Israel today handed over a $2,000 special contribution to the emergency fund of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for the resettlement of refugees from Ruanda in Tanganyika. The gift was presented to the Deputy High Commissioner by Eliahu Tavor, first secretary of Israel’s permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
Expressing his appreciation for the gift, the Deputy High Commissioner described Israel’s act as “exemplary,” in view of the fact that Israel is a small country and is itself having its own problems of absorption and resettlement of immigrants.
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