. The Saudi Arabian government this week pledged US$1.59 million for the establishment of a new technical and vocational training centre for underprivileged Palestinian women living in the occupied West Bank.

In accordance with a Royal Decree by King Abdulla Bin Abel Aziz Al Saud, the funds were committed by the Saudi Committee for the Relief of the Palestinian People. The Project, to be implemented by UN-HABITAT Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People, will include the construction and furnishing of the centre, and

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31 Oct 2007

Lebanon
UN-HABITAT, the Netherlands and Cyprus at forefront of Lebanese recovery

Report
— UN Human Settlements Program
31/10/2007 Beirut - The American University of Beirut and UN-HABITAT held a special meeting earlier this month for municipal, governmental and non-governmental groups to hone their strategy for post-war reconstruction in the south of the country.

The meeting was called to address all aspects of a new two-year project known as the "Good Governance for Enhanced Post-War Reconstruction," which is implemented by UN-HABITAT in partnership with the union of municipalities of Tyre, Bint Jbeil and Jabal Aamel, and in cooperation with Beit bil Jnub, the University, and others.

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10 Oct 2007

Pakistan
Two years after earthquake, a successful reconstruction programme

Report
— UN Human Settlements Program
Islamabad - Two years a devastating earthquake in Pakistan Administered Kashmir, UN-HABITAT and Pakistani officials marked the occasion this week by describing the reconstruction and recovery programme as one of the most successful of its kind anywhere in the world in recent years.

They said that more than 150,000 houses had now been rebuilt. With a further 200,000 under construction,all of the planned 600,000 ndew homes will be finished by the middle of next year. The earthquake in Pakistan claimed more than 75,000 lives (among them some

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