Speaker. I am introducing the UNRWA Integrity Act of 2006 with Congressman Tom Lantos (DCA). This bill ensures that American taxpayers are not funding terrorism through contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). UNRWA was created in 1949 as a temporary agency to provide relief services to Palestinian refugees. It is the only United Nations agency dedicated to one specific group of refugees. The United States is the UNRWAs largest donor. contributing more than $2 billion since 1950. In 2005 alone. the United States donated $108 million. constituting nearly a fourth of UNRWAs annual budget.
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