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<p>The UK Government is working closely with partners, including UN agencies, to improve
access to and management of water resources in a number of Middle Eastern countries.</p><p>Examples
include:</p><p>- Technical support for national policy and planning on water resources
in Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Jordan.</p><p>- Support
for water resources management in Yemen, through the World Bank’s Pilot Programme
for Climate Resilience.</p><p>- Working with UNICEF in Jordan to improve access to
safe water and sanitation facilities for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians.</p><p>-
Supporting the Water Authority of Jordan carry out urgently needed improvement of
the wastewater system’s operational capacity, by building a new wastewater conveyor
(redundancy pipe) benefitting a total of 2.3 million people.</p><p>- Support to the
construction of the Central Gaza Desalination Plant and upgrading of the water distribution
network in Gaza.</p>
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