INAUGURATION OF UN HOUSING NEAR DEVASTATED PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN LEBANON
INAUGURATION OF UN HOUSING NEAR DEVASTATED PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN LEBANON New York, Apr 11 2008 4:00PM The United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees said today that it had inaugurated 150 new concrete units to house families from a Lebanese camp that was the scene of months of fighting last year between the national army and Fatah el-Islam gunmen.
The new housing near the devastated Nahr El Bared camp lowers pressure on the nearby Beddawi camp, where many refugees had fled the fighting, a spokesperson from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (<"http://www.un.org/unrwa/english.html">UNRWA) said at a press conference in Geneva.
In the largest undertaking in its history, UNWRA is planning to rebuild the Nahr El Bared camp, which was in essence a complete town of over 30,000 inhabitants before it was destroyed by intense combat between May and September 2007.
The long-term reconstruction will cost around $200 million, the agency said, adding that it will soon announce the date of a pledging conference to support the project.
2008-04-11 00:00:00.000
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