International Development - Fourth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 January 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
Maps
Map 2: Territorial fragmentation of the West Bank
Map 3: Gaza Situation Map
Background and acknowledgements
1 Introduction
The security situation
The Department for International Development's programme in the OPTs
The Committee's inquiry and visit
2 The worsening development situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
The socio-economic situation
Economic growth and private sector development
Trade
The labour market
Hunger and malnutrition
Access to water
Poverty
Humanitarian assistance
The role of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
The responsibilities of the Government of Israel
Physical protection of civilians and their property
3 The infrastructure of occupation
The proposed E1 settlement
Restricted roads and closure
The separation barrier
The Agreement on Movement and Access
The Rafah Crossing
The back-to-back system
The Gaza greenhouse project.
4 The EU response to the Hamas election victory
The decision to create a Temporary International Mechanism
The operation of the TIM
The possibility of including civil police in the TIM
Revenues withheld by the Government of Israel
Extending the TIM
5 Crisis in the health sector
The West Bank and East Jerusalem
The situation in Gaza
6 Development assistance under conditions of occupation
Looking forward: the current ceasefire
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: The Committee's visit programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel
List of acronyms
Formal minutes
Appendix: The Agreement on Movement and Access, 15 November 2005
Witnesses (page numbers refer to Volume II)
Written evidence (page numbers refer to Volume II)
List of unprinted written evidence and papers
Reports from the International Development Committee since July 2005
Volume II - List of Oral Evidence
Tuesday 24 October 2006
Tuesday 31 October 2006
Tuesday 28 November 2006
Thursday 14 December 2006
Written Evidence
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