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Netherlands supports payment of Palestinian police salaries with €1.9 million
03-02-2010The Government of the Netherlands has made a contribution of €1.9 million towards the payment of the January wage bill of 17,376 Palestinian civil policemen and members of civil defence services, such as fire-fighters and rescue services.
A delegation press release said the contribution represents the second and the last disbursement from an overall contribution from the Netherlands, to support the Palestinian Authority in meeting its wage bill. The first disbursement was made on 6 January 2010 and contributed to the payment of December salaries.
The Dutch contribution complements the ongoing programme of EU assistance to the Palestinian Authority to ensure the continuous provision of essential public services, channeled through the European mechanism for support to the Palestinians PEGASE. "The PEGASE mechanism is a very good way to support the Plan for statehood of the 13th Government, and rule of law reform in particular. Our contribution will ensure that the important work of the civil police and the civil defence can continue and that safety and security of the Palestinian population will further improve," said Jack Twiss Quarles Van Ufford, the Head of the Netherlands Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.
PEGASE channels EU assistance to help build a Palestinian State, in accordance with the priorities and needs identified by the Palestinian Authority in its three-year reform and development programme (PRDP). Launched by the European Commission on 1 February 2008, it is the main financing mechanism of the European Union. As well as helping the PA to meet a substantial proportion of its running costs, European funds support major reform and development programmes in key ministries, to help prepare the Palestinian Authority for statehood in line with the plan proposed in August 2009 by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. (ENPI Info Centre)
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