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Abbreviations ...... v Letter of transmittal ...... vii Letter dated 30 September 1999 from the Chairperson of the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East addressed to the Commissioner-General of the Agency...... ix I. Introduction...... 1–18 1 II. General developments in Agency programmes ...... 19–74 5 A. Education ...... 19–36 5 B. Health ...... 37–50 10 C. Relief and social services ...... 51–61 14 D. Income-generation ...... 62–68 17 E. Peace Implementation Programme ...... 69–71 19 F. Lebanon Appeal ...... 72–74 19 III. Financial matters ...... 75–92 20 A. Fund structure...... 75–79 20 B. Budget, income and expenditure ...... 80–87 20 C. Extrabudgetary activities ...... 88–89 21 D. Current financial situation ...... 90–92 22 IV. Legal matters ...... 93–117 22 A. Agency staff...... 93–105 22 B. Agency services and premises...... 106–116 25 C. Claims against Governments ...... 117 27 V. Jordan...... 118–135 27 B. Health ...... 144–148 30 C. Relief and social services ...... 149–155 31 VII. Syrian Arab Republic...... 156–169 32 A. Education ...... 156–159 32 B. Health ...... 160–163 32 C. Relief and social services ...... 164–169 33 VIII. West Bank ...... 170–188 33 A. Education ...... 170–175 33 B. Health ...... 176–180 34 C. Relief and social services ...... 181–188 35 IX. Gaza Strip ...... 189–207 36 A. Education ...... 189–193 36 B. Health ...... 194–199 37 C. Relief and social services ...... 200–207 38 Annexes I. Statistical and financial information tables ...... 40 II. Pertinent records of the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies ...... 52 Abbreviations ACABQ Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

CBO Community-based organization CRC Community rehabilitation centre DOTS Directly observed short-course treatment strategy EC European Community EGH European Gaza Hospital EPA Expanded programme of assistance ESF Educational Sciences Faculty FSS Field social study system KTC Kalandia training centre MCH Maternal and child health MEC Microenterprise credit PA Palestinian Authority PIP Peace Implementation Programme PLO Palestine Liberation Organization RMTC Ramallah men’s training centre (West Bank) RWTC Ramallah women’s training centre (West Bank) SEMEP UNESCO South-Eastern Mediterranean Project SGL Solidarity-group lending SHC Special hardship case SMET Small and microenterprise training SSE Small-scale enterprise UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNDP United Nations Development Programme URS Unified registration system WHO World Health Organization WPC Women’s programme centre YAC Youth activities centre Letter of transmittal

30 September 1999

I have the honour to submit to the General Assembly my annual report on the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, in compliance with the request contained in paragraph 21 of resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 and with paragraph 8 of resolution 1315 (XIII) of 12 December 1958. During the period covered by my report, UNRWA’s financial problems continued to affect the level of services it was able to deliver to over 3.6 million Palestine refugees in its five fields of operation. In the introduction in chapter I, a precis of events and developments in the region is provided, with particular reference to UNRWA operations in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Chapter II covers general developments in UNRWA’s main programmes in education; health; relief and social services; income-generation; donor-funded projects under the Agency’s Peace Implementation Programme; and projects funded under the Lebanon Appeal. Chapter III covers financial matters, with reference to the structure of the various funds; budget, income and expenditure; extrabudgetary activities; and the Agency’s current financial situation. Chapter IV deals with legal matters, in particular those relating to Agency staff, services and premises, as well as constraints affecting Agency operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Chapter V provides information on UNRWA’s operations and three main programmes in Jordan, while chapter VI deals with Lebanon, chapter VII with the Syrian Arab Republic, chapter VIII with the West Bank and chapter IX with the Gaza Strip. Annex I provides statistical and financial information; annex II refers to pertinent records of the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies. Following established practice, the annual report in draft form was distributed in advance to the 10 members of UNRWA’s Advisory Commission, whose relevant t d b ti i f l id ti Th d ft t New York I have maintained the practice of showing my report in draft form to representatives of the Government of Israel and giving due consideration to their comments, both in the context of the situation prevailing in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967 and subsequent developments. In connection with the General Assembly’s decision in 1993 that the Advisory Commission establish a working relationship with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a representative of the PLO attended the meeting of the Commission on 30 September 1999 and a copy of the draft report was also shared with him.

(Signed) Peter Hansen Commissioner-General United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Letter dated 30 September 1999 from the Chairperson of the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East addressed to the Commissioner-General of the Agency

At its regular meeting on 30 September 1999, the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) considered your draft annual report on the Agency’s activities and operations during the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, which is to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. The Advisory Commission expressed great appreciation for UNRWA’s programmes of assistance for 3.6 million Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, Gaza and the West Bank. These services are critical to the continued socio- economic well-being of the refugees and contribute to stability in the region. The Advisory Commission expressed great appreciation to the host Governments for their continuing support and services provided to Palestine refugees. The Commission reiterated its support for the Middle East Peace process and welcomed the recent agreement at Sharm el-Sheikh as further progress along that road, and called for extensive efforts to reach a just and comprehensive peace on all tracks. The Commission noted that it was essential that UNRWA continue to deliver all its services to Palestine refugees until final resolution of the refugee issue is reached and implemented. The Commission expressed hope that progress would be achieved in the resolution of issues slated for final status negotiations, including the refugee issue, in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions. The Advisory Commission viewed the Agency’s continuing difficult financial situation as extremely grave. Although some donors’ annual contributions increased in absolute terms, the Agency’s resources were still constrained. The Commission thanked the donor countries that had maintained or increased their annual contributions, and called on other donors for similar levels of support to ensure that the Agency is able to fulfil its mandate in providing services to Palestine refugees. The Commission called on UNRWA to continue its efforts to expand its donor base. Mindful of the cumulative negative effect of austerity, cost-containment and budget reduction measures on the well- being of Palestine refugees, the Commission noted the limited options available to the Agency to further contain expenditure. The Commission welcomed the Agency’s decision to adjust and clarify its 2000-2001 budget format, which UNRWA will use as a planning, managerial, and fund-raising tool. It increases transparency and hopefully will improve programme management. The Commission noted that the Agency estimates that its regular operational budget for 1999 would break even in terms of income and expenditures. The Commission voiced concern, temporary use of the project funds to cover running expenses in 1999 are symptoms of the Agency’s poor financial health. The Commission noted with approval the Agency’s continued commitment to internal restructuring and heartily supported your efforts in this regard. The Commission also expressed its hope that the work of the Agency’s new Policy Analysis Unit would soon play a demonstratively beneficial role in the Agency’s operations and internal strategic planning. The Commission welcomed the findings of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations Secretariat on allegations of corruption in Lebanon, which found no evidence of endemic corruption. The Commission urged the Agency to implement and follow up recommendations made in that report agency-wide. Such action is essential to remove any lingering concern, especially among the refugee community in Lebanon, that the Agency’s operations there are subject to criticism in terms of efficiency or adherence to Agency regulations. The Commission also reviewed Agency efforts to date to resolve outstanding debts owed to the Agency, notably the $21 million unpaid value-added tax (VAT) reimbursements and port charges owed to the Agency by the Palestinian Authority, $11.5 million needed to cover expenditures on the European Gaza Hospital, and $5.2 million needed to cover the balance of the account set up for the move of Agency headquarters to the region. The Commission was pleased that the Agency had recently assumed a leadership role in energizing stakeholder efforts to resolve those debts, especially since the Palestine Liberation Organization/Palestinian Authority had expressed positively its willingness to reimburse the VAT payments. In considering the period under review, the Advisory Commission expressed its concern over the difficulties facing UNRWA as a result of restrictions imposed by the Israeli Authorities in the occupied territories. The Commission expressed its appreciation to the essential and important role played by UNRWA and its staff in maintaining the provision of services to Palestine refugees until a just and final resolution has been reached. The Commission also expressed its appreciation of your leadership of UNRWA in a difficult time. Finally, the Commission paid tribute to all the Agency staff, who have shown unwavering commitment in their work on behalf of Palestine refugees, often under exceedingly trying conditions.

(Signed) Marguerite Rivera Houze Chairperson of the Advisory Commission s g

A/54/13 mained s and briefin g ative measures,ative including ular meetin ecember 1998. Donor funding g held re held y enc g , the A , the p regular budget by year’s end, and year’s a crisis liquidity regularserious by budget the from third address quarter1999. to Seeking of both in spring donors major to appealed problems, UNRWA pledges existing pay contributions, additional make 1999 to andpromptly consider advancing their 2000 year measures cost-reduction and other Austerity contributions. Commissioner-General maintained. The rigorously were underline to capitals donor to visits of a series undertook and to situation, financial Agency’s the of gravity the donors Some in fund-raising. assistance donor for appeal estimates mid-1999, latest By positively. responded indicated that regular would the Agency’s cash budget although and expenditure, income of in terms even break in the envisaged level the below far be would expenditure 1999 presented the for to Generalbudget Assembly. the 1999 contributionthe from European of Payment at mid-1999 delayed still Community was (EC), which UNRWA/EC a three-year of implementation pending UNRWA importance. critical of remained convention, and the measures austerity of thathoped retention the administr certain of introduction new staff rules, would continue the reduction which had which reduction the continue would rules, staff new occurred in 1999 in the volume the of structural stable deficit, a more to time return over to Agency the allowing deliver services. its to which from platform financial Continued and consistent levels of donor support re in greater discussed are finances Agency’s The crucial. report. the present in detail chapter III of 3.reporting the during internaland reform restructuring achieved inperiod was UNRWA’s progress Further in participated a technical Agency The programme. at reform management on brainstorming workshop D in Switzerland, Montreux, inreform- three assistance technical provide to used was reform, system implementing areas: finance related improving and planning education mechanisms, improving and It was procurement procedures. policies UNRWA’s the permit would funding donor that additional expected Agency-wide new a of and implementation development the of Incontext the management financial system. to sought had UNRWA which approach partnership develo tation Programme tation ally poor, despite modest poor, ally ammes in the Middle East, in Middle the ammes Introduction ti dth hth t ti f i f t it d Chapter I Chapter 1. of one is East in Near the (UNRWA) for Refugees Palestine Agency and Works Relief Nations United The the largest United progr Nations employing some and22,000 or operating some persons employing Through regular its 900 facilities. supporting some education, provide to continues programmes, UNRWA million 3.6 the to services and social relief health care, Palestinerefugees registered with the Agency in and Bank Jordan, West and the Republic, Arab Syrian the Lebanon, and include elementary services Agency Strip. Gaza training; and technical vocational schooling; preparatory family including health care, primary comprehensive environmental hospitalization; towards health; assistance to assistance relief in camps; refugee health services social and developmental households; needy particularly disabilities. with and persons youth women, for services by directly provided part most the for are services Those sector public to in parallel beneficiaries, the to UNRWA refugees and feasible, appropriate Where services. of means by services Agency of cost the to contribute schemes, self-help co-payments, contributions, voluntary the In addition, and participation fees. efforts volunteer Agency carries out a range infrastructure of projects and Implemen Peace its under activities other income-generation successful a highly and operates (PIP), and small micro to loans which gives programme, enterprises. 2. during environment the and operating work UNRWA’s characterized and anxiety austerity Achievement, 1998-30 June 1999. period Living standards1 July among gener remained refugees Palestine UNRWA’s countries. host in some growth economic of a number with volatile, was external environment activities. Agency affecting fields in some incidents and uncertain the difficulties financial recurrent Despite maintain to able was Agency the political environment, to services and andsocial relief health, education basic be only could services those But refugees. Palestine , the bove; a inter aliainter ation infrastructure, ation 998, completed a number of number a 998, completed mained essential for programme for essential mained continuing academic achievements of UNRWA students UNRWA of achievements academic continuing and schools in government their counterparts to relative The system. health care Agency’s the of performance the of andimpact the programmes individual of performance in detail inchapter more discussed is measures austerity II. comparative study of the Agency’s historical levels of levels historical Agency’s the of study comparative that average revealed which and expenditure, income $200 about from had fallen annualrefugee spending per in$70 1997;on the and impact on a about study into 1975 measures reduction and cost austerity of services Agency measures Those 1990s. the introduced in half of the second services. Agency some of and quality level the affected hospitalization the on squeeze the as such measures, Some budget, cash assistance to the emergency freezing of for funds adequate of lack the and hardship cases special and maintenance expansion the educ of Others, community. refugee the by directly most felt were and recruitment on freeze general temporary the as such Agency affected mainly internationalin posts, reduction to expected and were workloads heavier faced who staff, and financial limited with results of level same the achieve human resources. Despite those pressures, staff Agency at a high In standard. services to basic deliver sought general, they succeeded, as evidenced by, activities, full funding of the regular budget would regular the budget of funding full activities, top priority the 2000-2001 for UNRWA’s be continue to beyond. and biennium 6. inheadquarters Gaza mid-1 at unit, established analysis policy new The work including process, reform the to linked assignments a detailed format biennial budget new the on on average what the Agency had been receivingin recent pledges the of cent per 10 represented That amount years. announced 1999-2003 to for Conference at the Second held and at Development, East Middle Support Peace 1998. D.C., TheWashington, new on 30 November of and predictability level the increase to sought approach project funding and the effectiveness with which it was maintaining the aim of the with and allocated, mobilized While refugees. Palestine to services of and level quality project funding re ital ities; ject activ ared, to make the make to ared, p ation being provided being ation re p ject funding. Such funding was g ation and justific footing and preserve theAgency’s role ect fundin j udget covering the totality of the Agency’s the of totality the covering udget ities; and budget preparation being guided preparation being and budget ities; ro p riorities for for riorities had become an increasingly important source of income to income of source important an increasingly had become income total of cent per 17 for accounting the Agency, 1994 and 1998.furthermore, It was, between the means by costs capital all its nearly covered Agency the which as health etc.) upgrading centres construction, of (school (environmental costs service-related key other as well In that etc.). rehabilitation shelter health improvements, context, the Agency introducedanewapproach to project Agency-wide of a set elements: several comprising funding humanitarian assistance to Palestine refugees to be placed be to refugees Palestine to humanitarian assistance financial a solid on in region. the stability of an as element 5. with pro dealt UNRWA which mannerin the concerned measure reform related A budget categories being restructured being and categories budget expenditure of cost the reflect accurately to more reattributed activ programme By ratherplanning ceilings. than assumptions budget by applying a and comprehensive, programme-based forward- funding full achieve to hoped UNRWA approach, looking the financial beyond and move 2000-2001 budget to its of crisis recent of years. That v would enableUNRWA’s for budgeted activities and for activities changes in budget budgeted for allocations; the b financial requirements for regular activities, including not including activities, regular for requirements financial pro unfunded also the regular but only budget A/54/13 enhance to were the that initiative of aims primary The as a planning, usefulness budget’s management and fund- UNRWA transparency. greater offer and to raising tool, in increased result would that approach hoped new the Agency, the to available made being resources donor services of and level quality the safeguarding thereby preparation In that context, refugees. Palestine to provided structured budget a programme-based towards oriented was and activities, service-providing Agency’s the around more changes the Among plans. programme with integrated incorporated the budget in were the 2000-2001 budget the for work of programme a detailed from derived being biennium,results-oriented specifying programme; substantive each for goals/objectives/targets explan detailed more p ities A/54/13 iting security concerns, the Israeli author Israeli the concerns, security iting and curfews and closures in various Bank West p 10. territory, in occupied the work The Palestinian support and continued Authority to UNRWA’s facilitate significant with areas, including in self-rule the and service formulation in planning, policy cooperation programmes. and PA UNRWA in the respective delivery Palestinian Authority of development further The instrumental was period during reporting the institutions The cooperation. such of range and scope the in broadening was one example.European project Ongoing Hospital Gaza and Authority Palestinian the UNRWA, between contacts in appointment, the culminated Community European the in an internationalmid-1999, team which management of hospital the to enable to required work undertake would Agency’s The initial its operation. and manage open the in progress further prevented problems financial Gaza and Bank in West the services some harmonization of below). para. 34 (see cycle in education the notably Strip, during reportingthe high-level discussions number of A Authority andPalestinian the UNRWA period between issue the resolving on progress significant yield to failed UNRWA by made payments of PA the by reimbursement of and related and port (VAT) tax against value-added charges June 1999, those the endcharges. of had By That $21 million. non- some of value a cumulative reached financial outstanding other and reimbursement UNRWA’s exacerbated Agency the to commitments disrupt and to situation threatened financial precarious major donors core services. In various forums,UNRWA’s the of resolution a speedy of importance the emphasized Similarly, charges. and other outstanding VAT of issue Palestinian the with closely work to continued UNRWA at co-payments of the issue resolve to attempt to Authority para. 177). (see hospital Qalqilia the Agency-run 11.tense was Bank West intermittent were There in occupied the situation period. The reporting the of much for between in fatalities, resulted of which some clashes, Palestinians and between and settlers Palestinians Israeli which Hebron, (IDF). Forces Defence Israel and the remained clashes, particularly of a number witnessed C volatile. continued to impose full closures of the West Bank and Bank West the of closures full impose to continued Stri Gaza arallel to UNRWA to arallel p , restrictions on the on restrictions , ees g inter alia rovided direct assistance to refu direct assistance to rovided 8. concern express to continued operation of in all fields The Palestine refugee authorities and community host services, in UNRWA reduction perceived the about protests the of repeat no wide-scale was there although and cost-reduction austerity of the imposition by sparked financialmeasures in 1997. August The Agency’s motivated, politically as many by seen were difficulties international community’s in the signalling a weakening and a dereliction by issue, refugee the to commitment the cases, its of humanitarian In some duties. UNRWA was there where even motivated, politically were protests of The continuing absence in services. reduction no tangible progress in the peace process exacerbated the On the frustration. Israeli-Palestinian refugees’ Palestine negotiations States-brokered United intensive after track, memorandum River signed 1998 in October the Wye further for timetable and blueprint a included implement and to other mutual actions redeployments breakthrough at the Initial optimism agreements. previous Wye the of majority the as frustration by replaced soon was inof an atmosphere unimplemented remained agreement in occupied the increased Tension recrimination. mutual 1999 and Strip, original the Bank West May Gaza as as negotiations, status final of completion for deadline envisaged in the Oslo process, passed without any sign of movement in the peace process. There was no progress on the Lebanese and Syrian tracks the of peace process. Government a new mid-1999 of the election by However, hope brought world in Arab the and developments in Israel reinvigorated. be would efforts peace that expectation and 9. Arab Syrian and the Jordan, the Lebanon with of cooperate Governments to continued UNRWA in (PA), Authority Palestinian the and with Republic, providing services to Palestine refugees. The Agency on required, as Israel, of Government the with cooperated in the operations UNRWA to related issues of a number raise to continued Agency The Strip. and Gaza Bank West its to constraints of issue with the authorities Israeli the by, caused operations p movementstaffof and goods between the Bank West and authorities host The below). chap. IV (see and Israel Gaza, 998), ccess to million in million 1 rrangementstousePRCShospitalsin Lebanon The a Strip and West Bank fields was $103.5 ($98.8 million was Bank fields Strip and West inmillion 1998) and $56.1($54.1 million made respectively. 14. the transition, with in of Jordan, the population a year refugee witnessed Palestine field, The any of largest death of King Hussein in February 1999 and the subsequent Palestine II. Abdullah King as his son of coronation them giving in Jordan, citizenship full enjoyed refugees assistance and development services government to access situation. socio-economic country’s the at improving aimed Jordan of andGovernment the UNRWA between Relations in cooperation close enjoyed UNRWA excellent; remained the for support and areas government active many expenditures reported Government The activities. Agency’s of persons and displaced refugees of Palestine behalf on during$323 million the reporting on mainly period, camp and rations, subsidies rent and utilities, education, services. social and security public health care, services, the 1999 regular for budget programme The Agency’s ($73.8in $75 million 1998). was field Jordan 15. which in Lebanon, suffered field, community any of refugee Palestine The disadvantaged most the among was on restrictions conditions, and housing living poor from Palestinians unemployment. and highof rates mobility welcomed a decisionthe newby Lebanese Government in Palestine travel restrictionson of lift a series to 1999 early of situation socio-economic difficult The refugees. in high the reflected was in Lebanon refugees Palestine the with registered hardship cases proportion special of main the remained UNRWA para. 150 below). (see Agency and health, andsocial relief education, basic of provider a had limited who refugees, Palestine to services private expensive to access and whose services government resources. limited financial by restricted was services any to to negatively react continued refugees Palestine and in summer services, in UNRWA reduction perceived 1998 peaceful Palestiniansome of a staged series factions areas, demanding inand Saida the Tyre mainly protests, upgradingan Following services. improvement in Agency and in facilities (PRCS) Society Crescent Red Palestine of order to enhance access for Palestine refugees, UNRWA lative economic lative 1994. Despite the re the Despite 1994. recovery in 1997 and 1998, the declinerecovery in real average expenditure to inhousehold persisted due 1998, probably hand and one the on indebtedness accrued of a combination higher levels of savings on the among remained other. communities Despite refugee the modest recovery, economic in Gaza the especially society, in Palestinian poorest the population the of cent per 40 an estimated where Strip, lived in With poverty. registered refugees accounting for of proportion highest the population, the of quarters three in providing role a major played UNRWA field, any the alleviate to sought in UNRWA Strip. Gaza the services a range through of refugees Palestine by hardship faced A/54/13 civil for except control, Israeli full under and C area territory. to related not responsibilities 12. in the difficult remained conditions on heavily rely to Socio-economic continued residents whose Strip, Gaza security The Israel. inside opportunities employment than tense less in general was Strip Gaza the in situation serious a of number were there although Bank, in West the in settlement near an Israeli bombing suicide A incidents. inresulted an the 1998 deathin Israeli of soldier October of closure a temporary to and led bomber, the to addition security other of a number the were Gaza There Strip. and Israeli IDF the Palestinians, involving incidents settlements. around tension continuing reflecting settlers, 1999 inStrip in Gaza the early clashes serious were There security and Palestinian civilians Palestinian between a preventive in connection killing of the with forces, security officer and the subsequent sentencing injured and dozens killed to were death of Palestinians Two men. three the treated health facilities UNRWA during riots; the death the when sentences restored was Calm wounded. committee and an investigation suspended were established. 13. Bank and the West Israel between Notwithstanding and labour trade flows the closures mentioned above, higherand Strip Gaza in were 1998 than in 1997. Real in the product national gross and product domestic gross cent, per 5.5 and 3 by grew Gaza Strip and Bank West for incomes raised inmarginally 1998, which respectively, since time first the relief and social services and its income generation A/54/13 amme . UNRWA’s . The mission of the education progr education the of mission . The Elementary and preparatory schooling and preparatory Elementary Objectives General developments in Agency in developments General programmes A. Education was to help Palestine refugee children and youth acquire and children youth refugee Palestine help to was become to and needed skills knowledge basic the in accordance their communities of members productive that and cultural To identity heritage. their needs, with Palestine to education general provided UNRWA end, well as levels and preparatory elementary the at secondary refugees the at only, Lebanon in basis limited a on as, for level training university teacher to offered also It level. teacher in-service as well as Palestine refugees young vocational Agency’s The teachers. UNRWA for education aimed and training programmes education and technical productive become to refugees Palestine young enable to well-being socio-economic the to and contribute citizens their communities. of 20. a six-year of consisted programme education basic elementary and cycle a three-year or four-year preparatory system. education authorities’ host the on depending cycle, A three-year secondary was cycle offered at the three 458,716 of total A in Lebanon. schools secondary UNRWA community and UNRWA staff. The Agency remained a remained Agency The staff. and UNRWA community difficult in a continuity of a symbol and stability of source of years mark 50 to it prepared As environment. regional again reflect its on once could UNRWA operations, generations, new educating to contribution significant community refugee Palestine the of health maintaining the services and social relief basic needed badly and providing The delivery in region. the people poorest the of some to top UNRWA’s remained services and efficient effective of during successful was Agency the that measure, by priority; difficulties financial its though even period, the reporting seemed to overshadow its achievements. II Chapter 19. allegations ation with a number with ation lation Fund (UNFPA), Fund lation ational non-governmental ational est Bank and the Gaza Strip the iat to help to investigate to help iat to ation and other items. The Agency’s The items. and other ation 1999 regular programme budget for the Syria field was field the Syria 1999 regular for budget programme $23.8 ($23.3 in million million 1998). 17. cooper maintained close UNRWA a number of violent incidents, in the particular murder incidents, of violent a of number high-rankingfour in Saida judges Court. Internal killings and of in a number resulted disputes Palestinian ongoing The camps. the inside other violent incidents the influence to continued situation Lebanon in South UNRWA but country, the of in rest the situation security disrupted. not In autumn were 1998, UNRWA operations the of Services Internal Oversight of in Office the called Secretar Nations United members in Israel the W of corruption in Agency operations in Lebanon, which had which in Lebanon, operations in corruption Agency of been reported in the Lebanese press and elsewhere. were allegations the investigation, thorough a Following maintained a UNRWA baseless. be to found subsequently Lebanon, of Government the with relationship constructive which reported expenditures on behalf of Palestine refugees education, on duringreporting period the million $5 of expenditure additional with housing, and administration 1999 regular programme Agency’s The items. other on $46.6($45.3 million was field the for Lebanon budget inmillion 1998). 16. Government the with cooperate to continued in period duringreporting the UNRWA Republic Arab Syrian the of reported Government The refugees. to services providing $53.5 of Palestine refugees expenditures on behalf of social duringreporting the million education, on period housing security, and utilities, health services, services, administr costs, supply United Joint the including agencies, Nations United of the United (UNAIDS), HIV/AIDS on Programme Nations United the (UNDP), Programme Development Nations Organization and Cultural Scientific Educational, Nations Popu Nations United the (UNESCO), and the (UNICEF) Fund Children’s Nations United the also Agency The (WHO). Organization Health World cooperated with local and intern In his capacity operation. of fields infive its organizations overall the for official designated Nations United the as and family staff Nations United of and protection security ccess to its schools its to ccess and lowest in the ) . UNRWA’s education . UNRWA’s almost 50 almost ( . In response to a continual increase a continual to . In response hest in Gaza hest g Double shifting Double infrastructure Education 22. and to achieve cost-effectiveness. The Agency would, basis shift a single on schools operate to continue however, whenever possible. 23. to improvements major of in need remained infrastructure entrants and provide school new accommodate to continue significant the Despite learning environment. a satisfactory growth enrolment PIP, under accomplished results exceeded the capacity Agency of schools. Between the the school number1993/94 andyears, of 1998/99 school and the cent per 0.7 number of by increased buildings schools 1.6 by per cent, whereas new enrolment increased 15by per cent. Moreover, since schools many UNRWA in constructed the or 1960s 1950s hadwere they become the by exacerbated a problem repair, beyond dilapidated maintenance, adequate for funds sufficient of lack in Jordan of the lack A particularly and fields. Gaza and schools new build or teachers hire to resources the within that meant overcrowding classrooms additional average the with continued, system education Agency’s in the pupils 44 reaching rate almost occupancy classroom Theincrease. the sixth consecutive year, school 1998/99 hi was rate in the number of pupils as a result of population growth, population of a result as pupils in of number the additional constructing limited with for funds coupled to resort to had had long UNRWA premises, school two housing i.e. basis, shift a double on schools operating Since building. in a single schools administrative separate on education, effect had had a negative that practice had hoped toUNRWA reduce the number such of schools. school programme of expanded the Notwithstanding Programme Implementation Peace the under construction 1993, no significant since therein(PIP) was improvement year the 1992/93 school shifting between double the rate of (74.5(75 per cent) and year per cent). the 1998/99 school double of retain had to the policy UNRWA contrary, On the would Agency The shifting. triple avoid to in order shifting avoid shifting, preferred to have which double reduced and activities extracurricular excluded time, teaching to obliged it was But increased costs. maintenance a full ensure to shifting maintain double rovide them p 1998/99 school an to an to g . Beginning in in Gaza 1994, ccess for Palestine refugee pupils to UNRWA to pupils refugee Palestine for ccess ment of those teachers, and be teachers, those of ment y Contract teachers Contract lo p respectively) and the Syrian Arab Republic continued to continued Republic Arab andSyrian the respectively) growth (1.3 per cent). have Jordanto low have continued decreasing enrolment (1.4 per cent decrease). While the naturalin growth was increase overall the of main cause the refugee population, other factors were also responsible, the within families Palestinian of movement the including to Jordan from particularly operations, of area Agency’s refugee of transfer the Bank; and West Strip the Gaza pupils from Agency schools to government schools in pupils tuition- from refugee of andtransfer the Jordan; The Lebanon. in schools Agency to schools private based approximately for accounted each fields and Gaza Jordan schools, in Agency enrolment student total third of one the for accounted together fields three other the while to continued system school remaining third. UNRWA’s pupils of cent per 49.9 with balance, maintain gender full agreements exchange existing Under female. being for schooling on authorities andhost the UNRWA between pupils in areas, remote pupils were 123,745 refugee at schools and private at government enrolled reportedly secondary the At levels. the and preparatory elementary students were 59,823 refugee at some studying level, 43,505 non-refugee and Some private government schools. schools. UNRWA attended pupils 21. A/54/13 at rising enrolment and steadily constraints financial hire teachers to on Agency the obliged schools UNRWA than those lower of pay of at rates basis a contract freeze recruitment general The posts. Agency equivalent in use 1997 resulted inthe August the extension of imposed the Meanwhile, Bank. West the to teachers contract of hired additional also fields Jordan, and Syria Lebanon basis. assistance temporary or a daily-paid on teachers maintained in the be had to measures Those the deteriorating of the to situation financial due year had have would UNRWA measures, such Without Agency. pupils refugee Palestine turn to away but alternative no Instead, schools. the its from Agency used contract teachers maintaina to UNRWA crisis. continuing the financial despite schools of in conditions improvements some introduced em , g

A/54/13 servicin g 346 trainees . Total enrolment . Total NGOs or the Palestinian uter software, air-conditionin software, uter p e, com g Vocational and technical training Vocational ua g school within the local environment, and make use optimal of the resources of both the school and the local community. 27. training and technical vocational UNRWA in eight the at stood operation fields of five in Agency’s the centres 95 over an4,655 increase of in year, the 1998/99 school post- the At 5). table annex I, (see year previous the training courses vocational two-year 22 level, preparatory electrical, in building, trainees the male to offered were and to trades, working and metal mechanical electronic, and production clothing in hairdressing, trainees female two-year 28 level, post-secondary the At dressmaking. male to offered were courses professional technical/semi- para-medical technical, of in a variety trainees and female cent per 30.5 for accounted Women skills. and commercial in the trainees of cent per 62.2 and for all trainees of from varied Courses courses. semi-professional technical/ labour local the of the to needs according centre, to centre training of at opportunities andavailability the market the constraints, financial Owing to institutions. other the or expand courses new introduce to able was Agency courses. other deleting only by ones existing of capacity during 1998/99: graphic introduced were courses new Four to training(RWTC) centre women’s at Ramallah design course; records the and medical secretarial replace surveyor, and quantity systems, and information computer and aluminium fabrication, machinist/welder replace to training Gaza at the architect, and and assistant centre; replace to applications and computer control electronic to training In addition centre. at Damascus the electronics job of means principal the training courses, two-year the in trainingJordan, centres Agency by utilized preparation training short-term were Bank andWest the Lebanon hoc ad an on organized duration, weeks’ 40 to 6 of courses with in cooperation basis During the year, 1998/99Authority. academic training in offering courses short-term 14 in enrolled were building skills, secretarial executive auto electrics, control numerical aluminium fabrication, techniques, and English Hebrew aid, lathing, in metal first systems lan ject to resources and g . UNRWA continued . UNRWA jective of replacing all replacing of jective ject funding for special ’s existin ’s y enc g . In the past, UNRWA had had to . In the past, UNRWA ject funding and sites. Through PIP, the A the g utilizin y Rented schools Remedial and special education and special Remedial 24. rented school premises by Agency-built schools, sub schools, Agency-built by premises school rented pro of availability the the Agency managed to reduce the number rented of 94 in from premises the 1993/94 school year 74 in to 1998/99, a 21.3 per cent drop. Those 74 rented premises Bank withand the Lebanon West 104 schools, housed fields having such schools, the largest proportion of Palestine of spread the from resulting geographical refugees in those two fields. 25. house some of its schools in rented premises, mostly in premises, rented schools its of some house outside refugee camps. Not having been designed as adequate lacked generally premises rented such schools, computer libraries, laboratories, classrooms, for space lighting and proper as well as rooms and playgrounds, conditions in cramped That resulted ventilation. situation limiting the by costs, and increased and staff pupils for inaccommodated each be that could pupils of number the classroom classroom. In year, the 1998/99 school pupils, 31 about averaged at rented schools rate occupancy schools. in 46 pupils Agency-built almost to compared in built schools with premises rented of Replacement a provide would specifications UNRWA with accordance running reduce and environment learning better much accommodated be could pupils more since pupil per costs staff. and administrative teachers of number with the same ob the established In 1998, UNRWA to run specially designed programmes with a view to programmes a view with designed run specially to learning slow enabling and levels maintaining achievement benefit to learning difficulties with and pupils students services. education basic Agency’s the from fully remedial included pupils measures for Compensatory audio-visual periods, class extra voluntary classes, materials enrichment and self- curriculum programmes, activities those kits. year, Instudy 1998/99 school the learners, 600 slow 420 as pupilsbenefited classified children. In deaf and 59 blind and seven cases, remedial sustained pro of absence the assistance provide to ways explored Agency the education, additional at no learning all children difficulties with to cost b ublic, a ublic, p , with the , with rian Re Arab y . Beyond the specifics of the Student Teacher Journal Student Teacher alifications to first university degree level, Institute of Education of Institute ESF programme, UNRWA also provided in-service provided also UNRWA programme, ESF and improve professional the training promote to competence Agency of teachers, head-teachers and school of Institute through UNRWA/UNESCO the supervisors, in cooperation The implemented trainingEducation. was In 1998/99, centres. development education the five with and school head-teachers teachers, of totalthe number fields training in five the in in-service enrolled supervisors undergoing were 527 trainees thatwas total, Of 1,119. remaining the while duration, years’ two to one of courses and Bank contract teachers in trainees thewere West 592 months. two One lasting courses undergoing Strip Gaza duringreporting the training teacher activity in-service student monitor to a system establishing on focused period achievementin the basic cycle. Other in-servicetraining planning, and preparing organizing included training instruction and producing audio-visual programmes, a biannual issued Education of materials. Institute The periodical, education aim of enhancing research among UNRWA educationalists UNRWA among enhancing research aim of and acquainting trainees with recent methodologies and training. and teacher to in Intrends education addition several Education, of the Institute by training organized an on and implemented organized were courses other S In the in fields. the basis hoc ad year teacher trainingyear diplomas, including to 305 women, upgrade their qu Arabic teaching, in classroom specializations with 5). table I, annex (see Islamic or language, education During the reporting period, 185 students graduated from the and programme 206 from in-service the pre-service 89 date, to graduates the 563 pre-service Of programme. had been recruited the by Agency to meet staffing to Due fields. and Jordan Bank West in the requirements in teachers elementary in qualified recruiting difficulties teacher pre-service a small reinstated Agency the Lebanon, Ramallah two training The centre. Siblin at training course on the conference an educational organized ESFs twenty- the of andchallenges the curriculum Palestinian audience attracted a wide conference The century. first from among the public, private and NGO sectors. 30. . The threebranches . The eight UNRWA training centres UNRWA eight . The The four year pre service programme which Training centres Training Educational sciences faculties Educational sciences of the Educational Sciences Faculty (ESF) in Jordan in Jordan and (ESF) Faculty Sciences Educational the of and in- pre-service Bankprovide continued to the West degree university training a first teacher to leading service qualifications upgrading the of process the part as of level, set standards revised meet to staff teaching UNRWA’s of andPalestinian the Jordan of Government the by and upgraded equipment and tools for its carpentry and carpentry its for and tools and equipment upgraded Damascus at the training workshops furniture-making centres computer of establishment the In addition, centre. way under was Kalandia at all except training centres through project funding. 28. Authority A/54/13 including 22 trade courses, in diesel andoffered auto- mechanics, auto mechanics, equipment construction repairs,body diesel and machinery agricultural mechanics, systems, auto electrical installation, electrical general and carpentry craftsmanship, construction, building making, buildingfurniture and finishing decoration, and central plumbing and air conditioning, refrigeration radio/TV maintenance, equipment heating, office aluminium metal, sheet welding smithery, maintenance, year), (one fabrication and pipe welding fabrication, machine and aluminium fabrication, machining/welding and clothing dressmaking year), two and (one maintenance care. 28 The and beauty hairdressing production, computer comprised courses technical/semi-professional information computer and programming databases, architectural engineering, architect, assistant systems, ceramics surveyor, draughtsman, quantity mechanical graphic engineer, design interior assistant production, land engineering, civil engineer, civil assistant design, and control electronic industrial electronics, surveying, business administration, business applications, computer management, and office secretarial practice, and office banking and marketing management, and financial lab medical pharmacist, assistant management, financial and secretarial nursing, hygiene, dental technician, medical records, physiotherapist, pre-school worker, social and institutional home (kindergarten) education, management. 29. A/54/13 lting from that lting from ject funding. With ation programme’s ation . Austerity measures in measures . Austerity jects resu imately $1.8 million. In June million. $1.8 imately mation systems, personnel and systems, mation udget, owing to austerity and austerity to owing udget, 1998 with a view to establishing computer Impact of austerity measures austerity of Impact rities particularlytheintroduction ofthetenth grade utho than b $164.9 the million funding to in taken response measures cost-reduction other nominal contributions Gaza, except In all fields shortfalls. a voluntary from on and trainees pupils collected were and in schools and equipment facilities improve to basis 1998/99 in collected contributions Overall training centres. support community of Other $611,530. amounted forms to of donations included programme education the for in landthe including and supplies, furniture equipment, Syrian Arab Republic and West Bank fields, photocopying machines, tape recorders, videos, overhead projectors, donations, of types and other printers computers, personal approx totalled together which a 1999, a donor-funded consultancy team and UNRWA team consultancy 1999, a donor-funded working plan the development aconcluded five-year of and management planning, staff education covering education, and technical vocational development, infor management education pro of Implementation finance. pro additional required consultancy initiative technology information a computer funds, donor inbegan August trainingby centre vocational inlaboratories each premises, existing renovating procuring required hardware train to students staff qualified and providing and software specialization. of fields various in applications in computer 34. educ the restricted 1993 since place in growth with commensurate at a rate expand to ability maintain to quality In order population. beneficiary the of use cost-effective most the education and make based approach an integrated adopted UNRWA resources, shifting, maintaining size, double classroom on increased rented replacing and basis contract a on teachers hiring some However, buildings. Agency-standard with premises negative without implemented be not could measures including education, of quality the for consequences for workloads heavier interaction, pupil-teacher reduced in hiring and difficulties staff, and supervisory teaching basis. a contract on daily-paid or teachers qualified to efforts Agency’s the curbed also constraints Financial host by introduced reforms education with up keep . The til they f (including . UNRWA sought to . UNRWA ject funding un with 13 915 education staf Placement and career guidance Placement and career Programme budget and administration Programme education programme remained UNRWA’s largest single largest UNRWA’s remained programme education graduated. The 185 previous recipients of scholarshipsgraduated. recipients of The 185 previous support financial without left were regular the budget from 167 of total A endangered. be may studies and their future scholars graduated in continuing 1998/99. Theof number supported be 866, includingto scholars was used 185 who 866 scholars, those 398 were Of directly by the Agency. in 11 universities at 44 studying were Scholars female. main The East. areas in Middle the study countries of pursued scholarship by recipients were engineering (26 per cent), medicine (22 per cent) (27 per cent), pharmacology other with cent), per specializations (11 and dentistry scholarship The remainingper the cent. 14 for accounting awards ranged $1,500 per $250 to year, in from value rates. tuition on depending 32. regular budget to the scholarship subprogramme due to due subprogramme scholarship the to regular budget constraints.budget continued to Thenevertheless Agency scholars throughsupport some pro area of activity facilitate employment opportunities for Palestine refugee Palestine for opportunities employment facilitate training centres and Agency other from graduates Career and abroad. locally both institutions, education preparatory pupils in to the Agency’s offered guidance was acquaint to schools, andsecondary government schools Agency’s at the available training the with them courses a suitable of in them selection andthe help training centres up the follow to continued Agency The vocation. performance career their and graduates its of employability the 2,097 Of employment. of initial the period after in training centres vocational UNRWA from graduates 1996/97, 1,738 — or 83 in per employed cent — were 1998. In the 1998-1999 biennium, 1,600 such graduates and markets, another labour 300 in local employed were in the Gulf region. The Agency’s placement and career teams, recruiting of work the facilitated offices guidance and made vacancies, with candidates match helped also UNRWA opportunities. job of aware candidates achieve to demand market of surveys periodic out carried training and job courses between match a better requirements. 33. . 1998 ational trainingational lated instruction materials. PA materials. instruction lated 1998. Cooperation with UNESCO Cooperation with and the Arab League B. Health Education technical coordination committee met in met committee coordination technical Education including aissues, range 1998 and discussed of November textbooks, school buildings, in-service curriculum. Palestinian teacher new the the of preparation training teacher- in-service several with PA the and provided UNRWA training programmes and re of trained in use the were staff Education of Ministry materials. technical In a new addition, audio-visual and the UNRWA between committee cooperation established was Education Higher of Ministry Palestinian and due was to hold its first meeting in autumn 1999. In also staff Agency Strip, and Gaza Bank West the participated in the preparation a of new voc strategy and in updating the curricula of some community some of andcurricula inthe updating strategy UNRWA In Jordan, vocational training courses. college as a full board national education the on represented was Agency the Republic, Arab and in Syrian the member, education. of directors of in all meetings participated 36. UNRWA’s education programme was run in was cooperation programme education UNRWA’s managerial senior seven provided which UNESCO, with of Director the including UNRWA, for staff and technical international held managers those ThreeEducation. of loan a non-reimbursable on UNESCO by provided posts basis, and four occupied area were costs posts whose covered UNESCO. by With funding from UNESCO, South-Eastern part in UNESCO’s took UNRWA Mediterranean Project (SEMEP), which met in July to discuss the theme “Water in our environment”. Eighteen of in implementation the participated schools UNRWA and in SEMEP other relevant to related worksheets funded in a consultant UNESCO activities. educational March-June 1999 to assist with work work carried a five-year develop to out a consultants by group Kingdom United of eighth annual The joint programme. education the for plan Council League’s Arab the and UNRWA between meeting at held was Palestine Education Children of the on for Cairo in December tamhidi amme were amme . UNRWA’s and the second tamhidi amme in all fields continued in all fields amme to follow between the p a g e g level no longer existed in the new structure. longer in new no existed the level Cooperation with the host authorities the host with Cooperation 1993, it hadbenefited directly a declining proportion of natural of growth in because refugees the refugee young demand the accommodate to unable and was population, training.for the from funds No regular be could budget training vocational additional introduce to available made remained courses new of introduction the Hence courses. Training deleted. were courses other if only possible 1997/98 in of level low same the at remained also supplies Other training places. of in number the increase the of spite austerity progr education the measures affecting the general recruitment freeze introduced in August in1997 August introduced the general freeze recruitment allocations. maintenance in building and a reduction 35. the since (kindergarten) grade the to second pupils directly tamhidi UNRWA introduced a plan to bridge the ensuing the bridge a plan to introduced UNRWA knowled host authorities’ education systems. Changes in Changes the systems. education authorities’ host the entailed authorities the local of programmes education most The schools. in UNRWA changes such of introduction the of extension the was in thatissue respect significant Strip and Gaza Bank in West the cycle education basic to unable was which years, 10 Agency the to 9 from of In absence the financial constraints. to due implement the by requests repeated of and in context the funds Agency accommodate to continued PA the Authority, Palestinian Palestinian A new schools. inown its tenth students grade in the introduced be to due was curriculum Authority curriculum the replace 2000/01Jordanian to year academic in curriculum Gaza the andEgyptian the Bank in West the plan, study a new Strip. In Republic, Arab the Syrian curriculum and textbooks for the elementary The introduced. and gradually being were cycles preparatory grade fully was elementary second the for format new schools in 1998/99, the while implemented in UNRWA partially was grade the third for elementary format new schools government and the UNRWA in both implemented education a new In Lebanon, period. same during the system, curriculum and textbooks for elementary, preparatory and secondary cycles were introduced in had promote to UNRWA 1998/99. Accordingly, A/54/13 progr education basic A/54/13 upgrade the two rounds. two the g . UNRWA made . UNRWA ee childrenee durin under five g Disease prevention and control Disease prevention programme was reinforced through reinforced was programme additional between convention three-year the under contributions Those and the EuropeanCommunity. UNRWA contributions mainly were to meet used staff costs, and procure clinics, in equipment MCH medical contraceptive supplies. The Agency continued help to to surveillance maternal death of system its implement causes. preventable from maternal mortality reduce to and applied indicatorsdeveloped were Performance antenatal, of and quality in coverage the progress measure research of part As planning services. and family post-natal the population, refugee the of health the status examine to childcare, of quality the assess to studies continued Agency care of aspects preventive that most revealed which a high standard. of generally were UNRWA by provided and international meetings national, regional, At the health organizations, and other WHO by sponsored and family in reproductive experience field Agency’s in asset major a as acknowledged be to health continued improve to strategies intervention appropriate developing region. the throughout standards 41. an effective maintain develop and further to efforts special Activities control. and prevention disease of programme included the controlvaccine-preventable of vector-borne diseases, of such prevention the and tetanus; poliomyelitis as andparasites, intestinal brucellosis as such diseases, transmitted through the channels; environmental prevention newly of emerging infectious diseases, such as diseases, infectious re-emerging of control the HIV/AIDS; of and control and the prevention tuberculosis; as such such lifestyle, with associated diseases non-communicable and heart diseases hypertension, mellitus, diabetes as cancer (see annex I, table 7). that To end, the Agency the against coverage immunization maintained optimal participating in 1999 in diseases, two vaccine-preventable of national eradication the of rounds for immunization in operations, the of area its throughout poliomyelitis in implemented strategy regional a WHO of context vaccines Using health authorities. local with coordination immunized of a total UNRWA UNICEF, by donated refu214,115 cceptorswere registered during . Family health continued to be to health continued . Family . UNRWA’s health care programme health care . UNRWA’s imary health care facilities, including 89 health 89 including facilities, health care imary Family health Family Primary care Primary emphasized as an integral part of UNRWA’s regular health regular UNRWA’s an as integral part of emphasized MCH UNRWA’s period, reporting the During programme. clinics214,563 and some children centres cared for below of 6 per cent approximately representing three, of age the 68,234 and some population, refugee registered the per 56 approximately for accounted who pregnant women, of women refugee among expected pregnancies of cent Over rates. birth crude current on based age reproductive planning a 20,700 family women of number total bringing the period, reporting the than more to planning services family Agency’s the using healthproviding centres of 66,400. number The intrauterineinmid-1997 77 74 to increased from devices centres; 23 health points offering a wide range of health range of a wide offering health points 23 centres; centres on a MCH and 10 part-time basis; services care supported health services, family comprehensive offering facilities and laboratory X-ray as such services, basic by annex 6). (see I, table 39. outpatient Agency period, reporting the During million and 0.5 handled medical million 5.4 facilities nursing for visits million 1.1 dental as well visits, as Essential and injections. dressings as such services, medical vulnerable for feeding supplementary supplies, were disabilities physical of rehabilitation the and groups health primary the of framework the within provided also programme. care 40. remained focused on comprehensive primary health care, health primary comprehensive on focused remained maternalhealth and(MCH) child range of a full including health health services, school services; planning and family medical out-patient activities; and promotion education diseases communicable of and control prevention services; mellitus diabetes as such diseases, non-communicable and on emphasis with care, andand hypertension; The specialist cardiology. and paediatrics and obstetrics, gynaecology through provided of were network the services Agency’s 122 pr available, and streamlining health policies and service and streamlining health policies available, and the Governments host of those with standards Authority. Palestinian 38. itals ality italization ers. One was g NGO hosp itals, depending on depending itals, lity of the hosp the of lity itals and/or through contractual and/or itals . The Agency continued to Capacity-building programme, making the effective management of scarce of management effective making the programme, and criteria referral stricter The priority. a top resources in introduced rate standard co-payment cent per 25 maintained. accordingly were years previous only be could in Lebanon services Hospitalization through level current maintained at the extrabudgetary been have would services which without contributions, seriously the Given severe curtailed. strain under which the further any functioning, was programme hospitalization the endanger probably would measures cost-containment while in Lebanon, particularly refugees, needy of lives some of threatening sustainability the governmentNGO hosp or agreements with NGO or private hosp provided also was care Secondary operation. of field the the Bank, in West the facility at one Agency the by directly to continued Funding shortfalls Hospital. Qalqilia 43-bed sustainabi the jeopardize which depended such on as contracts the with UNRWA, at Jerusalem. Hospital Victoria Augusta 44. emphasize the development of human resources for health for human resources of development the emphasize training a key as and postgraduate in-service basic, through element and to the improving qu efficiency programme of care. Continuing in-service training was directed at directed training care. was of in-service Continuing training standards. Such defined to skills upgradingstaff standard health strategies, of implementation the covered prevention health, disease in family protocols management management techniques, laboratory and control, management. quality and total systems information health be training to in public continued Postgraduate the sponsored UNRWA universities. at local encouraged University, Birzeit at staff professional seven training of andJordan the Beirut of Americanthe University Science and of Another Technology. University six medical pursuedofficers a short-term training course inin community year third the consecutive for offered was which health, means all possible seek to continued Agency The Japan. human and scarce the within services maintain to essential Agency that the end, To available. resources financial training enhancing the two for initiatives pursued and senior mana its middle of effectiveness upport ccessfully ramme on ramme g ro p . UNRWA continued to implement to continued . UNRWA ceeded on the public health component Health education Health a wide range of health education activities aimed at aimed activities health education range of a wide awareness and raising public lifestyle a healthy promoting reporting During the community. refugee the within period, the Agency’s strategic approach health education to were and activities redeployed were Staff redefined. was health care primary the within integrated Agency’s and within level, at health centre school programme and audio- sessions Counselling activities. educational for basis a continuing on offered were programmes visual targeted were Schoolchildren attendees. health centre a health tutor in by organized through activities planned health education and school, community Agency each mainly basis, an on occasional organized were campaigns home health issues, family included Topics in camps. of promotion diseases, childhood common of management harmful behaviour of andavoidance the lifestyles healthy such — health. In to all addition, international health days World and Day Tobacco No World Day, Health World as at organized marked activities were — by Day AIDS and camps at the and outside inside installations Agency youth-centred The educational level. community su use, tobacco of prevention the on programme in preparatory schools the 1996/97 introduced in UNRWA in resumed year, 1998/99,school andexpanded to was include children in the sixth grade and above. With s HIV/AIDS, on Programme Nations United the Joint from education health school multisectoral the of a brucellosis surveillance and control programme and control surveillance a brucellosis of developed the in Palestinian in 1997 by Authority, care, Special and WHO with UNDP. cooperation and mellitus diabetes of management comprising health through all Agency provided was hypertension, 74,359during patients benefiting thecentres, reporting the to early paid be to continued attention Special period. micro-nutrient disorders, of and management detection still highly was which anaemia, iron-deficiency especially of and children women prevalent pre-school among age. reproductive 42. A/54/13 health-care other with forces joined Agency The (DOTS). Strip and Gaza Bank as in West the providers pro implementation jects A/54/13 jects costing . The proposed jects and studies budget jects proposed for ility studies for sewerage, for studies ility itional contributions, were contributions, itional ramme. Within the medical the Within ramme. during the reporting period reporting the during g ro p allocated almost equally between equally almost allocated

g ject to add feedin y million. In addition, pro In addition, million. udget was was udget Programme administration and Programme lementar pp in the magnitude of $21.55 million, making a total capital total $21.55 making million, a of magnitude the in A $40 million. over 1993 of since in sector the investment of in preparation the assisted from Gaza team design camp and Jalazone Shufat the for drawings detailed improvement projects. Construction an of internal Arab in Syrian the camp at Neirab scheme sewerage 1998. in InLebanon, September completed was Republic were designs and detailed studies where feasibility water of and construction rehabilitation the for completed could the inAgency camps, infrastructure water and waste tender of review final pending construction begin not pro Capital Commission. European the by documents improvement camp self-help by complemented were Agency the which to pathways, paving as such activities, andcommunity material the construction contributed provided volunteer labour. 47. was the biennium 1998-1999 for budget programme health representing approximately at $126 million, established Owing budget. operating total Agency’s the of cent 18 per below reduced be had to allocations constraints, funding to health making average level, the 1996-1997 budget than more $13.50 a little per year, expenditure per refugee other by current the expenditure of of a fraction level operations. of area in Agency’s the providers health-care two approximately health the budget, The share of largest comprising to medical services, allocated thirds, was health, disease family treatment services, and support laboratory care, dental activities, and control prevention The hospitalization. and rehabilitation physical services, remaining b environmental health services in camps and inthe camps health services environmental su which were still ongoing ongoing still were which Pro million. $5.72 to amounted sub implementation, over $18.58 $18.58 over and disposal capacity. After the establishment of its special its of establishment the After capacity. and disposal healthenvironmental in in Gaza programme 1993, the feasib detailed out carried Agency management, at a waste and drainage solid water storm pro and implemented million, $1.56 of cost eceived litate or litate 1998, programme alth and non-communicable . Over 1.1 million Palestine million 1.1 . Over llaboration with CDC. Funded CDC. with llaboration . With project funding r jectives of that comprehensive of jectives A in cooperation with local municipalities Health infrastructure Health Environmental health Environmental W with Kingston University, United Kingdom (see para. 198 (see Kingdom United University, Kingston with below). From September to December UNR managers from UNRWA’s five fields of operation and the operation of fields five UNRWA’s from managers training in two participated Health of Ministry Palestinian health and reproductive epidemiology on workshops counselling, organized in co the represented workshops those contribution, a special by capacity-building a comprehensive of phase second programme The professionals. Palestinian for programme focused on the development five health of research services projects in reproductive he diseases designed by field teams during field the first round by designed of diseases epidemiological for skills computer enhancing workshops; training appropriate of and the development applications; In February level. delivery service the at staff for material Eastern WHO and UNRWA from 1999, staff participated States member Office Regional Mediterranean management quality total on in a training workshop by and co-sponsored CDC with in collaboration organized ob ultimate The WHO. who personnel of team core a establish to were programme other to and skills knowledge transfer and acquire could the of appropriateness the and relevance assess staff; and introduce components; various health programme and cost- the efficiency increase to adjustments system. health-care Agency’s the of effectiveness 45. operation of fields in five the camps official 59 in refugees by provided health services environmental from benefited replace health facilities that had deteriorated beyond the beyond that had deteriorated health facilities replace for funds of lack to owing repair, economical of point maintenance.preventive The Agency sought PIP additional health several replacing of cost the cover to contributions rehabilitate and to premises in unsatisfactory facilities upgrading Construction, others. and equipping primary standards service improve to helped facilities health care of the on quality impact marked with flow, and patient austerity of effects negative the partiallycare, offsetting measures. 46. mainly under PIP, UNRWA continued to rehabi to continued UNRWA PIP, under mainly alth tained jects for ject in Gaza . In the . In the framework rove environmental health environmental rove p bove). Senior he UNRWA ealth ministries in Jordan, Lebanon and ects to im to ects j ro p ital (see para. 196). The Agency cooperated with cooperated para. 196). The Agency ital (see lated meetings, conferences and studies organized and studies conferences meetings, lated Cooperation with host authorities host with Cooperation onsored p and quality of services, should the Agency fail fail to secure Agency the should services, of and quality resources. financial additional 49. available within building, to commitment Agency’s the of in Palestinian the system health-care a sustainable means, closely cooperate to continued areas,self-rule UNRWA in health the and Authority Palestinian the sector with health the infrastructure. enhance to assistance provided a three- of implementation the included That cooperation planning pro health andmaternal family year (see para. 198 below); the development of a brucellosis para. of (see 198 below); the development with in cooperation programme and control surveillance training a joint para. 41 below); (see and UNDP WHO and health; and reproductive in epidemiology programme that of with schedule immunization its harmonization of the Palestinian main was Authority. dialogue A close technical Authority in all Palestinian participated staff and in all health policy, of aspects practical on committees health-re WHO, with in cooperation Authority Palestinian the by maintained close also Agency The and donors. UNICEF h with cooperation exchange through the including Republic, Arab Syrian the measures, control disease of coordination information, of and in national conferences and participation and Jordan of Governments The campaigns. immunization annual Agency’s the provided Republic Arab Syrian the pro UNRWA vaccine. B hepatitis for requirements drainage sewerage, andsupply water improvement of the with in coordination out carried were in camps systems government- by complemented and were authorities, local s between UNRWA, the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian the Authority UNRWA, between understanding a common reach to Community European European the of operation and future commissioning the on Hosp Gaza construction the on and donors the Authority Palestinian (see Bank health in West the a public laboratory of Qalqilia para. 180 below); the UNRWA’s upgrading of and para. 177 below); in (see Bank Hospital the West improvements to environmental health infrastructure in the a Gaza Strip para. 46 (see g ramme, includin ramme, g ro . Increasing pressure on p Impact of austerity measures onents of the health the of onents p resources generated by population growth, andinflation population by generated resources the increased costs medical of care, on the one hand, and Agency the left other, the on shortfalls, funding significant which measures maintain austerity to the but no option in the 1993 and introducedboard across introduce to were deficit. the at reducing financial aimed measures further Those measuresincluded a co-payment system for the cost cash of suspension hospitals, at certain treatment of in hospitals at private treatment emergency for subsidies in a reduction staff, of recruitment the on a freeze Jordan, and supplies medical of procurement the for allocations in travel reduction a and health premises, of maintenance were measures those even and training However, budgets. services health of levels maintain to adequate insufficient in continued to therefore pursue other 1998. The Agency measures and to enhance efficiency reduce costs, including special using at all levels, health staff trainingfurther of and in-service education continuing for contributions high to low from staff of training; redeployment the offset to technology appropriate of use the areas; priority solid of mechanization the as such expenditure, recurrent waste management with project funds; and seeking Lebanon for resources extrabudgetary through a special also Agency The international the community. to appeal various of analysis on studies cost-benefit conducted com A/54/13 who Agency-wide, health staff recruited locally of result a As activities. programme all core implemented fall to continued staff of numbers freeze, a recruitment that needs, so increasing meet to required those below facilities health care primary in Agency workloads consultations 100 patient — of an average heavy remained the ameliorate to order In Agency-wide. day per doctor per care, of on quality the workloads such of effects adverse were staff developed, were protocols management standard and an appointment levels, competency defined trained to and inchild health-care mother implemented was system specialist conditions, certain for care special clinics, for That services. and dental laboratory and for services, care client reduced patient flow, improved markedly approach time. contact staff/client and increased time waiting 48. ject ject. 10.6 bove ( A/54/13 ccess and hest in Lebanon in Lebanon hest . UNRWA continued to continued . UNRWA g tials. means principal tials. The aling with the electronic storage electronic aling the with ramme continued to be hi be to continued ramme g upport, shelter rehabilitation, poverty alleviation rehabilitation, shelter upport, poverty Special hardship programme hardship Special ro p relief and social services management staff to a to staff management services and social relief andlevel, area at field database socio-economic the update planningand management. programme improved which in thanMore trained 260 staff were Agency-wide Work the system. use to visits andworkshops follow-up of development The the FRS. and update revise to began permit would which an enhanced registration system, to expected was data, UNRWA other with linkages future 2000.Unit The the year theURS end of by completed be support field its at (Amman) improved Headquarters staff, UNRWA and workshops. through visits activities external Authority, Palestinian the from representatives several attended donors and potential researchers, workshops on a project de existing the with files family of and integration pro files family URS the of components computerized pro files family the of Complete implementation funding. in $6 million extrabudgetary over required 53. assist who were refugee unable families to meet basic needs for food, shelter and other essen were families (SHC) hardship case special to assistance of food s business as or (such personal smallinitiatives for loans and preferential subsidies higher hospitalization needs), of number The training centres. UNRWA to access stringent the eligibility met which in households refugees earn to an fit income medically adult male no — criteria a support financial of means identifiable and other no 2.3 per thresholda defined — increasedcent, by from 1999 (see June 30 195,616at at200,078 30 June 1998 to total the within SHCs of proportion The 3). table annex I, 5.6 from slightly, decreased population refugee registered did programme SHC the Although cent. per 5.5 to cent per were there in which households to assistance not provide socio- poor adults, male unemployed but employable including unemployment, conditions, economic contributed by assistance UNRWA the to demand for indirectly extended of potential income-earning the reducing an alternative as rely might households whom on families, in enrolled refugees of The percentage assistance. SHC to the ect, j ro p llaborating stem (URS) (URS) stem lity management in management lity y . Substantial progress was progress Substantial . . There were 3.6 million were . There istration S istration g bove). UNICEF provided an in-kind Refugee registration Refugee Unified registration system registration Unified C. and services social Relief WHO provided UNRWA, on a non-reimbursable loan providedWHO UNRWA, Health, of Director the Agency’s of services the with basis, headquarters of theposts local four of the cost covered andthe chiefs, division provided with technicalAgency participated UNRWA publications. and scientific literature international andin WHO meetings, and interregional co-sponsored WHO all international health days. observed qua total a trainingon programme 51. February 1999, in cooperation with the WHO co WHO the with 1999, in cooperation February and Prevention, Control Disease at centre for the Centers a para. 44 (see Atlanta the for vaccines of requirement Agency’s the of donation in immunization framework the of programme expanded and Gaza Bank West In the cooperation. long-standing of through the channelled were donations those Strip, support continued to a UNAIDS Palestinian Authority. and prevention the on programme education health school during year. the HIV/AIDS 1998/99 school control of June at 30 UNRWA with registered refugees Palestine 3 per cent almost the 30 June 1999, of anover increase in 1). the As annex I, table 3.52 (see million 1998 figure of previous reporting period, the rate increase of reflected thefor requests most with growth, natural population of rate and marriages births, new representing records of updating registereddeaths. Thewas largest proportion refugees of total), the Agency-wide in of (41.7 Jordan per cent Bank Strip the West the Gaza (22 per cent), by followed cent) per (10.3 cent), theper (15.7 Syrian Arab Republic population, the registered Of cent). per (10.2 and Lebanon 53.8 15 or under, aged 36.9 per cent were per cent were age, and 9.4 aged of per 16 andcent were 59 years between refugee registered third the one total of About older. or 60 inof area the camps in the 59 lived refugee population and villages remainder the in towns resided operations; annex 2). (see I, table 52. Re Unified the on made artens andartens g . Participation . Participation in ort services for women, such as kinder as such women, for services ort pp Social development programmes development Social UNRWA’s community-based social development social community-based UNRWA’s with and persons youth women, for programmes 38,417 at mid- from 14.3 per cent, by increased disabilities 43,918 atto mid-1999.1998 community- The number of within centres Agency-sponsored or organizations based the 128 at increased camps from mid-1998 to 131 at mid- centres programme 70 women’s of a total 1999, with and 34 (YACs), centres activities youth 27 (WPCs), Community-based centres. rehabilitation community in an role important played (CBOs) organizations local the by managed and largely run being life, community 20,534 At 30 June 1999, itself. there were community Agency- 70 the by organized participants in activities the activities Those alone. centres programme women’s wide included projects and training to establish income- on and workshops lectures microenterprises; generating (e.g., community and the women to concern of issues parenting health, better training courses skills); family hairdressing); skills, camera TV literacy, computer in (e.g., and su focused on helping SHCs to achieve a income level of achieve to SHCs helping on focused hardship rolls. Agency’s the from removed be to sufficient increase an Agency-wide witnessed period reporting The the with in initiatives, skills-training/ apprenticeship and skills marketable of development the on emphasis assistance in post-training and number The placements. job and schemes lending community/group-managed of scope income- sustainable supporting increased, funds revolving to improvements facilitating or activities generation and fully loans Soft shelters. or homes participants’ microenterprises of establishment the for loans repayable in 58 from grants increased of andnumber the continued, 87 in1997/98 to 1998/99. Thegeneration income community centres, programme women’s of component centres activities and youth rehabilitation centres socio-economic to contribution PAP’s complemented third- with cooperation increased UNRWA development. business training in basic of partners in provision the party A workers. and social families centres, several to skills poverty the from 1,526 participants benefited of total programme. alleviation 58. ject ject to unexpected . The regular budget cceptable standards for . With extrabudgetary pro extrabudgetary With . upport to 51,525 SHC families 51,525 SHC to upport ation package, continued to be to continued package, ation food r . Each SHC beneficiary received five ities each year (milk, flour, sugar, rice, sugar, flour, (milk, year each ities Food support Food Selective assistance cash rehabilitation Shelter basic food commod equivalent $40 per to In subsidy oil). addition, a cash certain replacing lesser-valued year, per person the in commodities 54. in sub standard shelters and many families lived outside border closures, or fluctuation in the price of commodities of in price the or fluctuation closures, border markets. in local 55. frozen remained assistance cash selective for allocation difficulties. financial continuing Agency’s the to owing basis to an hoc on ad provided had been That assistance of a result as distress experienced which families SHC or death flooding, fire, as such situations, emergency earners. The income or household of heads of incapacity in refugee the crises acute to respond to ability Agency’s that some estimated was It eroded. severely was community cash were selective families in10,305 SHC of need assistance. 56. distributed. SHCs in Lebanon also received lentils and lentils received also in Lebanon SHCs distributed. subsidy commodity/cash the in to chick-peas, addition package. food s UNRWA’s sub in net areas a crucialwas safety A/54/13 1,305 SHC shelters rehabilitated of funding, UNRWA reporting 505 in previous the to compared as families, a on either out carried was rehabilitation Shelter period. and financial providing Agency the with basis, self-help arranging families and beneficiary assistance technical with contractors, camp-based small by or labour, volunteer refugee local the within employment creating of aim the the regular of budget Following the freeze community. shelter 1997, for the in August rehabilitation allocation through earmarked only was funded programme to far continued fall resources Available contributions. 12,881 that some estimated was It needs. identified of short Agency-wide the of cent per 25 representing families, SHC in housing lived still persons, 50,020 comprising and total a minimally meet that not did and space ventilation hygiene, soundness, structural in great the particularly was Need size. family to relative lived families SHC of number a large where field, Lebanon .

A/54/13 jects were . The 1999 tituted the largest the tituted NGOs, support in to CBOs the West it; and summer and winter camps for andcamps it; and summer winter jects. Volunteers cons matic missions supported a range of social a range of supported missions matic ational ational Programme budget and administration Programme and NGOs authorities host Cooperation with conducted with the PA, including skills-training courses skills-training including PA, the with conducted fund- workshops; development community CRCs; for of expansion the disabled; the for raising initiatives establishment the programmes; advice and legal libraries aof speech therapy un international and local of number and A children. youth NGOs and diplo and disabled, the women, for programmes development CBO for assistance in addition offering youth, to Bank and Gaza fields through its departments of culture, of departments through its and Gaza fields Bank reporting During the and sports. youth social affairs, pro and joint period, activities a range of institution building Some agencies specializing in proportion of CBO staff responsible for the planning, making activities, of management and implementation services. social providing of means a cost-effective CBOs 60. programme services relief the and social of budget was $43.5 million, expenditure although actual was reduction and cost other austerity to due less be to expected in place was l997. programme The since measures which recruitment, limits on by affected negatively out 49 of total A staff. existing of workload the increased cent) 8 per posts services (about and social 599 relief of of caseload The during the period. reporting vacant were excess in was, year per 300 cases at about workers, social Social per year. 250 cases of average the recommended of workers could only spend an average five hours of per assistance SHC of delivery the manage to year per family self-reliance. and promote 61. carried were programmes development social UNRWA’s non- the authorities, host with cooperation in close out agencies. Nations United and other sector governmental Palestinian the with close was particularly Cooperation other with in coordination which continued, Authority, local and intern sustainable, 54 had reached partial sustainability, and only partial sustainability, had reached 54 sustainable, CRCs support. UNRWA on dependent totally still 8 were financial achieve to working also were and YACs income-generation through fund-raising, sustainability and pro activities , and g jects at udgeting, . UNRWA’s ects was increasin j ro p izations with similar with objectives.izations At mid- services and services g Progress towards self-sustainability towards Progress eneratin strategy for community-based organizations was to shift to was organizations community-based for strategy support and financial staff direct from away assistance to training a view skills with of towards the provision in and self-sustainability institution-building facilitating plan (1995-1999), with the accordance five-year which full achieve enhance to aimed and eventually The CBOs. for sustainability and financial administrative the develop to assistance technical provided Agency to and continued centres, the of structures administrative towardsuntil running costs partial subsidies provide UNRWA achieved. be could independence financial in train to committees workshops support included b (e.g., processes and development organizational and partial financial technical management), programme assistance and for programmes women the serving disabled technical achieved; was sustainability until financial managing of formation the support to assistance pro income-generation and bye-laws; committees the centres; assistance in fund-raising third-party from and and local CBOs between links sources, and forging organ international the 70 WPCs1999, 30 of (43 per cent) had achieved managing their local i.e., sustainability, administrative for responsible independently and fully were committees the of aspects and all other finances planning activities, those the remaining At WPCs, 40 operations. centre’s managing the by jointly performed were functions bye- of establishment The staff. and UNRWA committees 122 managing of 84 out for completed had been laws and under all CBOs, was way of (69 per cent) committees income- and range of number remaining The the 38. for focus on the rehabilitation and integration into schools and schools into and integration rehabilitation the on focus on as well as with disabilities, refugees of society Support issues. disability of increasingawareness public and centres, at the offered were services disabled the to members training on family focused which through CBR, and WPCs YACs Both relatives. their disabled for care to were used as a venue for lectures and workshops on issues anti-smoking HIV/AIDS, as such concern, community of and democracy. 59. g the end y . UNRWA’s ear. B . The income- y Small-scale enterprise programme enterprise Small-scale Solidarity group lending programme group Solidarity 64. generation programme in Gaza was composed of four of composed inwas Gaza programme generation various to credit provided which of three subprogrammes, which targettraining business provided andgroups of one programme enterprise (SSE) small-scale The services. capital and capital working provide to continued in the businesses and new established to loans investment creation, job promote to sectors and service industry ranged loans The from and import-substitution. exports $70,000$3,000 and to had average 20 months, terms of rate nominal interest The period. grace a two-month with period, reporting the During annum. per cent per 10 was working of level an increased programme the provided restrictions, Israeli of effect the reduce to loans capital which often slowed the movement of finishedgoods and During the costs. business and increased materials raw $1.5 provided programme reporting SSE the period, and create helping to enterprises, 124 to inmillion loans $8 almost of base a capital With maintain 185 jobs. a hadtotal June programme 1999 the awarded million, by and maintained a million, at $11.4 valued of 703 loans most the of making it one cent, per 95 recovery of rate East. kind in Middle its the of programmes successful 65. to continued programme (SGL) lending group solidarity women to solely loans capital working short-term provide operation-level entire The owners. microenterprise of composed was staff extension credit and management capital working provided programme SGL The women. a and system guarantee a group through women to loans to access gained Women methodology. lending graduated each and guaranteeing groups solidarity forming by credit a new to access get incould a group Women loans. other’s meet to continued members group’s the all of if only loan was loan a When manner. a timely in payments their an of loan a repeat to entitled was repaid, member each was That one. programme than larger previous the amount region, East in Middle the successful most the of one 98 per cent. over of maintaining rate an annual repayment and staff whereby self-sufficient, fully was programme The from income interest the from met were costs overhead each million at $1.9 valued 2,897 loans

1 raised marginally which get groups was provided . UNRWA’s income-generation . UNRWA’s . UNRWA’s income-generation activities were activities income-generation . UNRWA’s Objectives Gaza D. generation Income 62. families. Credit to those tar programme continued to support small continued to and programme by community refugee the within microenterprises through capital working and investment capital providing field-based revolving loan funds, and providing by create aimed to programme The assistance. technical and poverty reduce income, generate employment, socio- through in women, particular refugees, empower the reporting During period, the capacity growth. economic grow. to continued and its programme the activities of a high priority. be to continued Women 63. concentrated in the Gaza Strip, and managed by a central by and Strip, managed in Gaza the concentrated During Younis. at Khan in andoffice a branch Gaza office status the achieved programme the period, reporting the in the programme credit third the specialized only being of self- operational achieve to East Africa and North Middle overhead its In funded 1998, programme the sufficiency. programme from million $1.4 of costs and investment situation socio-economic The million. $1.6 of revenues a result as period duringreporting the somewhat improved restricted previously had which closures, border fewer of Real flows. and labour trade leadingtrade, improved to by grew national product and gross product domestic gross and 5.53.0 per cent, respectively, A/54/13 1994. However, forsince time first the levels income not could families and many unevenly spread was income adjusted The income. available from needs their basic meet 30 per cent, the andratewas 38 per cent of unemployment cent per 26 in poverty, lived Strip Gaza the of population was income family where poverty, absolute in latter the of camp Refugee needs. basic purchase to insufficient were region in southern the living and those residents and dwellers camp refugee of cent per 42 as still, poorer below lived Gaza southern of the population of cent per 51 In line. that situation, programme the poverty the that had the enterprises business formal target to continued and to thetarget unemployed, for jobs provide to capacity poor for income generate could which enterprises informal ject alth ating ating A/54/13 cceeded in demonstr During the reporting period, PIP period, reporting the During . Launched in October 1993 following the 1993 . Launched infollowing October Objectives Implementation. ., laboratories, libraries), two health centres, one he one health centres, two libraries), laboratories, ., g E. Implementation Peace Programme funding of activities carried out within the framework of framework the within out carried activities of funding and health and relief in education, programmes Agency its Since in as income-generation. as well services, social su had generally PIP inception, loans valued at $2.5 million. The MEC subprogramme in subprogramme MEC The at million. $2.5 valued loans rapidly through branch its Nablus Bank expanded the West delivery developing credit on its concentrating by office of in initial the phase The programme was capacity. Nablus the of satellites as units outreach credit two opening the allow would That and at Jenin Tulkarm. office branch in northern the communities poorer target to programme lived the population of cent per 28 to up where Bank, West period, the reporting end of the By line. poverty the below at 1,410 loans $1.4valued had million, MEC and provided cent. per 96 of rate maintained an annual repayment 69. Self- Interim on Principles of Declaration the of signing Implementation Peace the Arrangements, Government pro main the channel for remained (PIP) Programme the tangible benefits of the peace process, more specifically more process, peace the of benefits tangible the in improving conditions, cre living Palestine refugees’ infrastructure. and developing opportunities employment of construction the expansion on or focused latter The Agency for demand increasing meet to facilities UNRWA maintaining sector), education the in (especially services standard, an adequate upgrading to or existing facilities health and environmental housing and improving insufficient of a Against background in camps. conditions funds PIP programmes, regular Agency’s the for funding needs pressing most the of some meet to UNRWA enabled in deterioration a qualitative prevent to and helped increasingly had become aspect latter The programmes. in continuing funding shortfalls the of in view significant the regular budget. 70. funds enabled UNRWA to complete the construction of 10 of construction the complete to UNRWA enabled funds rooms specialized four classrooms, additional 39 schools, (e. g . The mall business eriod, SMET offered 28 trainin 28 offered SMET eriod, p

g ortin p the re the g Small and microenterprise training programme Small and microenterprise provide working capital loans to a portion of the estimated the of a portion to loans capital working provide 20,432 in Strip. Gaza the In Gaza the microenterprises or produced primarily microentrepreneurs economy, the including market, local the for provided services usually microenterprises of owners The sector. informal better while enterprises, in such Workers incomes. had low thanoff the unemployed, were most often poor. Despite ineconomy, Palestinian the component largest the being the from credit obtain unable to were microenterprises as offer to collateral had no they since banking sector security. Many did not even have bank accounts and on a discounting cash basis, worked payments cheque capital working provided MEC through moneylenders. lending through a graduated basis an on individual loans methodology, whereby borrowers were provided with paid their previous they if a higher volume of loans repeat fastest the remained time. on programme loan MEC the the period, During reporting subprogramme. growing at $3.6 million providedprogramme valued 4,037 loans cent. per 97.4 of rate and maintained an annual repayment 8,712 had provided its programme the Since inception, at $9.2 million valued toloans 5,919 The individuals. 33,536 supported microenterprises those of owners lending MEC generated; thus income the from dependants 4 per about to support socio-economic provided therefore in Gaza. population the of cent 67. small and microenterprise training programme (SMET) and microenterprise small generation and employment to contribute to continued socio-economic development supporting by s development and encouraging enterprise through business training business only the was training. programme The a standard range of delivered regularly which programme needs business the small of meet to designed courses 27 for curricula Arabic developed programme The owners. of a pool by delivered training courses business short-term a part-time on courses conducted trainers, who local 22 exclusively While the was basis. programme contract it since cost-effective donor funds, it was by supported of the 31 and direct costs 100 per cent of between raised fees. through participation running training each course Durin jects million of that of million ation sector, including sector, ation eceived $8.8 . and one Eight countries . UNRWA was able to cover the cover to able was . UNRWA . There was no noticeable improvement in Objectives Status of funding Implementation F. Appeal Lebanon 72. refugee Palestine the of conditions the socio-economic — period duringreporting the in Lebanon community ratherthe of 367,000 Most the reverse. Palestine refugees living deplorable face to continued in Lebanon registered for UNRWA on entirely almost and depended conditions situation socio-economic deteriorating The services. basic of inability the with combined a whole, as in country the to or market job the to the refugees access gain full to in growing resulted health facilities, public from benefit resources insufficient with Faced and misery. desperation with the growing needs cope to budget core in the Agency’s launched UNRWA in Lebanon, community refugee the of $11 1997, seeking in appeal July emergency a special essential support in contributions to million additional activities. services social and relief and health, education, 73. and an elementary/preparatoryschool; the mechanization intergovernmental organization responded generously to generously responded organization intergovernmental 30 $9.4 million by of pledges total announcing appeal, the June 1998. Thehad r Agency amount, and had expended $6.3 million by mid-1999. Of amount, and $6.3 by million had expended health the sector, for pledges,was million total $4.6 the of procurement assistance, hospitalization including a health centre, of and construction supplies, medical million $3.9 and disposal; collection waste for equipment was pledged for projects in the educ and two running equipment for construction, costs training new of and introduction the schools, secondary for was training at Siblin million and $0.9 centre; courses rehabilitation. shelter 74. 7,625 for patients of requirements hospitalization as well as at private days 24,000 hospital approximately pro Two hospitals. Society Crescent Red at Palestine for the procurement of textbooks for elementary and preparatory schools were also completed mid-1999. by The following projects were ongoing:construction sheltersof a health centre of reconstruction school; and a secondary eceived ject. million, ject for eight ities r ities tal over the life the tal over 30 June 1999 a y , b eceived $3.6 g jects came to the end of ation sector, $1 million $1 sector, ation jects in the Bank. West almost $0.5 million and million $0.5 almost ject funding, while Jordan million in pledges and in million pledges aza Strip r aza Strip . During the reporting period, reporting the During . jects in the educ jects in the G Status of funding 71. received $7.8UNRWA contributions for PIP projects, raising to the 1998 to $214.8at 30 June million from the programme of funding, $6.5 the new 1999. $221.3 Of at 30 June million pro for was million construction of a central pharmacy, 11 water reservoirs and reservoirs water 11 pharmacy, a central of construction and in Jordan; camps latrinein units refugee five upgrading anddental a mobile asystem camp sewerage camp and health environmental other Several in Syria. unit infrastructure ongoing at projects mid-1999, were andin drainage sewerage for study a feasibility including five refugee camps; storm-water reinstatement of drainage, health of a public construction and pathways; roads the of Bank; components several in West the laboratory camps area middle the for andscheme drainage sewerage and drainage pro sewerage in a major Gaza; refugee camps in Lebanon, and the construction of a of and construction the in Lebanon, camps refugee included activities PIP-funded Other in Beirut. polyclinic the and inLebanon; Jordan programme learners a slow into regular children the impaired visually of integration of provision the aged; destitute the for care system; school PIP trainingnursing and in Lebanon. devices; prosthetic through programmes Agency regular sustain to helped also schools a number of of maintenance routine the funding health two of running the Bank, costs in and Gaza the West for scholarships university of in Gaza and cost the centres small-scale four Strip, InGaza the students. refugee group solidarity and seven enterprise pro credit lending/microenterprise their project cycles.Cash expenditure under PIP was $32 including not period, million duringreporting the pro Hospital Gaza European the on expenditures for the health sector, $0.3 million for the relief and social the relief for million $0.3 health the sector, for income-generation for million and $0.02 sector services Pro activities. $1.3 million. With the new fundin new the With million. $1.3 A/54/13 $1.9 while funding, the new of cent per 50 almost or pro new to allocated was million Lebanon and Syria both received in pro respectively, million, $0.5 activ accounted Agency-wide for million. $0.2 A/54/13 udget mainly as mainly ations were ations ference between 1998 was $274.2 1998 was . Total expenditure . Total . Total cash and in- cash . Total in its deficit million million, which $254 of illion in kind, kind, in illion ities. Other United Nations United Other ities. jects. Voluntary contributions . UNRWA prepared its General its prepared . UNRWA resentingthedif million was for the was million regular b $12.7 m rep . The total volume of UNRWA’s 1998 UNRWA’s of volume . total The 1998, in food commod budget Budget preparation Regular budget Income and sources of funding and financialExpenditure results egular Agency’s lack of access to revenue sources available available to sources revenue to access of lack Agency’s as borrowing, or taxation as proper, such sectors public contributions, assessed of a system of absence the as well on voluntary Agency the of reliance and concomitant the income. for contributions 81. r Fund budgets on a biennial basis, although oper basis, a biennial on budgets Fund was financed on an annual basis. At mid-1999, UNRWA preparing the biennium for its2000-2001 under budget its addendum (see budget a programme-based as format new to the present report). 82. $314 million which million, of $342.9 was regular budget in-kindthe million $28.9 and portion the cash represented hardship and the the special for donations mainly portion, The programmes. feeding nutrition and supplementary $352.8 the 1999 regular was budget of volume total the represented $322.1 million which cash of million, annex and(see $30.7the in-kind million portion portion 9). table I, 83. kind in income received UNRWA by $250.4 which million, of proand $23.8for million Community andEuropean the Governments from total of $258.994.4 million, or per cent, for accounted annex that 10). (see I, Mostwas table income of income received in cash, and of donations income) total $13.6 of (5 per cent provided million bodies 92 includingof funding the costs, staffing cover to and Secretariat Nations United the by international posts the of in the staffing and WHO UNESCO from assistance remaining The $1.7 and health programmes. education from was total income) of cent per (0.6 million sources. miscellaneous 84. in$298.4 1998 was UNRWA by and for $44.4 million budget regular the for was million projects. The Agency recorded a $1.9 . PIP covered amme established in established amme udgetary activities: udgetary . The Lebanon Appeal covered urgent covered Appeal Lebanon The . . The General Fund covered all covered Fund General . The . Other projects included expenditure eceived contributions and incurred alleviate the deplorable socio-economic deplorable the alleviate Assistance, a progr . During 1998-30 June the 1 July period 1993 to improve infrastructure improve 1993 to and enhance ities funded under UNRWA’s ongoing UNRWA’s under funded ities Peace Implementation Programme Implementation Peace projects Other Lebanon Appeal Structure (a) General Regular budget; Fund; (b) Projects or extrab (i) (PIP); Programme Implementation Peace (ii) Appeal; Lebanon (iii) Other. General Fund Financial matters -1998 to help B. and expenditure Budget, income A. structure Fund incurred on the European Gaza Hospital andExpanded the Hospital Gaza European the on incurred of Programme in infrastructure and conditions living improve 1988 to subsumed subsequently was which communities, refugee into It was being PIP. phased out as projects were completed. recurrent costs incurred in UNRWA’s regular programme, regular in incurred UNRWA’s costs recurrent and health, and relief education, Agency’s the of consisting functions. all support as well as services, social 77. to in response funded were which needs, operational increased 1997 appeal for assistance in July UNRWA’s 1997 in Lebanon. refugees Palestine facing conditions 79. project activ since initiative Agency-wide. communities in refugee conditions living 78. 1999, UNRWA r 1999, UNRWA headings: following the against expenditure 76. Chapter III Chapter 75. 1998, ecember 1997 and 1998. All ecember 1998 amounted . The PIP account million had yet to be to yet had million ities to be implemented over implemented be to ities . The Lebanon Appeal account had account Appeal . Lebanon The ities to be implemented over varying over implemented be to ities . UNRWA continued to face a critical face to continued . UNRWA Peace Implementation Programme Implementation Peace Overview Lebanon AppealLebanon C. activities Extrabudgetary D. situation financial Current representing the difference between actual contributions received since the appeal was launched in July earmarked were Appeal Lebanon the under contributions for specific project activ time. of periods varying expenditures incurred end-December by 88. 90. had a positive balance of $15.3 million at $15.3 million 31 of D balance had a positive actual income 1998, representing between the difference and since inception $193.2 million programme’s the of andpledges $177.9 million. Total of expenditure actual contributions under PIP at 31 December $28.1 which $221.3 million, of to received. All contributions under PIPwereearmarked for specific project activ expenditure PIP that expected Agency The time. of periods $20 million. approximately be in 1999 would 89. D at 31 million $3.3 of balance a positive financial period, duringreporting the situation in regular the shortfalls funding large by characterized and and reserves, capital cash budget, working depleted The accounts. inproject certain deficits cumulative income of inability the representing — deficit structural in the natural growth arising from needs with pace keep to cost the increased which and inflation, population refugee a remained — services of maintaininglevel a constant of hoc ad of a combination through However, problem. financial and prudent contributions donor additional that provision had remained unfunded, although unfunded, had remained that provision liability a contingent represented indemnities termination mid-1999 on calculations, Based that Agency. the on $144.6 million. at about stood liability unfunded ition, the Agency had not Agency the ition, . Working capital, defined as the as defined capital, . Working . Repeated funding shortfalls in shortfalls funding . Repeated jects. In add 1998. That level of working capital was far was capital working of 1998. That level 1998 since it would not have been able to meet to able notbeen have would it since 1998 Cash position Cash (a)and port charges VAT Non-reimbursement of (b) the European on million $11.5 of Expenditure (c) the $5.2 on million of expenditure Unfunded Working capital Working below the optimal level of one month’s average month’s one of optimal level the below $17 million which of $25 million, some or expenditure, make to unable was Agency The payroll. the represented during capital working its replenishing towards progress financial poor continuing its to owing reporting period the situation. 86. difference between assets and assets in regular the liabilities between difference at $4.8 million negative was year, calendar the for budget 31 December cash previous years had eroded severely UNRWA’s hand on cash bank of amount the in — Agency position meet to in time point used that at any be accounts could cash 1998, outstanding December On 31 obligations. basic $63.1 million, of to amounted under all accounts pledges and regular the budget to pertained $30.6 million which pro $32.5 to million in respect Authority Palestinian the by reimbursed been yet against and tax related made payments value-added of $1 million about Agency the costing were which charges, factors Those alone. income interest in lost annually position, cash Agency’s strainthe further on exerted in time obligations meet to difficult making it especially At mid-1999, the Agency year. the fiscal the end towards of cash critical in the shortage a potentially facing was that 1999 indicated for forecasts months. Cash flow coming $13.6 million of shortage a cash have would Agency the were: factors main The contributory year. the of end the by Palestinian the by 1999, owed at 30 June as $21 million, of Authority; Fund; General the of out paid Hospital Gaza headquarters Vienna. thefrom Agency’s of move A/54/13Agency the Overall, year. the for $314 million of budget 31 on bankrupt” “technically considered be could December operations. it ceased have to were obligations all financial 85. A/54/13 eceding eceding . The Agency from the Charter of the United Nations, the 1946 the Nations, United the Charter the of from g Functional protection of detained staff protection Functional of operations increased from 61 in the previous reporting previous the in 61 from increased operations of 73 in to period the current reportingannexI, (see period released were members staff most Although 11). table in periods short trial or after relatively charge without in remained who members staff of number the detention, at as 10 was period reporting the of close at the detention members 1999. In30 June 40 staff the Gaza Strip, of a total Authority, Palestinian the by and detained arrested were compared with 15 in the preceding reporting period. staff Five Most periods. short relatively for were detentions close at the charge without in detention remained members of the reporting period, two of whom had continued from to member be staff 1996. No charge since without detained Israeli the by detained and subsequently arrested was Gaza were who duringauthorities two period; the reporting prior to current the authorities Israeli the by arrested West In the released. subsequently were period reporting detained and arrested members staff of number the Bank, in the five from increased Palestinian the Authority by preceding reportingperiod to six in the current reporting inas at remained June detention 30 whom of none period, and arrested detained members staff 1999. number The of from Bank decreased in West the authorities Israeli the by 14 in the preceding reporting period10into the current in detention June remained as at 30 whom of none one, compared1999. a Theredecrease, was to the pr arrested members staff of in number the period, reporting six staff Republic; Arab in Syrian the and detained were whom of three detained, and arrested were members memberssubsequently were arrested staff released. Six and in 13 the to pr compared in Jordan, detained as at 30 inJune detention remained One period. reporting in and arrested detained members staff were 1999. Two Lebanon. 94. and timely adequate with provided always not was for reasons the to as authorities relevant the by information Inabsence the members. staff of and arrest detention the to possible not always it was information, sufficient of functions official members’ staff the whether ascertain in mindrights the and bearing duties involved, were flowin . timated . Latest estimates of estimates . Latest

2 Expected cash expenditure Austerity and cost reduction measures in 1998 measures reduction and cost Austerity Financial situationat mid-1999 liquidity crisis (seepara. 86 above), which unless 1999. the end of resolved by operations disrupt Agency would 91. UNRWA began 1998 with a depleted working capital, low capital, working a depleted 1998 with began UNRWA increase a significant of and no expectation reserves cash 1998 fell for income cash expected Since income. in overall the year, for far the regularshort $314 million budget of the Agency was obliged measures to carry austerity forward in announced including those implemented, previously report in the previous detailed August 1997, which were Commissioner-General. the of was also reduced slightly by other factors, such as managed as such factors, other by slightly reduced also was of recruitment and delayed rates higher vacancy general the of context in the posts international and local previous from benefits of realization freeze; recruitment of use the mainly measures, restructuring and ongoing and international staffing; and reduced teachers contract stricter a of as result lines budget certain of non-utilization controls. financial 92. income and expenditure indicated that the indicated Agency’s and expenditure income year’s by even break regular 1999 would cashfor budget end, earlier the in contrary to forecast 1999 that there in reduction The million. $8 at least of a deficit be would to due regular was the estimated deficit budget cash in and further reductions contributions donor additional austerity of application continued the to due expenditure measures measures. Those cost-reduction and other the $322.1 1999 cash expenditure below expected reduced General the to presented budget the of million level es expenditurewas Expected 1999 for Assembly. of income expected to compared as at $251.5 million remained position cash $251.8 Agency’s The million. extremely weak, forcing the Agency to live from hand to and outgoing funds incoming balancing of in terms mouth all practical for was capital working The payments. to vulnerable Agency making the non-existent, purposes Additional expenditure. or income in expected change any difficult the overcome to sought being were contributions working Agency’s the replenish and to situation cash capital. . until the closure was lifted. Moreover, closures Moreover, lifted. was untilclosure the p Full closures of the West BankStrip and Gaza Full closures of the West systems of permits regulating the travel of local staff; local of travel the regulating permits of systems checkpoint controls and searches of Agency vehicles; Strip; and Gaza Bank West the of closures occasional travel on and restrictions curfews; of imposition occasional Bridge. Since the Allenby across 1997, September have residency Gaza or Bank West with Palestinians a vehicle drive to clearance security an additional required in Israel. As a result of those procedures, movement of Agencyandstaff vehicles was considerably impededand disruption with prevented, consequent frequently to primarily were restrictions The operations. Agency all of cent per 99 comprised who staff, local to applicable Bank and on Gaza. Constraints in West the staff Agency to ability Agency’s the affected operations UNRWA manner, and efficient in most the activities its conduct status legal its with and consistent its always not were the of and Inframework the immunities. privileges related the and of Immunities Privileges the on 1946 Convention 1967 Comay- the to United and reference with Nations Michelmore Agreement, the Agency continued to make an in at all levels authorities Israeli the to representations operations. its and facilitate constraints those ease to effort 98. Following incidents violence of or as a preventive security on closures full imposed the authorities Israeli measure, occasions several on Strip Gaza and/or Bank West the days 21 of a total for lasting period, during reporting the Bank. During in West the days and 17 Strip in Gaza the Bank and Gaza West holding Palestinians closures, full cards, identity Strip including Agency staff, prevented were and had their permits theirresidence leaving area of from in imposed were Closures notice. without revoked Strip the Gaza and on three days four 1998 for September killing of the with Bank in connection West the on days in Palestinians On that area. occasion, thetwo Hebron revoked not were Strip Gaza the in permits standing exit a constituted which closure, the with in connection the to applied hitherto practice usual the from departure Agency the and which authorities, Israeli the by Strip Gaza the of holders The change. had to earlier endeavoured the leave to not allowed were however, standing permits, Stri Gaza . The mained mained bove re taining information from taining information 1999, one staff member staff 1999, one re aza Strip inaza Strip ob detained staff members of mistreatment. In mistreatment. of members staff detained y Treatment and state of health of detained and statehealthof ofstaff Treatment laint b p the Palestinian Authority about the place of and reasons of place the about Palestinianthe Authority Authority Palestinian The members. staff of detention for of place the regarding information provide to failed also West the from members staff of detention for and reasons to able was the Agency cases in some However, Bank. visit to able and of detention was place the ascertain no experienced The Agency members. staff detained place the about details obtaining in difficulty significant of and reasons for detention of staff the by Israeli staff visit to permitted was Agency authorities. The and the authorities Israeli the both by detained members the Republic, In Arab the Syrian Authority. Palestinian relevant the by information with provided not was Agency of detention or arrest the for reasons the to as authorities to able not ascertain also the was Agency The staff. its visit to arrangements make and to detention of place June 30 At staff. detained in detention in Jordan on charges unrelated charges on UNRWA in Jordan to in detention activities. 96. continued detention in staff health of of and state treatment concernto of be to the The Agency. lack access of to in paragraph a 95 to referred staff detained the health the of on information obtaining to an obstacle of complained from Gaza member staff One detainees. during detention. authorities Israeli the by mistreatment the by detained members staff two health of of state The remained charge 1996 without since Authority Palestinian a decrease Overall, concern. was there of a matter number in the period reporting previous the to compared mistreatment of complained who members staff detained of the from member staff No Authority. Palestinian the by detention during mistreatment of complained Bank West authorities Israeli the either Palestinian the or by staff by complaints no were there In Jordan, Authority. government by mistreatment inof detention members no was there InSyrian the Republic, authorities. Arab com A/54/13 were members staff detained Most members. staff detained Security Preventive or Prison inCentral either Gaza held The Agency el-Hawa. experienced Headquarters at Tel in G the difficulties A/54/13 . The majority standing of permits . Almost all UNRWA vehicles. Almost all UNRWA . There continued to be lengthy delays lengthy be to continued . There Entry to Jerusalem to Entry checkpoint Erez Bridge Allenby its nature, complicated and impeded the movement of movement the and impeded nature, complicated its a and imposed unpredictability, to rise gave staff, Agency the on burden and financial administrative cumbersome maintain to anhad extra a consequence as which Agency, of permits and obtain renew to apparatus administrative hundred staff. several for validity limited 101. with West staff by held were staff local UNRWA held for their workplace reach to them enable to residency, Bank in particular the at Jerusalem, located facilities at Agency health centres and two eight schools as well as office, field closures of imposition the Following area. in Jerusalem the staff local Bank, by held all permits West the affecting and for reapplied be had to and subsequently revoked were at Jerusalem-area facilities staff of Attendance reissued. office, field at the particularly affected, consequently was residency. Bank West held staff local thirds of two where 102. continued to subjected be to internal andexternal searches through Strip Gaza the Erez the from exit every upon Gaza the transit between of point principal the checkpoint, Strip and Israel. were Search procedures applied all to with the staff, international and local by driven vehicles numbered who visas, diplomatic holding those of exception in Gaza international 52 stationed some staff of out 8 in that recall to relevant is It period. reporting the during hadMarch agreed to exceptionally 1996, the Agency by driven vehicles Agency of survey permit the a pragmatic as Strip Gaza the exiting international staff security Israeli of in consideration measure and temporary concerns. Those same search procedures had nevertheless the throughout level same at the at Erez in force remained and VIPs for at Erez lane special The period. reporting issued cards and the magnetic international organizations at expediting aimed both authorities, the Israeli by up the speed or search simplify not did crossings, in time-consuming result to continued which procedures, staff. Agency for delays 103. and search procedures at the Allenby Bridge Bridge for Allenby at the and procedures search Gaza or Bank West with international and staff local in Israel was Israel in g 1998, 27 and 28 ities on unspecified security unspecified on ities . For Palestinians with local with Palestinians . For Permits for local staff local for Permits authorities on the villages of Burin, Iraq Burin, Madama, Iraq Burin, Burin, of villages the on authorities andUrif Assira during el-Qibliyeh 8 August 1998, 4 to their reaching duty from members staff several preventing Israeli the by imposed also were stations. Curfews authorities during 30 Hebron 22 to area on the of H-2 October 13 to September August, 30 October 1998 and 4 to 11 January 1999, which prevented 1998 and 11 4 to October internal No operating. in that from area school an Agency during imposed the were reportingclosures period. 100. the between travel staff, UNRWA including residency, from Israel into entry or Strip andGaza the Bank West either those of areas continued to be subjected the to a permit Accordingly, authorities. Israeli the by imposed system standing required seek to or be continued to Agency of performance the for staff local for permits specific-use for applications of significant A proportion their duties. was staff local Agency for permits specific-use or standing rejected the by Israeli author grounds. There was a decrease in rejections of specific-use standing permits of in number The Gaza. staff for permits 34 from inincreased Gaza based staff Agency to granted at mid-199837 at to mid-1999. standing The number of Bank in West the based staff Agency to granted permits at 270 atincreased mid-1999. from mid-1998275 to Since authorities Israeli the by issued 1997, permits September and Bank West with members staff prohibited expressly A in Israel. a vehicle driving from Gaza Strip residency allow to required thereafter was clearance security separate Agency staff with such residency to drive Agency vehicles at the Agency the by protested was measure The in Israel. the lift to refused authorities Israeli the but levels, highest offering staff, all UNRWA to issued permits on prohibition of a number small from restriction the remove to instead list prioritized a selective, on based be to permits, the the far below fell That number Agency. the by provided of enforcement The requirements. operational Agency’s and hours, working of in loss the resulted prohibition the were members staff when expense additional entailed reaching from or from stations theirprevented duty a submitted subsequently Agency The on travelling duty. drivin whom for members staff of list ject eceipt ations aza to attend West attend aza to . The effective . In view of the extent of . The Israeli authorities, upon r upon authorities, Israeli . The ility of students from students G of ility Import of goods Provision of services of Provision Functioning of headquarters B. and Agency services premises functioning of UNRWA headquarters continued at Gaza UNRWA of functioning security-related Israeli by affected negatively be to and persons of movement unrestricted The measures. of role managing the and coordinating to essential goods, on Restrictions a headquarters, possible. not always was Bridge, andAllenby the checkpoint Erez the through travel even in the case seniorof Agency staff, caused particular in that regard. difficulties 108. of of 24 hours’ notice and after security clearance, residency continued Jerusalem or Bank West with staff local permit to In 1998, August trucks intoStrip. the Gaza Agency drive to denied were vehicles purchased and needed urgently newly at the authorities Israeli the by Strip Gaza the into entry first should that vehicles the insisted who checkpoint, Erez after in Israel. That registered resolved be was matter exchanges and the between Israeli UNRWA Ministry of 1999, the Israeli 14 April from effect With Foreign Affairs. at Karni terminal in the fees crossing imposed authorities 106. G St i ith t i lt ti hi h l d t d l UNRWA operations and the large number of local staff, the staff, local of number andlarge the operations UNRWA in effectively activities its conduct to Agency the of ability be to and in Bank the continued Strip Gaza West the Israeli the by imposed restrictions by affected adversely of movement the on grounds, security citing authorities, Agency staff and vehicles. The range constraints of delays, to rise and gave services, of provision the impeded inefficiencies costs. The and additional on effect oper their workplace reach to staff of inability implementation; offices training health centres, centres, schools, at Agency Agency reach to beneficiaries refugee of inability etc.; inab installations; included delays and additional costs in pro costs and additional delays included supplies in of transport the training Bank delays centres; thewithin and Strip andGaza the Bank West the between in the staff local senior of andinability the Bank; West official on in Gaza their counterparts visit to Bank West versa. and vice duty 107. A W UNR dency i es th local r i . Restrictions on the movement the on Restrictions . onal staff w i International drivers International Internat dependent on public transport between the bridge and the bridge the between transport public on dependent the terminal. During period, reporting the entire and week the of days the restrict to continued authorities Allenby the cross could staff that such day the of hours Gaza inthe transit Bank to West the Jordan to from Bridge the to a tax Israeli of payment the to regard With Strip. Bridge Authority for crossings from the Bank West to for authorities exemptions granted Israeli the Jordan, list A frequently. bridge the crossed who officials UNRWA authorities Israeli the to submitted was of officials such authorities during Israeli The the period. reporting than other officials, those listed exempted subsequently All tax. the of payment from residency, local with staff tax the pay to required be to continued members staff other staff Jordan. local into Furthermore, crossing when tax, an additional pay to required were Jordan to travelling Israeli the to or permit, an exit for a fee ostensibly member’s staff the on depending authorities, Palestinian thein restricted remained Agency The residency. of place transport international to use it could vehicles of number and in Bridge, addition was Allenby the across staff each for 24-hour pre-notification required provide to not did who member an international staff of crossing vehicles UNRWA card. crossing special the possess were plate licence diplomatic a with in Jordan registered the cross to the by authorities Israeli permission denied registered similarly although Jordan, from Bridge Allenby to other international organizations belonging vehicles appeared to face no such impediment. The Agency was in Gaza the registered using vehicles to limited therefore Strip or the Bank West for routine bridge crossings. 104. 105 A/54/13 through Strip Gaza the of the and out into staff local of Gurion Ben to terminal and Bridge access on Allenby Airport continued to employ extrato force UNRWA pouch maintain to effective drivers as international staff headquarters and Gaza field its and for courier services additional significant incurred Agency The operations. four the international so of drivers in respect costs recruited locally of the cost to compared as employed, drivers. A/54/13 . the By ceeded and at atters arisingatters from their Reimbursement of VAT and other charges and other of VAT Reimbursement Jordan C. Governments against Claims A. Education The Agency continued to pursue the matter with a view to a view with matter the pursue to continued Agency The requesting Israel to intervene to setaside the proceedings. pro member staff the trial the of However, mid-1999 The a Israeli expected. judgement was subpoenas cancel to intervene to refused also authorities and an with residency member local a staff to issued give to required were both international member; staff m in a criminal trial about evidence 117. regretted that hadmade no progress been UNRWA against claims outstanding other various its to regard with Governments. V Chapter official duties. UNRWA had repeatedly its stated had repeatedly UNRWA duties. official that provided task their with courts the assist to willingness at the and not with in conformity was assistance such the and 1946 Convention on Privileges of expense would UNRWA Nations. United the Immunities of members staff of immunity functional the assert to continue on and theto request Government concerned to duty behalf. its on intervene 116. close theof reporting had period, only received UNRWA from Palestinian the partial reimbursement limited very Agency, the tax paid by added value of in respect Authority related and port of in respect reimbursed and been had not charges incurred theby Agency for supplies destined for Bank and the from Gaza claimed West Strip, the applicable the with in accordance Palestinian Authority Liberation andPalestine the UNRWA between agreements andPalestinian the UNRWA and between Organization 1999 at 30 June outstanding amounts The total Authority. added tax and value $3.8 of $17.2in million respect were charges. and related port of in million respect .There was adecrease . Following lengthy . Following ceeded without incident . No difficulties were reported were difficulties . No . The Agency submitted a formal protest a formal submitted Agency . The Incursions into installations into Incursions Inspections of goods Inspections Diesel tax Diesel Construction of facilities of Construction requests for confirmation of refugee status from registered from status refugee of confirmation for requests and non-governmental governmental and from refugees worldwide. organizations 110. during the reporting period. in the number of incursions into UNRWA premises during premises UNRWA into incursions of in number the authorities Bank. Israeli in the West period reporting the two on Bank in the installations West Agency entered in the incursions such eight to compared as occasions, authorities Israeli In addition, period. reporting previous in the installations Agency into devices explosive fired West Bank injuring on five occasions. school, On one an of thoseUNRWA at occasions, fired were bullets rubber Israeli the to protested were incidents Those children. three in obligations Israel’s of reminded were who authorities, United the of premises of inviolability the to relation premises Agency entered authorities Palestinian Nations. and the incident occasion one was on Bank in West the InGaza the Authority. Palestinian the to protested formally the Palestinian by incursions six were there Strip, to the incidents those protested Agency authorities. The the to in relation obligations its of remindingPA the PA, incursions No premises. Nations United of inviolability Arab Syrian or the Lebanon in Jordan, reported were Republic. 111. during the under period review. 112. to the Syrian authorities in connection with the levying of levying the with in authorities connection Syrian the to a charge payableon diesel vehicles registered on or after the Agency 1 January 1990, of which in the view 1946 the meaning tax within the of a direct constituted Convention on the Privileges and Immunities the of United exempted was UNRWA Nations. convention, the Under by under consideration was matter The taxes. such from authorities. andSyrian the UNRWA 113. authorities, and Israeli the UNRWA between discussions with could continue that Agency the agreed it was construction of an urgently needed school in the Bank West pro Works Surik. Beit of village ccessible . The ESF at the ESF Amman . The . In 1998/99, 216 . Assistance towards secondary care . UNRWA health care for Palestine for health care . UNRWA Education sciences faculty sciences Education University scholarships Secondary care Primary care Primary B. Health centre (ATC) and 94 per cent at Wadi Seer trainingcentre Seer at Wadi cent per 94 and (ATC) centre in national average the to compared (WSTC), corresponding subjects 61 of per cent. One new computer at WSTC, and computer established another was centre members staff Two at ATC. construction under was centre centres. run those to States trained in United the were 122. training 659 to in-service training provided centre teachers, including and 305 women, pre-service UNRWA graduates, school 377 secondary to education teacher including During 320 women. the reporting period, 206 in programme the from in-service graduated teachers and1998 January 1999,graduated andAugust students 86 were whom all of programme, pre-service the from in education. degree bachelor’s an accredited awarded 123. continued women, by held were which 80 of scholarships, from previous years. refugees was delivered through 23 primary health-care through primary 23 delivered was refugees planning services, family all provided which of facilities, non- for care special provided 17 laboratories, contained 21 and radiology operated and one diseases, communicable at 14 offered was care Dental units. physiotherapy which units, dental mobile three to in addition facilities, Specialist health care. oral and community school provided internal and obstetrics, gynaecology comprising care provided was and ophthalmology cardiology medicine, pre-screened whereby schedule, rotating through a weekly further for officers medical by referred were patients refugees Many specialists. by and management assessment a easily more of themselves availed in Jordan services. health-care primary government 125. was provided entirely through a reimbursement scheme, a reimbursement through entirely provided was by incurred expenses medical partially covered which hospitals. at government treatment for refugees 124. ject . Some 93 per cent of . Some . A special education pro education special . A mainstreaming in elementary the Special education Special Education infrastructure Education cycle. Some 59 deaf and seven blind and pupils 59 deaf seven were Some cycle. and achievers 600 low Some mainstreamed in 18 schools. learners’ slow eight the from benefited learning pupils slow classes remedial 16 from and benefited 420 pupils centres, funding donor 1998/99. Additional year during the school continue. to programmes those allow to needed was continued to provide children who had learning difficulties had learning who children provide to continued for opportunities with UNRWA school buildings were still operating on a double on operating still were buildings school UNRWA shift basis, and 21.7 per cent schools were of accommodated rented in unsatisfactory buildings with very was rate occupancy classroom average The rooms. small 41 pupils over just physical The per poor classroom. in Jordan premises school UNRWA many of condition the were note Of Agency. the to concern of be to continued in constructed the and 1950s and 1960s buildings 33 school together which buildings, rented unsatisfactory the 24 used premises the 106 school 54 per cent of for accounted theby Agency in the Jordan replace to field. buildings With school project two on funds, commenced construction Construction camp. at Irbid premises unsatisfactory five water 12 blocks, toilet on five completed also was reservoirs and two canteens. The Agency continued to seek el-Rayyan, at Wadi premises rented two replace funding to meet to in schools rooms computer and equip build to and requirement science computer curriculum’s Jordanian the during contributions generous Despite grade. tenth the for still pupils tenth-grade of cent per 90 period, reporting the rooms. computer underequipped utilize had to 120. A/54/13 Strip; the transferof refugee pupils schools from to UNRWA next schools government constructed newly the to refugee camps; the shorter school week in schools); government six in to UNRWA compared as days (five schools shifts rather than single double of and predominance the in government schools. the was One schools new factor which in UNRWA enrolment may have affected negatively which basis, a daily-paid on of teachers appointment and recruitment which teacher new of the quality affected may have influenced parents in their choice. 119. A/54/13 aiting NGO worked together NGO worked tal guidance was begun was tal guidance . Work continued during . Work . All 21 WPCs in Jordan were Jordan in WPCs 21 . All . UNRWA rehabilitated the rehabilitated . UNRWA Some 31 SHC families who had who families SHC 31 Some NGO and a donor, UNRWA Shelter rehabilitation Shelter Poverty alleviation. Poverty in development Women rehabilitation Community 131. shelters of 42 families during the reporting period with period duringreporting the families 42 of shelters project funding. There were 311 shelters on the w list. 132. technical and financial with microenterprises established income a regular achieved UNRWA from assistance In rolls. ration UNRWA’s from them remove to sufficient three the of beneficiaries target the were women Jordan, banking community groups, solidarity — subprogrammes through administered were which — units and production programmes group-guaranteed savings/credit Six WPCs. In in camps. coordination banks community as operated an international with established a permaculture project at Husn Camp, linked a group-guaranteedto loan provided Thescheme. scheme used who women 38 some to loans microcredit and techniques. methods permaculture 133. Activities basis. management a community on operating skills-training, generation, cultural income included legal rights, women’s on and campaigns programmes, (at WPCs Five matters. and family health issues general and Jerash El Hussein, Jebel Aqaba, Camp, New Amman independent become to income sufficient generated Zarqa) bureaus advice legal two The sources. financial external of advice provide to continued Wihdat and El Hussein at Jebel among local the literacy legal and spread women to A newcommunity. project on paren and UNICEF with in coordination camps, in refugee the government a national Jordanian in with parallel committees refugee and local staff Agency programme. implemented the projectafter receiving professional and UNICEF. training technical from 134. a strategy of implementation the on period reporting the centres referral and resource local into CRCs transform to while strengthening higher The services. community-based rehabilitation community the of committee coordination and an Italian UNRWA programme, tenth the community establish to camp at Zarqa . The upgrade Association on . Jordan continued to continued . Jordan . The Agency maintained Agency . The . Work was completed on a on completed was . Work . At 30 June 1999, the number Cooperation with the Jordanian Government the Cooperation Jordanian with registration Refugee programme hardship Special Cooperation with NGOs with Cooperation infrastructure Health C. and services social Relief of Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA in Jordan UNRWA with registered refugees Palestine of the 30 at 1,512,742,over 3.4stood an per cent increase of increase 1.46 million. The rate of of 1998 figure June refugee The growth. population estimated reflected field, any of in largest the community Jordan was refugees. all registered of cent per 41.7 for accounting 130. patients who could neither be admitted to government neither to be admitted could who patients hospitals. sector private of cost the nor afford hospitals 126. 129. have the lowest percentage of refugees enrolled in the long-standing cooperation between UNRWA and the UNRWA between cooperation long-standing range of a wide continued Health cover to of Ministry family immunization, including health activities, public diseases, communicable of surveillance health, of assurance quality human resources, of development in health national participation drugs, surveys essential vaccine. B hepatitis of and in-kind donation 127. Committee Population National the with cooperation close Planning Family and Jordanian the of memorandum A health activities. reproductive understanding was signed between the Agency and the FrenchMédecinsNGO du monde, which startedproject a Aqaba, at facilities health-care primary three construct to providing aim of the with and Jerash Baqa’a The hours. working and longer health care complementary of modalities practical the outlined memorandum overlap. or duplication avoid to cooperation 128. rental made new Agency The facilities. cold-storage its unsatisfactory two the of for arrangements replacement seeking and was facilities, health-care primary rented rented unsatisfactory three of replacement the for funds Valley. in Jordan the health facilities project to replace the central field pharmacy and 103, . The Siblin . The . Owing to difficulties to . Owing amme. Three special education special Three amme. . In 1998/99, funding lack of meant alified elementary teachers, UNRWA teachers, elementary alified tal enrolment during the reporting period was was period duringreporting the tal enrolment Special education Special and technical education Vocational training teacher Pre-service buildings would enable the Agency to reduce staff costs in costs staff reduce to Agency the enable would buildings those schools and use the savings to cover staff in costs areas and Tyre in Saida the premises New other schools. save shifting, triple the avoid to enable Agency would and improve premises old the on costs maintenance yearly high A schools. the of environment the educational housed were Lebanon in schools proportion (42 per cent) of The in premises. small rented rooms in unsatisfactory (40 low relatively rate occupancy the kept buildings rented was Agency The cramped. remained conditions but pupils) a of implications financial possible the about concerned reporting in previous the period, promulgated rent law dramatic to lead could UNRWA to applied fully if which particularly for Agency, the by in paid rents increases schools. 139. which Lebanon, in programme education that special the was previously through project contributions, funded could with learning difficulties with children provide longer no in Agency’s the participate to them enable to help special progr education mainstream and Nahr El Bared Ein El Hilweh Beddawi, at the centres normal classes. into integrated were compounds school Effortswereongoing to find a donor to fundthe project in years. future 140. and technical vocational provided training (STC) centre in13 women, were training 118 whom 607 trainees, to of trade and six technical/semi-professional courses. A survey the of thatcentre’s 1997 graduates revealed 73.5 per cent facing the problems 1998 despite by employed were Palestine refugees in securing employment in Lebanon. Equipment upgradedin was workshops the centre’s four during the reporting period with project members funds. staff Two and two established were centres computer run centres. the to States trained in United the 141. qu recruiting in training teacher course pre-service two-year a reinstated in offered been had last at training which Siblin centre, 1982. To . In the ecessitating the ecessitating 300 and n . Lebanon remained the only the remained . Lebanon Elementary and preparatory schooling and preparatory Elementary Secondary schooling Lebanon A. Education operation of the school on a double shift basis pending the pending basis shift a double on school the of operation accommodated school Bissan premises. new of completion 477 pupils in grades school Al Aqsa 10 and 11. 412 students accommodated in and grades 12 in 10, 11 old new of completion pending camp, at Rashidieh premises were pupils school 1,367 secondary of ones. total A Galilee The year. duringenrolled 1998/99 school the secondary general in rate official the pass school’s previous the to compared cent examination per 88 was to compared excellent was result The cent. per 82 year’s (72 per cent) result nationalthe average andin private secondary two other at the Students schools. official the sit examination not duringreporting the did schools operational. fully yet not were schools those since period The Agency continued to seek funding to meet the cost of in Lebanon. refugees Palestine for education secondary field in which UNRWA offered secondary-level education secondary-level offered UNRWA in which field to address the problem restricted of access for Palestine high prohibitively and the schools government to refugees three were There cost private of secondary schools. schools, the school at Galilee Burj El Barajneh, Bissan school at Ein The inGalilee Rashidieh. school Aqsa and Al El Hilweh, 478 students in and grades 10, accommodated 11 school 12, exceeding its capacity of 136. A/54/13 pre-secondary the 73 UNRWA year, 1998/99 school 39,445 pupils in the accommodated in Lebanon schools six-year elementary and three-year preparatory cycles, an increase of 969 pupils (2.5 per cent) over the preceding in refugee the natural growth to due year. That was children refugee some of transfer the as well as population schools. Agency free to schools private tuition-based from fourth at the students for examination In annual the Brevet pupilspreparatory held1998, Agency in level, July compared cent, per 57.4 of rate pass an average attained 53 per cent into year. the 1997/98 school 137. .

A/54/13 illance, . Although ccessible environment for . The construction of a of construction . The imately $3.6 million per year, covering direct covering year, per million $3.6 imately Health infrastructure Health the Cooperation Lebanese with Government infrastructure health Environmental those hospitals provided a more a more a provided hospitals those was provision time, same the At refugees. the treatment of for hospitals at private beds contract to continue to made and care of requiring standards cases treatment the of The hospitals. at PRCS available readily not facilities that of arrangement a result as achieved gains efficiency in hospitalization the the reduce to deficit help would mid-1999,contributions additional by budget. However, In at 1998 levels. maintain to services needed still were and the UNRWA of March 1999, representatives a tripartite and Canada Italy of convened Governments to access improve to ways consider to at Beirut meeting and financing stable ensure to as well as services hospital that the agreed parties three The services. of sustainability purchaser principal the as act to continue would Agency and that additional support financial services, hospital of at period donors a three-year from for sought be should approx and strategies. supporting other costs hospitalization 146. the of andreplacement the at Beirut polyclinic were health camp at Rashidieh centre unsatisfactory in completed be to expected well,progressing and were mid-1999. 147. for in national participated days immunization UNRWA in accordance in Lebanon poliomyelitis of eradication the donated vaccines using strategy, regional WHO the with was signed agreement of memorandum A UNICEF. by control andnational tuberculosis the Agency the between pertaining to all aspects programme coordinate to short-course observed directly WHO the of implementation surve epidemiological including strategy, treatment national thalassaemia The and follow-up. management the support towards association provide continued to that from suffering children refugee of treatment disease. congenital 148. had been designs technical and studies feasibility detailed construction and supervision the for contracts completed, inrefugee eight and drainage systems sewerage water, of maintain cated from cated ject funds, the Agency ization in Lebanon was in ization Lebanon . In 1998/99, 106 ital eceived under the Lebanon . Hospital care was provided to provided was care . Hospital . UNRWA remained the mainthe provider remained . UNRWA University scholarships University care Primary Secondary care tained in 1999 within the limited funds allo funds intained limited the 1999 within B. Health scholarships, 37 of which were obtained by women, by obtained were 37 which of scholarships, years. previous continued from to Owing in services. a reduction avoid to essential in refugees conditions, socio-economic difficult especially in system co-payment the from exempt remained Lebanon required were although co-payments fields, in other place evident It treatment. became life-saving specialized for be not could that period services during reporting the main 143. 144. of health care for the 370,000 refugees registered in the 370,000 refugees health for care of Lebanon. Access to public sector services was restricted by and developing, still that was health infrastructure a public the high afford to part unable most the for were refugees through provided were services Agency care. private of cost planning family all with facilities, health-care 25 primary the for care special offered 24 which of services, and hypertension, 17 mellitus diabetes of management had three laboratories, contained 15 care, dental provided in care specialist offered and 15 facilities, X-ray paediatrics, and gynaecology, obstetrics cardiology, and throat nose ear, of and treatment ophthalmology, diseases. 145. refugees in Lebanon through contractual arrangements hospitals. and mental tuberculosis general, private 14 with risingSteadily costs theand gap between the wide UNRWA’s and population refugee the of needs minimum sufficient of provision the made resources available in field. the health concern hospital a priority care Extrabudgetary contributions r Appeal (see para.74 above) made it possible to additional of cost the and cover hospitalization services inmedical supplies pro 1998. With hospital of cost the towards assistance provided also Continuation at risk. of pregnant women for deliveries hosp support for extrabudgetary tting, were alth and gender tile-se . Close coordination . Close 000 were awarded from a from awarded 000 were . A total of 2,204 participants of total A . Women in development in Women rehabilitation Community while 15 families were able to sufficient attainto able an income were families 15 while mid-1999. Mini-loans rolls by the SHC from removed be to $3, to $500 from ranging to them enable to families poor 44 to fund revolving to efforts UNRWA’s part of As self-sufficient. become training skills was initiatives, alleviation poverty diversify drop-outs, men school and 38 young women to provided hardship assistance in the special enrolled were who as such in skills, marketable courses, The programme. and electric air-conditioners of maintenance welding, and layering, and brick block appliances, in Nahr El Bared camp to accommodate a new CRC and conducted at Siblin training at Siblin centre. conducted 153. nine at the conducted in training 12 courses enrolled were and Recreational duringreporting period. the WPCs to initiatives to in addition offered were activities cultural he social, legal, of awareness women’s raise issues. Pre-school classes established were on a guaranteed Group WPC. at Sabra basis community-run El and Burj were launched at Beddawi schemes lending among distributed $21,500 of was total A Barajneh WPCs. and financial the enhance to continued Efforts women. 65 which all of WPCs, the of sustainability administrative management. community full under were 154. continued with the local forum of non-governmental of forum local the with continued disabled to services provided which organizations, included the That coordination refugees. Palestine services; rehabilitation community-based of enhancement and medical appropriate to persons disabled of referral the devices prosthetic for cost-sharing services; rehabilitation the training workers of refugees; disabled needy to given the approach; rehabilitation in a community-based and workers social trainingtechnical specialized of and other disabled; the for camps summer volunteers; adequate of Inabsence the activities. recreational camps, in some services rehabilitation community-based children 50 disabled sponsor continued to at UNRWA disabled 56 the to in addition institutions specialized community at Nahr El Bared enrolled children building a two-storey of Construction centre. rehabilitation tition for jobs was jobs for tition ization of refuse of ization . The number of refugees of number . The upport at 1,800 calories food s . The cut in the General Fund in General the cut . The . At 30 June 1999, the number 1998 to 39,258 at1998 to 30 June 1999, Refugee registration Refugee programme hardship Special Shelter rehabilitation Shelter C. and services social Relief of Palestineof refugees registered stood at with UNRWA the370,144, 30 1.5 an per cent over June 1998 increase of population reflected increase 364,551. The rate of of figure growth. 150. gains, compactor trucks, small dumpers and dumpers small trucks, matching compactor gains, contribution. special through a purchased were containers solid an integrated introduce to help would equipment That mechan full through system waste 149. area when clearance for contractors to bring in building collection and disposal. collection from increased hardship programme in special the enrolled June 37,669 30 at representing 10.6 per cent the of registered refugee in the improvement or no little was There population. during the refugees the of situation socio-economic and income-earning Employment period. reporting and compe scarce remained opportunities in Lebanon, of the number locations In some fierce. had almost hardship assistance special for applicants did not meet they because away turned were Many doubled. theto admission for criteria eligibility strict the SHC of proportion the Nevertheless, programme. population registered total the to compared beneficiaries other fields. to compared remained the highest in Lebanon and and in cash kind. Chickpeas continued support Food to in addition Lebanon, in exclusively distributed lentils maintained the basic ration other the components, in-kind of nutritional value budget for shelter rehabilitation was offset by special by offset shelterwas rehabilitation for budget quarter first the In donors. major three from contributions camps inside living inhabited 1999, 692 families of In all, standards. minimum meet to failed which shelters duringrehabilitated the were families SHC of 101 shelters in Tyre the difficulties faced UNRWA period. reporting A/54/13 per person per day. 151. y

A/54/13 . The . The long- to the to nearb p itals. . Replacement of the old NGO hosp . Hospital services were provided were services . Hospital . Health care was provided to Palestine to provided was care . Health Primary care Primary Secondary care Cooperation the Syrian Government with health Environmental B. Health 160. refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic through the Agency’s the through Republic Arab in Syrian the refugees provided which all of health centres, 23 of network and family MCH including care, medical comprehensive mellitus diabetes for care and specialist planning services, accommodated 19 facilities, those and hypertension. Of by supported dental services, and 12 offered laboratories unit. dental through a mobile health services oral school 161. private eight with agreements through contractual no As rates. government official on based hospitals, in 1999 to available made be could allocations additional on controls strict services, hospital maintain essential and a in force, remained referrals stay of and duration sector private from made was beds of redeployment partial expensive less to hospitals 162. UNRWA between coordination and standing cooperation in especially continued, Health of Ministry and Syrian the and national control, and surveillance disease of areas the The poliomyelitis. against immunization campaigns Ministry continued to meet the Agency’s requirements of through in-kind In the vaccine donations. B hepatitis elimination the for strategy WHO/UNICEF the of context 2010, Ministry the year the of Health by measles of immunization a national measles/rubella conducted campaign in 1998. The Agency October and November children 60,000 aged almost vaccinating by participated understanding memorandum A 15 years. of to nine months programme tuberculosis national the with concluded was activities and control surveillance disease coordinate to based on the WHO directly observed short-course strategy. continued thalassaemia from suffering children Refugee national through the treated control thalassaemia be to programme. 163. completed was camp Neirab at system internal sewerage made was 1998. contribution inA September special cam Khan Danoun connect to available . In the . The Damascus . The atisfactory school atisfactory . Some 94 per cent of schools 94 per cent of . Some upgrading and equipping carpentry of Elementary and preparatory schooling and preparatory Elementary Education infrastructure and technical training Vocational Syrian Arab Republic Syrian A. Education capital base of $350,500, the total number of loans issued loans of number $350,500, total the of base capital $1,188,650, of as value at 200, at a total end June 1999 was 99 per cent. rate was The repayment creating 485 jobs. VII Chapter 156. 1998/99 school year, the 110 UNRWA schools in the schools UNRWA the 110 1998/99 year, school pupils in64,854 the accommodated Syrian Arab Republic six-year elementary and three-year preparatory cycles, an year. the 804 pupils previous (1.3 per cent) over increase of students in The highUNRWA rate pass (93.3 per cent) of examination 1998 annualthe for government third the in part to attributed be pupils may year preparatory in the UNRWA by adopted system monitoring and control on based was That Republic. system Arab Syrian and diagnosis evaluation continuous student of weaknesses, during the work remedial of development the with together school year. 157. buildings. 158. were working on a double shift basis, and 8.2 perand cent were 8.2 basis, shift working on a double were The buildings. school rented in unsatisfactory housed 45 pupils. almost was rate occupancy classroom average completed, was at El Mezzeh building school new A of Construction premises. rented unsatisfactory replacing continued to othertwo UNRWA schoolsunder was way. seek project funding to replace uns 11 training 795 trainees, centre (DTC) of accommodated enrolled in Trainees were 13 trade women. 166 were whom With courses. technical/semi-professional and seven project funds, the and furniture-making workshops and two computer and two workshops and furniture-making market local meet To completed. was laboratories 1998 to indemands, September completed plans were intocontrol and electronic course electronics theupgrade . UNRWA . UNRWA conducted . UNRWA Community rehabilitation Community schooling and preparatory Elementary West Bank A. Education established with donor funding at Hama, Latakia and Latakia at Hama, funding donor with established kindergartenscamps. TheWPCs 11 annexed to Yarmouk than 600 more to services school pre-elementary provided those from Income children years. 5 aged to 3 the both of costs running the covered kindergartens 50 of salaries the including WPCs, and the kindergartens supervisors.Summer clubs at the WPCs accepted over400 children during the reporting period. 169. volunteer by attended which were training courses, and children disabled of parents workers, rehabilitation retarded mentally teaching of methods on workers, social English included training Other children. opportunities establishing small on a workshop instruction, language that training handicraft course and a two-week businesses, to techniques disabilities with women teaching on focused donor A skills. and marketing production design, improve community Homs of reconstruction the funded centrerehabilitation centre’s andthe training for an with In coordination committee. management disabled of survey international NGO, a comprehensive at Hama began Dera’a, camps refugee in Palestine persons the of needs the identify the to survey aimed and Homs; and plans programmes special up set and to disabled, A integration. social achieve to them enable would which was children and orphans disabled 110 for camp summer chairs and prosthetic inwheel held aids, 1998. Hearing 56 persons to with the Agency by provided were devices disabilities. VIII Chapter 170. operated 98 schools in the Bank, West 36 for boys, 46 for accommodated schools The co-educational. and girls 16 51,944 pupils, and 43.5 56.5 perper cent girls. cent boys Enrolment in 1998/99 increased 3.9 per cent over by 1997/98 Th b f h l i 1998/99 d d b forts were made . The number of SHCs of number . The ailability of funds, 100 funds, of ailability . Intensive ef . With extrabudgetary funding, . During the reporting period, 10 period, reporting the During . n development i omen Special hardship programme hardship Special Shelter rehabilitation Shelter alleviation Poverty W over the 30 June 1998 figureover of 365,805. The rate of growth. population reflected increase 165. 168. A/54/13 4.6 per 23,794 cent,on June persons from increased by June 24,891 by 1998 to 1999. the The withdrawal of assistance cash programme many left selective in emergency unassisted families refugee impoverished to damage fire by affected those including situations, managing fields, other in as were, workers Social shelters. a of workload average the example, For high case-loads. the of instead per year 340 cases was worker social 1998 was half 250. Therecommended second of characterized delays by in the receipt funds of for cash the in turn which delayed families, SHC for subsidies cycle. distribution fourth 166. some families, SHC for shelters 37 rehabilitated UNRWA in the participated families which for basis, self-help a on through camp-based rest the and and rehabilitation, design contractors. The cost-effectiveness the of self-help funds, of 28 amount same the with clear: approach was nine shelters of cost the for rehabilitated were shelters using contractors. Subject to av Funding rehabilitation. for identified were shelters other Camp, Neirab of shelters barrack the of replacement the for being was hazardous health and were safety, to which sought. 167. the to existingadded group-guaranteed were groups new groups 62 to number total bringing the schemes, lending persons; 29 individual made to comprising790 loans were in industrial, the enterprises small develop and/or establish also were Loans sectors. service and medical agricultural, units, computer-training establish to WPCs the to given their part of finance to centres the help would which carried was study case special A annual operating budget. were rations whose families SHC on workers social by out SHCs those identify to help would study the cut; be to due to a business a loan for establish to qualify could who problems. financial alleviate A/54/13 . In 1998/99, 129 . UNRWA’s education . UNRWA’s . In-patient care was provided through provided was care . In-patient . Comprehensive primary health care primary . Comprehensive itals in the West Bank, as well as directly as well as Bank, in itals the West University scholarships University Operational constraints care Primary care Secondary B. Health programme continued to be disrupted by restrictions by disrupted be to programme continued grounds. security cited who authorities Israeli by imposed Those restrictions affected freedom of movement,On period. though reporting than in previous the degree lesser a to several occasions, closures prevented Agency trainees, teachers staff from education reaching and other their place programme training. or was education The work of with Staff staff. in teaching shortages by disrupted severely in difficulties faced occasionally cards Bank identity West reaching the eight Agency schools in Jerusalem, especially the not disruptions were However, closures. internal during year. school the of warrant to extension enough significant universities to upgrade their qualifications to the first or first the to their qualifications upgrade to universities levels. degree university second 174. continued women, by held were which of 74 scholarships, from previous years. 175. 176. Bank in West the refugees Palestine to delivered was health care primary 34 of network through the Agency’s and planning services family offered which all of facilities, and mellitus diabetes of management the for care specialist preventive range of full the to in addition hypertension, 25 facilities, those Of services. care medical curative and care, dental provided and 20 laboratories accommodated oral community unit dental for a mobile by supported and six facilities had X-ray centres Six health services. services. physiotherapy provided 177. contractual arrangements with Augusta Victoria Hospital Victoria Augusta arrangements with contractual and seven Hospital Ophthalmic John’s St. at Jerusalem, other NGO hosp at Partial at Qalqilia. its hospital Agency the 43-bed by incurred expenses by for provided also reimbursement was and at at Jerusalem Hospital at Maqassed patients refugee HusseinKing Medical Centre in Jordan care for specialized attained . The three . The . The two ESFs at RMTC 1998. In cooperation with the Palestinian the with 1998. In cooperation Vocational and technical training Vocational Educational sciences faculty six classrooms were under construction. Beit Surik school Surik Beit construction. under were classrooms six the of beginning the by completed be to expected was experience continued to UNRWA year. 1999/2000 school buildings. school for sites suitable in obtaining difficulty average lowest the had Bank in West the schools Agency as a field any rate (38.4 pupils) of occupancy classroom in accommodated schools of highthe proportion of result rented camps premises outside (20.4 per cent) or located remained in areas. camps in or remote Schools overcrowded. 172. permitsfrom the Israeli authorities Atotal of99 students UNRWA vocational and technical training centres in trainingthe and technical centres vocational UNRWA (RWTC), centre training women’s Ramallah — Bank West and Kalandia training(RMTC), men’s centre Ramallah training 1,154 trainees centre — accommodated (KTC) women. 498 were whom of during year, the 1998/99 school semi- and 19 technical/ trade 16 offered The three centres trainees UNRWA Graduating professional courses. a pass rate 85.6 per cent in of the 1998 comprehensive Education, Higher of Ministry PA the by held examination the 1997 of 87 per as cent in to compared 1997. survey A by that 91 pergraduatesrevealed cent hademployed been December weeks’ 40 to one of courses short-term 12 Authority, train23 and to 203 trainees at KTC offered duration were techniques, skills, building in computer members staff and andHebrew aid the first aluminium fabrication, a attended KTC the of principal The English languages. offer to continued in RWTC Japan. programme fellowship secretaries, in which 20 executive for course a 40-week refugee 25 sponsored UNRWA enrolled. were students training at a private trade in various courses students at both established were centres computer New institute. trained were members staff and four and RMTC, RWTC run them. to States in United the 173. were 315 whom 503 students, of accommodated RWTC and training teacher pre-service in a four-year women, Enrolment fell level. post-secondary at the programme 600 training of theplaces, per capacity cent short16.16 of travel obtain to Gaza from students of inability the to due atment, 30 SHC 30 atment, . Enrolment in. Enrolment the 403 SHC women sought403 SHC . In July 1998, 11 Bedouin 1998, . 11 In July . With project funding and . At 30 June 1999, the number . The 18 youth activity centres in the centres activity . youth 18 The Refugee registration Refugee programme hardship Special Shelter rehabilitationShelter assistance Emergency activities Youth C. and services social Relief 181. at stood UNRWA with registered refugees Palestine of 569,741 — an increase the 30 June 2.7 per cent over of less was which 555,057. increase, The small of 1998 figure growth, natural population of rate than estimated the registration delay to parents among a tendency reflected them. register to not or children newborn of 182. supplementaryclasses for weaker pupils wereheld at some special hardship programme decreased slightly from slightly decreased hardship programme special 30,487 at30,393 at 30 June 1998 to 30 June 1999, which representedthe 5.3 per cent of registered refugee adopted an UNRWA Bank. in West the population aiming families, SHC of needs the to approach integrated to address notonly foodand shelter requirements but and compounded also underlay frequently which the problems children and female male 76 a result, As poverty. family 59 drug school, to returned hardship families special of themselves to regular committed addicts tre and classes, literacy joined women planning at health centres. family on advice 183. 92 families poor Agency, the from assistance technical through a self-help their shelters of condition the improved existed rehabilitation shelter for demand great A approach. and other hardship families special the among in sub-standard lived who families refugee disadvantaged housing. 184. emergency with provided (75 persons) were families being after and tents blankets food, of consisting assistance Israeli of extension the with in connection evicted assistance emergency Similar Jerusalem. near settlements whose (80 persons) was 12 families to also provided period. reporting the during fires by damaged were shelters 185. West Bank organized a busy schedule of sports, youths. refugee for activities and educational recreational remedial and schools, local with In coordination 20-bed ccess to . UNRWA’s health UNRWA’s . sinfrastructure Intotal 954 ’ . A serious outbreak of diarrhoeal of outbreak serious A . Disease outbreak Operational constraints lowingrepairstothecamp disease occurred at Camp No.1, Nablus area, in last area, the Nablus at Camp No.1, occurred disease 15. children below mainly 1998, affecting August of week raise patients, treat to health teams mobilized Agency The and preventive appropriate and take awareness public was cross- infection of source The measures. control and the corroded sewers camp between contamination in September, early subsided outbreak The network. water hospitals in Jerusalem. Similarly, sanitation services were services sanitation Similarly, in Jerusalem. hospitals could trucks garbage disrupted instances in because some the between Restrictions travel on camps. the reach not and and Bank coordination made Gaza Strip West difficult. exchange information 179. programme continued to face serious difficulties in the difficulties serious face continued to programme and movement of closures a result as Bank West cited who authorities, Israeli the by imposed restrictions travel of number the on limits including grounds, security Prolonged and Agency vehicles. staff to issued permits from staff prevented Bank West andthe within of closures patient anda restricted their reaching workplace paediatric ward, radiology and physical rehabilitation units rehabilitation physical and radiology ward, paediatric such since and frozen remained a nursing dormitory the on burden an additional place would expansion Agency’s scarce resources, and could compromise hospital. at the care of standards 178. A/54/13 payment of a system and introducing care, tertiary for based on fee-for-procedure instead of bed/day fees. The a model been had previously which population, Qalqilia any make to refused participation, community of at their treatment of towards the cost contributions March 1998 onwards. from in town the hospital UNRWA’s and a financial costs rising hospitalization with Faced with the contact maintained close Agency the deficit, of system the reintroduce to order in Authority Palestinian co-payment in place elsewhere in the Bank. West The Agency the compensate to offered Health of Ministry items, and other medicines of through in-kind donations supplies, that alternative of a shortage to owing but that Against implemented. arrangement be not could background, the project to construct and equip a fol ility A/54/13 . In the ltants. In ltants. NGO. UNRWA ial and economic . Theskills hih Sti AhlithG W NGO, a soc UNR NGOs. The centres organized several Poverty alleviation Poverty Elementary and preparatory schooling and preparatory Elementary Gaza Strip Gaza A. Education research centre and the Ministry of Planning, on a seminar of and the Ministry centre research the theme “Poverty in and Palestine Bank West camps” was held at the Am’ari 1998. in WPC September and a campaign about HIV/AIDS. They contributed to contributed They HIV/AIDS. about and a campaign disabled, the rights the of promote to national efforts law on a draft the right of of development the including the submission to for disabled, the for mobility free contributed UNRWA Council. Legislative Palestinian and offered management, centres’ the of cost the towards training. and technical leadership 188. training offered scheme training/apprenticeship and daughters sons 348 young to poor opportunities of were loans soft new 19 Some skills. of in a variety refugees scheme’s the scheme; credit revolving the under granted a of result the as cent per 85 to rate regressed repayment against A shekel the the dollar. of devaluation drastic group-guaranteed ongoing lendingin was several scheme an international with in association WPCs, your “Start training theme the on and conducted organized in six organizations grass-roots several for business” own to families and 43 centres social seven helped and camps, income- for studies and feasibility proposals develop 10 organized also UNRWA activities. generating the on camps in several workshops awareness-raising in coordination poverty, of alleviation possible and causes Palestinian the with andassociation in centres social with Authority, local NGOs and local consu a local with coordination disabled, particularly children. They also promoted also They children. particularly disabled, and and local Authority Palestinian the with cooperation international disab on leaflets including activities, awareness-raising Chapter IX Chapter 189. 1998/99 h l titled ement four of other centres . During the reporting During . period, g ed centres. The mana Women in development in Women g residents and members of the Palestinian Legislative the Palestinian of and members residents facing problems on Authority Palestinian the and Council out carried centres All the issues. and other camp YAC Kalandia AIDS. campaigns on HIV/ awareness and stone-throwing of problems reduce to worked with together YACs, of Union The in camp. the vandalism the Union WPCs, of began implementing a project en “Oral history of Palestine refugees”, in coordination with in coordination refugees”, Palestine of history “Oral a local and an international organized NGO. UNRWA training and capacity-building leadership, management, in developing others and assisted centres, some for and infrastructure income-generation for proposals projects. 186. the women’s programme centres in the West Bank in the centres West programme women’s the necessary the and completed bye-laws finalized with registration for application including arrangements, a WPC of establishment the for authorities, Palestinian the union. The WPCs represented the only venue for women’s the strengthen to aimed they camps; in refugee activities of and in development the in their families women of role to support services provided WPCs the community. local child and through women nurseries kindergartens, working Skills-training run at WPCs facilities. courses day-care provided income for the centres. An average 75 of annually available made were opportunities employment than 200 more to in addition at centre, each women to in Awareness-raising opportunities. home-working all the by organized was and social issues development included topics Other AIDS. HIV/ in on particular centres, and detection rights, and civil disability women’s pregnancy, marriage, and early inter-family prevention, planningand environmental family first-aid, child-care, andsocial, cultural of variety wide A conservation. and women for organized were activities recreational training theme the on provided UNRWA children. female in nine managing committees to business” own your “Start in developing committees WPC and assisted camps, democratic Strengthening proposals. income-generation By processes in objective. the WPCs was UNRWA a key community- had 30 June become 15 WPCs 1999, of seven mana ital, . As agreed by the tripartite the by agreed . As . After graduation of the last the of graduation . After ility for providing basic nursing basic providing for ility . Hospital services were provided were services . Hospital Secondary care European Gaza Hospital Nursing of College Gaza effective means to bridge the gap between the increasing the between gap the bridge to means effective Agency and limited population growing a rapidly of needs health and equipped constructed newly Two resources. in shortfall a to due part-time operate to continued centres funds. 195. through a contractual agreement with an NGO hosp patients, refugee for reserved were beds 50 where Ahli, Al expenses medical of and through partial reimbursement hospitals. at PA treatment for refugees by incurred 196. project board comprising the European Community, the an international and UNRWA, Authority Palestinian management recruited in team was mid-1999procure to recruit instruments; remainingthe and surgical equipment oversee staff; and support administrative professional, local and commissioning of process the and conduct works; European The hospital. the Gaza of initial operation Palestinian the Authority part of form would Hospital hospital, the which of Construction system. health-care November began by in 1993, hadcompleted been October 1996, and than more the 60 equipment hadper cent of been $42.2and million of and contributions Pledges purchased. contributions had been received for theaccount,EGH of yet had not which procurement for was million $2.6 which begun because a of decision the by project board. points in at particular the resources Insufficient to UNRWA forced had previously phase construction and thus implementation delaying avoid to funds advance incurring 1999, the 30 June At penalties. costlier even at $11.6 stood account in EGH the deficit accumulated an reach to its continued efforts UNRWA million. the recover to ways agreement possible on EC the with deficit. 197. in Nursing of College Gaza old the from trainees of cohort responsib 1998, June In Health. of Ministry PA the by assumed was education the new over took provisionally August 1998, the Ministry located Professions Health and Allied Nursing of College compound. Hospital Gaza European the within . pupils per ject funding for . The Gaza training Gaza . The maintenance was carried . In 1998/99, 206 mal capacity of 772 trainees by 9.3 by trainees 772 of mal capacity . UNRWA’s primary health-care primary . UNRWA’s Gaza students enrolled in West Bank centres Bank West in enrolled students Gaza Primary care Primary Vocational and technical training Vocational University scholarships B. Health centre (GTC) accommodated 844 trainees,including 844 137 centre accommodated (GTC) technical/semi-professional and seven trade 14 in women, highand limited demand to In response courses. training, and technical partly vocational for alternatives restrictions which movement preventedbecause of students the Bank, West in the courses attending from Gaza from centreexceeded its nor per cent. computer Two centres were established at GTC States trained in United the were members staff and two them. run to 192. services for Palestine refugees were Strip in Gaza the refugees Palestine for services health-care primary 17 of through a network delivered range a full offered health centres 13 which of facilities, planning, specialist family including services, medical of and mellitus diabetes management the of for care care, dental provided 11 and laboratories; hypertension, oral community units dental for mobile three by supported highest Agency-wide, well above the 43 194. A/54/13 classroom average schools. in PA With project funds, replace to a school of the construction completed UNRWA Comprehensive one. a dilapidated on threeout buildings school In mid-1999,schools. five pro Additional construction. under were top Agency’s the of one inwas Gaza construction school in enrolment. rapid growth the of in view priorities 191. authorities Israeli the by permits granted not were Students andAgency the faculties sciences education the attend to was there Consequently, Bank. in West the training centres and in ESFs Gaza the from students of intake new no losing students those with trainingRamallah centres, opportunities. significant 193. continued women, held by whichscholarships, were 139 of from previous years. food A/54/13 jects were ation with the PA’s the with ation . UNRWA’s disability . UNRWA’s . Seven of the 10 the women’s of Seven . . During the reporting period, reporting the During . Shelter rehabilitation Shelter Women in development in Women rehabilitation Community subsidies largely reduced the practice of selling selling of the practice reduced largely subsidies cash other on freeze The needs. other meet to commodities cent 30 per about 1997 prevented August assistance since most their meeting from families disadvantaged selected of allotted exceptionally was $11,150 However, urgent needs. in families 22 SHC of particular the needs meet in 1999 to in camp. Canada families and 57 Gaza 202. a total of 1,033 shelters were rehabilitated in Gaza with in Gaza rehabilitated 1,033 were of a total shelters project funds. 203. administrative had appointed centres programme pro generation income New managers. and district (in Daraj at WPCs the of at four established In coordination camps). and Maghazi Nuseirat Jabalia, were libraries three Culture, of Ministry PA the with Jabalia El Balah, at Deir WPCs in equipped and expanded organized was programme advice legal new A and Rafah. the with in cooperation WPCs Younis Khan and at Daraj Training Rights. Human courses, for Centre Palestinian workshops, seminars, lectures etc. were conducted at administrative the of the work enhance to WPCs various awareness community raise and to centres, those of boards including issues, women different inof development issues, and relations healthy children, women against violence education, civic and parents, adolescents between rights and legal human rights, women’s democracy, expanded, activities and library fitness Physical literacy. activities those from and number the beneficiaries of “Child entitled programme new A considerably. increased and Maghazi at Bureij implemented being child” was to two where worker, a social of under the supervision WPCs awareness children’s develop to working were volunteers issues. community of 204. community seven programme theof supported network financial andcentres support, providing by technical promoting institution-building, coordin and facilitating the Office Institutions National bringing together a union all non- of establishment persons. disabled to services of providers governmental 1998, in 1998, ccessfully mia survey was mia survey amme increased from increased amme . The number of refugees of number . The ities had been su hadities been . At 30 June 1999, the number . A nutrition and anae nutrition and . A ation carried out in February 1999 in February out carried ation Nutrition survey Nutrition Refugee registration Refugee programme hardship Special C. and services social Relief implemented, and that the project could transferred be that the to concluded also It committee. coordinating a local of be and materials could trainingopen-learning modules fields. other in Agency’s the use potential 199. concluded that project activ in the Gaza UNRWA with registered refugees Palestine of at the 798,444, 3.3Strip an per cent over stood increase of 772,653. of 30 June 1998 figure increase The rate of families refugee including growth, population reflected the of cent per 55 Over in arrived Gaza PA. with the who refugees were registered in the eight refugee camps in field. any of proportion largest the Gaza, 201. advisers from Kingston University, United Kingdom. The Kingdom. United University, Kingston from advisers end-of-project evalu 200. per cent increase could be attributed to the scarcity of conducted in the Gaza Strip in October in Strip October in Gaza the conducted at CDC, centre collaborating WHO the with coordination that malnutrition or acute revealed study Atlanta. The a public be to not found was (weight-for-height) wasting chronic of that but prevalence the health concern, somewhat was stunting (height-for-age) malnutrition or children,among pre-school elevated which thatsuggested compromised. still was children of nutritional the status pre- among high very remained anaemia of prevalence The high and relatively and children pregnant women, school results final the on Building women. non-pregnant among and prevention on strategy Agency’s the that survey, of control iron of deficiency anaemia would reviewed, be universal of approach WHO/UNICEF the with consistent iron of prevalence the with iron when supplementation and infants pregnant women, of in a population deficiency pre-school children exceeded 30 per cent, as was the case refugees. Palestine among enrolled in hardship the progr special at 66,67866,124 at 30 June 1998 to 30 June 1999.0.8 The SeeBank reportCoordinator 1999.and onSee Gaza economicSession, Official inStrip, the andSupplement OccupiedRecorprepared socialds of byTconditions erritories,theNo. the General 13Of fice(A/53/13). in Gaza, ofthe Assembly the W 30 estSpecial April, Fifty-third 1 2 opportunities; Braille courses; home visits; outreach visits; home courses; Braille opportunities; provided centre The activities. and recreational services; children impaired visually integrate help to aids teaching impaired visually and assisted into schooling, mainstream and elementary Special jobs. finding in graduates school 120 pupils. RCVI accommodated courses pre-school in visual intervention early for a campaign headed in Gaza the impairmentStrip. at all schools 10-day A 150 visually and impaired for camp summer residential sighted children held in was of August 1998. The Society the to financial support its continued RCVI of Friends staff for the Society donatedcentre; $100,000 by was and teaching equipment of procurement and the salaries aids. Notes -purpose ject near Rafah. azi CRC expanded its expanded azi CRC jects — the establishmentof . During the reporting period, one period, reporting the During . mall pro . The gradual repatriation of refugees of repatriation gradual The . Canada camp Youth activities Youth from Canada camp in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula to the Gaza the to peninsula Sinai in Egypt’s camp Canada from agreement mutual of framework the within continued Strip was Compensation authorities. concerned the between them construct enable to to 40 households to disbursed pro housing El Sultan in Tel the homes a garden at Khan Younis YAC and a child centre at centre andDeir a child YAC a at Khangarden Younis at the YACs and lectures meetings Public El YAC. Balah democratic the including topics, of range a wide covered health and abuse, drug issues, environmental process, at place took camps summer One-month issues. political integrate to in 1998. June-August Efforts the eight YACs centre into disabilities with people and young women of involvement constructive The continued. activities and internal problems camp committees in refugee YACs several sports; to promote continued YAC continued. and international sporting at local represented were camps events. 206. channelled Agency the contributions, special With summer and winter camps for disabled persons. UNRWA persons. disabled for camps and winter summer and continuedthe to assist PA disabled persons in and hearingwheel devices, aids prosthetic obtaining chairs, and made contractual arrangements with NGOs to CRC The Jabalia refugees. disabled to services provide opened a speech therapy unit. Magh compensation money to families and provided them with library and conducted several community training community several and conducted library an education opened CRC El Balah Deir workshops. enhancement centre, and Rafah CRC opened a child club. development 205. at UNRWA by funded project was generation income Nuseirat to furnish YAC a reception room; a donor funded El and Deir gymnastic halls at Bureij of equipping the a multi of andconstruction the YACs, Balah A/54/13 The completed. was YAC at Khan Younis building and Development for Council Economic Palestinian a of construction the completed partially Reconstruction Through coordination at Rafah YAC. building new Refugee Liberation Organization Palestine the between was work ministries, PA and other Department Affairs proceeding on two s Page

A/54/13 ...... 45 ...... 43 ...... 41 ...... 41 ...... 50 ...... 51 ...... 46 ...... 42 ...... 47 2000-2001 Statistical and financial information tables information financial Statistical and 3. hardship cases special of and distribution Number 4. services education Basic services...... 5. 44 care training and teacher services technical Vocational, 6. Medical 7. 1998 refugees, Palestine for indicators health status Selected . Nme frgsee esn ...... persons 41 registered of 1. Number 2. population registered of Distribution 8. programme services Social 9. for biennial budget 1999, and in proposed for expenditure 1998, regular Actual budget 11. detained or arrested members Staff 12. Agency staff...... 12. 50 Agency 13. programme Income-generation 10. Contributions in cash and in kind by Governments and the European Community...... 48 European the and Governments by kind in and cash in 10. Contributions Annex I Contents 1999

3 625 592

1998

3 521 130 67.45 refugee population populatio Per not in camps Per 1997 centage of centage of

3 417 688 Total

1996 not in camps 2 445 432

3 308 133 Registered persons

1995 rationsa Totalpopulation camp 1 180 160 Not receivin 3 172 641 Number of person

1990 59 camps 2 422 514 Number of

1980 Receiving

1 844 318 Registerpopulationed 3 625 592 families Number of 1970

1 425 219 a 1960

1 120 889 - - 272 692 324 035 414 298 517 412 532 438 542 642 555 057 569 741 1950 Total

Field JordanLebanon Republic Arab Syrian BankWest Gaza 374 521 1 512 742 370 144 10 569 741 10 109 315 12 274 816 798 444 19Field 265 206 204 999 1 237 926Jordan 153 380 70.81 165 145 8 81.83 416 361 437 650 44.62 73.08 360 794 10 099 45.19 36 587 2 271 38 858 2.57

Table 2 population registered of Distribution (As of 30 June 1999) Table 3 cases hardship special of distribution and Number (As of 30 June 1999) 914 221c

b

TotalFigurespresentUntil are Excludingin based1967, the Agency’s onthe UNR45,800 WestW area Bank Apersons registration of wasoperations r eceivingadministered records, is relief almost whichas in ancertainlyIsrael, integralare updatedwho less part were than continually;of the thethe responsibility Jordanpopulation however field. reco of, tUr a b c JordanLebanon Arab Syrian Republic 506 200 127 600West Bank 613 743 136 561 82 194 506 038 175 958 043 716 372 115 226 554 158 717 929 097 302 049 1 288 197 209 362 1 358 706 346 164 1 413 252 280 731 352 668 1 463 064 337 308 1 512 742 359 005 347 391 364 551 356 739 370 144 365 805 374 521 Field StripGaza 198 227 255 542 814 311 367 995 496 339 683 560 716 930 746 050 772 653 798 444 A/54/13 Table 1 persons registered of Number (As of 30 June each year) A/54/13 458 716 Total/Average

Gaza Strip 159 892

51 944 West Bank

64 854

Syrian Arab Republic

Lebanon 40 812 155 118 79 113 62 527 Jordan 141 214

a

b BoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirls 43 758 43 173 15 459 27 827 15 081 26 456 22 323 4 040 21 075 4 865 - 16 584 - 21 050 151 11 10 305 62 216 585 59 179 6 008 782 160 340 8 320 159 558 19 830 18 667 - 68 856 - 68 595 - - - - 585 782 TotalBoys enrGirlsolment (1+2+3) ElementaryPreparatorySecondary 71 585 69 629 20 084 20 728 33 474 31 380 70 128 22 592 29 352 - 82 046 36 37 77 846 229 781 228 935 3 60 50 29 - 69 121 - 47 316 331 - 3 2. pupils Preparatory 3. pupils Secondary 54 283 8 905 - 21 456 1 367 14 310 38 497 - 137 451 - - 1 367 1. pupils Elementary 86 931 30 540 43 398 37 634 121 395 319 898 Percentage of girls of Percentage Percentage of total Agency-wide field each in enrolment Percentage increase total in enrolment year previous over schoolsAdministrative Percentage of administrative schools 49.3 shifts double on 30.8Percentage of administrative schools in premisesrented buildingsSchool 50.8 (1.4) 198 buildings school 8.9Rented rate occupancy Classroom containing sections class of Percentage more or 48 pupils 4.3 48.4 76 awarded scholarships University 14.1 scholars female of Percentage 92.9 56.5Teachers 11.3 trainees teacher In-service 1.3 110 21.7 41.1 24 106 48.7 216 50.0 34.9 3.9 98 37.0 42.1 39.8 24 21.8 49.9 57 100.0 106 93.6 6.0 168 34.9 44.7 8.2 22.1 35.7 7 61 209 4 211 650 2.6 32.5 38.4 20.4 73.8 35.1 129 19 1 312 85 57.4 49.6 0.0 74.5 8.0 206 107 1 732 - 67.5 43.7 16.0 81.2 1 646 866 416 46.0 74 40.1 4 109 13 010

Basic education services education Basic (As of October 1998) A/54/13 total Grand Gaza Centre Total Training Ramallah Men’s Ramallah Training Centre Training Centre Wo m e n ’ s Training Ramallah Centre Training Kalandia Centre Republic Bank West Strip Gaza Training Damascus Syrian Arab Syrian Siblin Centre Training Seer Wadi Centre Training 1998) Jordan Lebanon – 70 547 – 343 45 498 –– 461 – – – 85 – – – – 31 642 72 – – 2 491 – 200 2 691 – – – – – – – – 31 72 103 Centre Amman M F M F MF F M M F M F M F F M F M Training 72–––––118245635880 42 335 164 97 14657320–––––––––315188 73 131 166 48 – – 413 147 – 65 137 743 1 221 1 964 354305––––––––––––––354305659 b academic year as of December e d c a Faculty pre- Faculty service Faculty in- services Two-year post-preparatory courses in a variety of building, electrical, electronic, mechanical and metalworking trades. Two-year post secondary courses in a variety of technical paramedical degree. and university commercial a first to skills. leading course post-secondary Four-year Three-year course for two-year diploma-holders leading to a first diploma. university teaching degree. a two-year to leading course post-secondary Two-year Other pre-service Technical training Technical teachersTotal Grand total 2) + (1 411 625 – 453 – 1 030 711 31 97 72 520 190 – 629 – 166 509 – – – – – 813 315 335 188 – – 707 – 137 3 864 – 2 433 630 6 297 1 012 1 642 technical training technical (VTE) Vocational training Total (VTE)Total Educational sciences 42 405Educational 711sciences 97 489 118 629 166 509 – – 498 147 – 707 137 3 234 1 421 4 655 a c e b d 1. and Vocational 2. training Teacher

44 Table 5 services training teacher and technical Vocational, (Actual enrolment in 1998/99 Total A/54/13

Gaza Strip

West Bank

Republic Syrian Arab

Lebanon

Jordan 14 714 6 839 9 497 9 721 25 657 66 428 1 688 925 740 049 866 756 996 189 2 282 036 6 573 955

c acceptors acceptors 5 607 2 090 3 686 3 101 6 254 20 738

a accine 25 536 5 032 8 661 10 677 23 336 73 242 Primary care health facilities careDental Family planning careSpecial servicesSpecialist Laboratories 23 treatment Medical 25Patients admitted daysPatient 23 23 17 registered newly women Pregnant registered age 1 newly under 13Infants 17 supervision under age 0-3 Children 34 25 17New family planning 21 family Total planning 15 24 19 914 25 672 23 13 (DPT) vaccineTriple 17 15 5 430 76 194 vaccinePolio 15 4 597 5 586 23 vaccineBCG 21 687 16 394 857 11 34 21 vaccineMeasles 7 601 19 122 6 620Hepatitis 20 v B 39 164 19 610 34 3 499 10 618 10 676 examined entrants School 32 264 17 25 14 8 044 13 386 vaccinationsBooster 13 25 504 25 465 23 348 13 45 792 70 101 6 495 122 13 82 4 402 68 234 71 902 18 267 25 533 214 563 76 111 25 639 40 667 25 445 7 723 14 431 4 408 132 954 93 4 411 055 11 4 372 27 349 2 943 7 732 6 204 7 676 28 402 4 291 8 117 240 11 10 617 10 659 13 630 10 273 77 047 28 451 23 324 965 11 25 031 20 229 77 364 70 195 45 651 73 183 55 993 102 886 Dental treatmentDental 152 888 70 267 63 581 61 756 133 103 481 595 IncludWii a b Out-patientServices car offer Patient visitsIn-patient (hospital)Maternal carandb child healthExpanded car pr School health d Table 6 services care Medical (1 July 1998-30 June 1999) e ed at the primary level e e ogramme of immunization Gaza

West Bank

Republic Syrian Arab

Lebanon 2232 2635 35 37 28 29 NA 32 27 NA 28 33 36 33 33 NA 31 46 6.7 3.5 6.8 5.0 3.6 Jordan 19.734.7 19.6 50.1 20.0 46.7 19.1 33.5 18.5 23.7

b

a

a b ilities (per cent) 76 57 87 66 47 a 000 live births 000 live 000 live births 000 live 000 live births 000 live lity rate per 1,

b

b

Per cent 12 months cent Per 24 months cent Per (months) interval birth Mean FiguresUNR forWA the Survey West, Bank1995. 31.8 3.3 36.7 derived 43.9 2.7 34.9 37.3 from 2.8 37.6 29.4a 1995 47.9 26.6 3.3 surve 53.2 y 5.5 a b Infant mortalityInfant rate per 1, morta childhood Early Mean marital age Crude birth rate Neo-natal mortality rate per 1, Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among registered refugees age 40 (per and above cent) cent) (per above age 40 and refugees registered among hypertension of Prevalence cent) (per water safe access to with Camp shelters 3.6 sewerage to fac accent with Camp shelters 3.4 2.8 3.5 4.3 5.7 3.2 2.8 6.3 5.7 98 96 85 100 100 Institutionalized deliveries (per cent)Pregnant women immunized against tetanous (per cent) (perIncidence of cent) infant rate low among surviving birth 96.9 99 95.8 95.6 87.9 98.5 79.1 97.8 93.2 98.2 Modern contraceptive prevalence (per cent) (per prevalence contraceptive Modern interval: Birth A/54/13 Table 7 1998 refugees, Palestine for indicators status health Selected Source: UNRWA data. A/54/13 b pants Partici- Skill-training & Skill-training production unitsproduction rentices placed with local lending schemes lending pants $ No. Group-guaranteed Partici- ng programmes, job placement, self- placement, job programmes, ng 134 750 65 21 500 9 38 c 14 107 667 - - - - 1 500 Grant-based projectsGrant-based projects Loan-based d Referrals No. $ No. $ facilities Specialized ilitation Centre for the Visually Impaired at Gaza. a Outreach activities Participants Centre 3 145 5 805 1 243 87 369 737 133 206 477 286 78 245 29 1 020 activities Support for disabled persons disabled Support for alleviation Poverty f Community-based rehabilitation Community-based Pro- Centres/ grammes pants Partici- 13 191 34 e Youth activities pants Centres Partici- Wo m e n ’ s programme 15 3 80015 - 5 730 18 - 7 580 5 10 650 930 58 985 780 1 - 2 3 728 - 48 11 62 207 9 520 161 46 620 - 11 300 - 3 57 Centres employers. Including disabled persons assisted through home-based activities, mainstreaming into educational and special vocational traini vocational and special educational into mainstreaming activities, home-based through assisted persons disabled Including Including enterprises associated with women’s programme centres and community rehabilitation centres, and in the Bank, West app $114,850. of value the in 44 mini-loans Including Rehab Al-Nour the of services the from benefiting 302 persons Including One youth activities centre opened in Lebanon. community-basedTwo rehabilitation centres opened in Jordan and Lebanon. support projects, provision of prosthetic devices and other aids, and cash assistance. and cash aids, and other devices prosthetic of provision projects, support Total 70 20 534 27 f a c e b d Syrian Arab Republic West Bank Gaza 10 3 700 8 5 510 7 737 2 391 212 JordanLebanon 21 9 5 100 2 204 - 1 101 - 10 2 772 56 1 250 599 200 51 50 20 177 401 80 941 - 74 - 60 10 125 5 125 Field Table 8 programme services Social (1 July 1998-30 June 1999)

47 A/54/13 unding In kind Total d to programmes during the budget the during programmes d to Proposed biennial budget 2000-2001 budget biennial Proposed 3.5 4.0 2000 2001 Cash ill be less owing to cost reduction measures taken in response to f 12.0 2000-2001 Head- quarters Total budget for a Budgeted expenditure 1999 expenditure Budgeted Arab Syrian Republic Bank West Strip Gaza 1999 and proposed biennial biennial proposed 1999 and Jordan Lebanon budget for b ------8.7 3.2 3.2 1.8 4.2 6.2 4.3 22.9 15.3 15.2 22 642 362 24 483 22 666 845 19.2 2.9 3.3 1.6 5.0 4.7 28.0 45.5 40.1 42.9 42 270 223 81 008 42 351 231 1998 Actual 254.0 75.0 46.6 23.8 56.1 103.5 35.8 352.8 360.2 375.5 301 548 612 28 921 385 330 469 997 expenditure e c d shortfalls. biennium. According to the budget presented to the General Assembly in 1997; actual expenditure w expenditure actual 1997; in Assembly General the to presented budget the to According basis. cash on calculated biennium, 1998-1999 of year first the for accounts of closure interim the on based figures Unadjusted programmes. Agency all support that services and engineering architectural transport supply, Including allocate be to reserves as various as well programmes, Agency all support that services and administrative management Including Agency. the of dissolution eventual the upon staff local to indemnities termination of payment towards aside set be to Funds Total regular budget regular Total a c e b d Operational services Operational EducationHealthRelief services social and Income programme generation 30.0 indemnities Termination 147.5 7.8 48.9 7.8 48.5 19.8 12.2 4.7 11.1 12.5 7.2 26.3 4.6 15.6 56.7 13.4 0.5 2.1 20.3 164.9 43.6 0.9 192.7 41.5 63.9 198.1 45.4 67.1 159 351 354 25 317 903 69.9 813 067 17 375 276 51 966 700 160 164 421 42 693 179 10 627 551 62 594 321 Common services Common Table 9 regular 1998, in expenditure Actual dollars) States United of millions in-kind, and (Cash

48 A/54/13

Total

Projectsb

1998 contributions

Regular budgeta

1998) Total 1997 contributions ecember

Source AustraliaAustriaBahrainBelgiumBrazil DarussalamBrunei Canada 2 469 460ChileChina 547 500Colombia 30 000 1 195 152 2 359 930Cyprus RepublicCzech Denmark 460 000Egypt 1 201 386 7 608 696FinlandFrance 10 000 10 000 967 615Germany 60 000 7 092 168 2 500 2 359 930 16 879Greece 2 169 000 10 000Holy See 50 000 13 607 366 1 364 496Iceland 10 000 460 000 India 59 970 8 456 665 16 535 188 042 2 500Indonesia 2 503 850 7 971 014 10 000Ireland 3 473 536 8 457 714Israel 10 000 Italy 2 012 809 150 000 10 000Japan 20 000 2 352 531 50 000 5 124 575Jordan 418 900Kuwait 10 000 59 970 Lebanon 3 432 822 25 000 7 971 014 16 535 300 000 12 495 41 597 2 500 10 000 738 425 8 557 397 2 394 128 2 012 809 28 000 5 135 682 28 600 000 25 000 10 000 5 248 565 040 75 499 4 500 000 319 043 4 232 527 16 630 336 300 000 6 240 1 886 252 1 500 000 319 043 249 011 18 516 588 11 4 481 538 25 000 7 875 565 040 5 248 1 500 000 11 7 875 Table 10 Contributions in cash and in kind by Governments and the European Community (1 January 1998-31 D (Actual receipts, United States dollars) Total

208 520 758258 904 317

Projectsb 21 679 18722 947 474

1998 contributions

Regular budgeta 186 841 572235 956 843

Total 1997 contributions 239 354 317296 924 562

Subtotal Grand ComprisingtotalComprisingHospital,programme, the Genethe Pmre a b

SourceNorwayOmanPalestinePhilippinesPortugal Korea of Republic ArabiaSaudi 14 029 785Singapore AfricaSouth Spain 40 900 13 150 887 10 000 LankaSri 99 988Sweden 25 000 7 596 764SwitzerlandSyria 685 278Thailand 75 000 1 250 5 000 Tobago and Trinidad 25 000 25 000Tunisia 13 150 887 4 122 222Turkey 053 4 18 820 291 7 613 142 Emirates Arab United 20 100 of Kingdom United 4 984 287 Great and Britain 2 393 3 284 225 3 000 Ireland Northern 685 278 18 239 715 258 3 311 States 1 000 United 84 391 30 000 4 984 287 75 000 2 044 494 1 250 Venezuela 25 000 25 000 5 328 719 10 708 933 CommunityEuropean 48 495 20 100 84 689 649 18 239 715 666 667 11 258 57 570 245 3 311 3 000 77 000 2 101 508 5 809 175 000 271 49 115 13 768 174 986 3 411 48 495 1 268 288 25 000 986 80 411 614 50 383 559 200 000 614

A/54/13 A/54/13

62 10 73 Total Total

b d –1 42 GazaStrip 37

a c Head- 17 quarters WestBank 6 GazaStrip

Republic Syrian Arab WestBank 2

Lebanon

6 Republic Syrian Arab Jordan

Lebanon

Jordan 1999 1 1 3 – 5

Total Includingthe commencementIncludingcommencement 10 stafThe twofDetained staf members1996. staff ofmember f theof members by detainedthe reporting the hadreporting Palestinian onlydetained by period thebeen period. Israeli by authorities, andchar the seven gedauthorities, Israeli and were of authorities,had whom detained ofbeen whom two released whoduringwere three were in on werethe detentionFigures bailin reportingtime; indetention awaiting detention representcontract without period. attrial. attheteac poschahtr a b c d a Released without charge or trial or charge without Released 5 1 3 16 EducationHealth services social and Relief Other staff area Total staff international Total 118 staffTotal 4 860 92 1 590 830 6 075 6 2 058 75 2 540 520 2 158 267 120 4 552 7 2 816 6 081 211 338 433 68 3 374 2 547 15 286 6 339 14 667 6 250 377 944 630 2 822 21 521 429 8 3 382 16 6 349 632 10 3 410 447 279 21 628 70 2 195 107 Still detention 30 in on June Charged/tried/sentenced and/or acquitted – – – 1 Area staff, by programme Table 11 detained or arrested members Staff (1 July 1998-30 June 1999) Table 12 staffª Agency (On 30 June 1999) A/54/13 enterprise Small-scale programme Total 0 7 930 129 14 738 787 Micro- programme enterprise credit e Solidarity- programme 4 046 362 group lending group b d Micro- programme enterprise credit West BankWest enterprise Gaza Strip Small-scale programme Republic Syrian Arab Syrian Lebanon a 00 350 500 99.00 0 0 1 724 296 687 500 92.00 96.00 99.64 97.39 95.34 Jordan f c In abeyance from August 1997, pending conclusion of a more favourable agreement with the local bank. local the with agreement favourable a more of conclusion pending 1997, August from abeyance In 1998. April in Launched 1999. 30 June On Strip. and Gaza Bank West the in subprogrammes income-generation other from borrowed Capital Shared capital base. 1999. 30 June to programme the of life the over Percentage f a c e b d Number of loans issued loans of Number ($) issued loans of Value Capital base ($) 0 0 199 000 30 0 0 98 500 1 409 045 9 1 898 706 1 401 3 648 262 1 501 318 2 897 8 754 831 4 037 124 8 498 Overall recovery rate (%) Table 13 Income-generation programme (1 July 1998-30 June 1999)

52 A/54/13 1972 1974 1974 1977 1978 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1992 1993 1990 1972 1994 1973 1975 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember December 2 49/21 B 19571958 F 35/13to A H 36/146to A 1980 3 November 16 D 19611962 K 39/99to A K 40/165to A 14 D 16 D 1965 J 43/57to A 6 D 1967 K 46/46to A 9 D 19681969 K 47/69to A J 48/40to A 14 D 10 D 1948 2964 (XXVII) 13 D 1970 1949 3090 (XXVIII) 7 D 1950 3330 (XXIX) 17 D 1954 F 32/90to A 13 D 1955 F to A 33/112 1959 K 37/120to A 18 D 16 D 1963 K 41/69to A 3 D ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember ecember December 7 Pertinent records of the General Assembly and other United Nations United other and Assembly General the of records Pertinent bodies 1. General Assembly resolutions Resolution number194 (III) Date of adoption Resolution number D 11 Date of adoption 2656 (XXV) 212 (III)302 (IV) 1948 19 November 8 D E 3089 (XXVIII) A to 7 D 393 (V)513 (VI) 2 D 26 January 1952 D to A 3331 (XXIX) 17 D 614 (VII)720 (VIII)818 (IX) 1952 6 November 1953 27 November 4 D D 3419 (XXX) A to E 31/15to A 8 D 1976 23 November 916 (X)1018 (XI) (XII)1191 1315 (XIII)1456 (XIV)1604 (XV) 3 D 1957 28 February 12 D 12 D 9 D F 34/52to A 21 April 1961 1979 23 November K 38/83to A 15 D 1725 (XVI)1856 (XVII)1912 (XVIII) 20 D 20 D 3 D 2002 (XIX)2052 (XX) 1965 10 February 15 D K 42/69to A 2 D 2154 (XXI)2252 (ES-V) 1966 17 November 1967 4 July K 44/47to A K 45/73to A 8 D D 11 2341 (XXII) A and A 2341 (XXII) B 19 D 2452 (XXIII) A to C to A 2452 (XXIII) C to A 2535 (XXIV) 19 D 10 D Annex II A/54/13 A/54/13 (A/51/5/Add.3) and addendum (A/50/13 1993 and addendum (A/52/13 and Add.1) (A/53/5/Add.3) (A/53/13) (A/51/13) Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 13 Supplement Session, Fifty-first No. 5C Supplement Session, Fifty-third Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 13 Supplement Session, Fifty-second Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 13 Supplement Session, Fifty-third and Add.1) 1996 ibid., 1998 ibid., Decision numberDecision 36/46248/417 adoption of Date 1995 No. 13 Supplement Session, Fiftieth of the Assembly, General Records Official 16 March 1982 10 December 1996 No. 5C Supplement Session, Fifty-first Assembly, of the General Records Official 1995 A/50/500 1996 1997 ibid., 1998 ibid., 2. General Assembly decisions 3. UNRWA of the of Commissioner-General Reports 4. (biennial) statements financial and audited reports Financial 5. Palestine for the Commission United of Nations Conciliation Reports Assembly resolutionsAssembly 49/21 of B Assembly resolutionsAssembly 49/35 C, D, Assembly resolutionsAssembly 50/28 C, D, tle i 1994, respectively: 1995, respectively: including vocational training, for Palestine refugees Palestine training, for vocational including T 1994 and 49/21 O of 13 April1994 and 1995, respectively: 49/21of O SymbolA/49/885A/50/763 Title Force Police Palestinian the of Financing Force Police Palestinian the of Financing SymbolA/50/451A/50/450 Title hostilities 1967 and subsequent June the of a result as displaced Persons higher education, for grants and scholarships of States A/50/428 Member by Offers A/50/531 properties Palestine refugees’ from derived Revenues refugees Palestine for “Al-Quds” Jerusalem of University Symbol Reports of the Secretary-General submitted in pursuance of General General of in pursuance submitted Secretary-General the of Reports 1996 General of in pursuance submitted the Secretary-General of Reports 2 December F and 9 G of December F and 6 G of December 1995 A/50/491 1996 A/51/509 1997 A/52/578 1998 A/53/569 1995 General of in pursuance submitted Secretary-General the of Reports 6. UNRWA on the of Financing Group the Working of Reports 7. the of Secretary-General Reports

A/54/13 A/54/13 Assembly resolutionsAssembly 52/59, 60, Assembly resolutions 51/126,127, Assembly 1996, respectively: 1997, respectively: including vocational training, for Palestine refugees Palestine training, for vocational including refugees Palestine training, for vocational including ecember General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Refugees Palestine for Agency and Works Relief Nations United the of General Agency the of crisis financial the on East Near SymbolA/52/423A/52/415 Title hostilities 1967 and subsequent June the of a result as displaced Persons higher education, for grants and scholarships of States A/52/372 Member by Offers A/52/503 properties and their Palestine refugees’ revenues refugees Palestine for “Al-Quds” Jerusalem of University SymbolA/53/471A/53/472 Title hostilities 1967 and subsequent June the of a result as displaced Persons higher education, for grants and scholarships of A/53/644 States Member by Offers A/53/551 properties and their Palestine refugees’ revenues refugees Palestine for “Al-Quds” Jerusalem of University 129 and 130 of 13 D 129 and 130 of 62 and 63 10 of December 1997 General of in pursuance submitted Secretary-General the of Reports 1998 General of in pursuance submitted Secretary-General the of Reports 1996 SymbolA/51/495 Title Commissioner- the of report special transmittingthe Secretary-General the by Note 8. Notes by the Secretary-General