United Nations Relief And Works Agency

EDM number 22 in 1989-90, proposed by Robert Hicks on 21/11/1989.

That this House congratulates the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on its forty years of courageous and constructive work among the Arab refugees of Palestine; appreciates in particular the efforts of its workers in the Lebanon; believes that it has created an education system equal, or superior, to any other in the Middle East; regards it as an essential factor in maintaining political stability in the area; and calls on the Government to make sure that Britain continues to make a generous financial contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in future years.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.