The the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has raised 118 million dollars to reduce the shortfall facing it from 186 million dollars to 68 million dollars, the agency's head Pierre Krahenbuhl told reporters in New York on Thursday. Germany, the European Union, Kuwait, Ireland, and Norway were among those who promised big donations during a meeting hosted on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.