Sweden to host talks on Palestinian aid needs

[Stockholm]

STOCKHOLM, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Sweden said on Tuesday it would jointly host a conference at the start of September on the Palestinian territories and hoped to raise further funds for humanitarian needs.

The announcement about the conference, to be hosted jointly by Sweden, Spain and Norway on September 1, came a day after Stockholm said it would organise an international donor conference for Lebanon on August 31.

"The humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is deteriorating all the time. The human suffering in Gaza especially is getting worse by the day," said Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Carin Jamtin.

"The conference is about more funds, more coordination and also to get access to deliver the humanitarian help we hope to be able to provide," said Jamtin's spokesman John Zanchi.

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[Turbineguy]

1. It's those pancakes

and those cute little meatballs.

[MrPrax]

2. Decent folks...

we could learn a thing or two from more enlightened countries...