Since 2003, the Saudi committee has been the most important donor for various Palestinian projects.
The announcement was made by UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos at the meeting of the first Advisory Board of the Special Human Settlements Program for the Palestinian People with representatives from more than 20 countries at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday.
The meeting also reviewed present and future UN-Habitat activities in support of the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian communities through the contributions to the Special Human Settlements Program for the Palestinian People and the Technical Cooperation Trust Fund.
A special Saudi committee headed by the prince has been the most important donor for various Palestinian projects.
The Kingdom’s Permanent Representative at the UN Ambassador Abdullah Al-Muallami thanked the Habitat Program for awarding the prize to the prince, which he rightly deserved, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.
“Saudi Arabia will spare no effort in offering every kind of assistance to the Palestinian people in a bilateral manner or through UN funds and programs or regional or international establishments,” he said in his statement.
Clos will visit the Occupied Territories at the end of March and attend the first Palestinian Urban Forum, which will focus on the sustainable urbanization challenges.
The President of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Ahmed Muhammad Ali announced last week the IDB’s interest in supporting UN-Habitat's Palestinian programs such as the Participatory Slum Upgrading Program and the Palestine Housing Program.
