REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY lj __ I FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES '::; IN THE NEAR EAST
1 July 1979-30 June 1980
GENER/tL ASSEMBLY
OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 13 (A/35/13)
UNITED NATIONS New York, 1980
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Letter of transmittal ••• ...... v Letter from the Chairman of the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for palesti\e Refugees in the Near East ••••••••••••• vi ,, INTRODUCTION ...... 1 - 9 1 , 't SUMHARY 10 - 64 5 '.~!
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1. REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE AGENCY FROM 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980. •••••••• 65 -197 13
A. Education and training services • 65 - 94 13 General education. ••••• . . .. 68 - 79 13 2. Vocational and technical education • 80 - 83 16 3. Teacher training •••••• 84 - 92 17 4. University scholarships. . . 93 94 20 B. Health services ...... 95 - 127 20 1. Medical care • .. . 96 - 102 20 2. Control of communicable diseases • 103 - 106 21 rl 3. Maternal and child health. • 107 - 112 22 , ~ , L: • Nursing services •• 113 23 '.'·.···.·.··.·····.'····;::; 5. Environmental health • ...... 114 - 119 23 I 6. Nutrition, including supplementary feeding. •....•••.•... 120 124 24
7. Medical and paramedical education and training •••••••••• 125 127 25 C. Relief services ••••••••• . . . . 128 - 162 26 1. EliGibility and registration • ... . 133 26 Rations. •••••••• •• . ... . 134 - 137 27
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Parar.:raphs Page 3. Camps and shelters ·· · · · ·· 138- 155 28 4. \velfare. .. · < ·· ·· · ·· ·· · · 156 - 162 32 D. Relations with other organs of the United Sir Nations system. . · ·· · · · 163 ~ 166 33 E. Personnel matters . .. 167 - 170 34 · ·· · · ·· · war 1. Staff relations. - 168 · · 167 34 Nea 2. Possible termination of teachers owing the to financial situation . · ·· · · · · 169 34 par 3. Changes in the manning table · · 170 35 F. Le~al matters . 171 - 184 35 the · the le Agency staff · · 171 - 179 35 2. Agency services. 180 36 · dev 3. Agency premises. · ··· · 181 36 4. Refugee shelters 182 37 · ··· · · · · by Exemption from t.axataon, 183 5. · 37 The 6. Claims against Gcvernment s · ··· · · 184 37 Financial operations. G. · ···· ·· ·· ·· 185 - 197 38 var rep n. PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1981 AND BUDGET FOR 1980 249 · · · 198 - 43 bad A. Introduction. .. · . · 0 ··· · ·· · 198 - 210 43 B. Budget estimates. 211 - 247 45 set · ···· · a c 1. Education services 212 - 219 · · · · ·· · · 49 mad: 2. Health services. 220 - 228 50 COmI · · · · · · · GOVI 3. Relief services. 229 - 236 52 I hi 4. Common costs · ··· c 237 - 246 53 , 5. Other costs. · ··· · 247 55 are C. Financing the bud~et - 1980 and 1981. 248 - 249 55 the · · ·· tak D. Provision for separation costs. 250 56
ANNEXES
I. Tables 1 - 20. • • • • 57
11. Pertinent resolutions, reports and other documents of the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies ••••••••••••••••• 89 The Uni New
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3 September 1980
Sir,
I have the honour to submit my annual report to the General Assembly on the work o~ the United Nations Relie~ and Works Agency ~or Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) ~or the period 1 July 1979 to 30 June 1980 in compliance with the request in paragraph 21 o~ resolution 302 (IV) o~ 8 December 1949 and paragraph 8 o~ resolution 1315 (XIII) o~ 12 December 1958.
As has been done in recent years, in the introduction to the report I invite the General A5~embly's attention to the serious ~inancial di~~iculties ~aced by the Agency.
Chapter I of the report describes the Agency's programmes and their development during the year which ended on 30 June 1980.
Chapter II presents the Agency's proposed budget ~or 1981, ~or consideration by the General Assembly at its ~orthcoming session, and the budget ~or 1980. These chapters are preceded by a summary.
O~ the two annexes to the report, the ~irst contains statistical data on various aspects o~ the Agency's work, and the second lists pertinent resolutions, reports and other documents o~ the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies.
The Advisory Commission o~ UNRWA examined this report in draft. Its views are set forth in a letter dated 2 September 1900 from its Chairman, of which I enclose a copy. Your particular attention is drawn to the recommendation of the Commission made in the letter. I have had the benefit of the advice of the members of the Commission in preparing th~ ~inal text but it should not be assumed that the Governments represented on the Commission necessarily subscribe to all o~ the views I have expressed.
Since 1967, a major part of the Agency's operations has been conducted in areas occupied by Israel. Consequently, I considered it appropriate to continue the practice of showing the report in draft to its representatives and I have taken their views and comments into account also.
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
(Signed) Olof RYDBECK Commissioner-General
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-- J LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION OF T~S UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST
2 September 1980 rt I ; !. Dear Mr. Rydbeck, I, i i' In its meeting held in Vienna on 2 September 1980, the Advisory Commission !' of UNRWA has considered the draft report on the Agency's services and activities during the period 1 July 1979-30 June 1980 which you intend to submit to the United Nations General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session.
The Commission notes that you will do your best to restore the traditional level of UNRWA services, and attempt to augment them, bearing in mind the serious consequences of reductions. The Commission emphasizes its deep concern for the continuing deficit in UNRWA's budget. Taking into consideration that the financing of UNRWA is the responsibility of the entire international community, the Commission calls upon all States Members of the United Nations to make a concerted effort to support the work of UNRWA and contribute in so far as pos-sible to the effective and stable financing of the Agency until a just, permanent and comprehensive solution td the problem of Palestine is found, especially as the United Nations General Assembly is due to consider the extension of the mandate of UNRWA at its thirty-fifth session. In this regard, and in the light of your annual report to the General Assembly, the Advisory Commission recommends, through you, to the General Assembly that it call upon the Working Group on the Financing of UNRWA to study the Agency's financial deficit and to make specific reco~nendations, before the next regular meeting of the Advisory Commission, for measures to increase income and to find new sources of finance for UNRWA.
The Commission takes note with reeret of the difficulties occasioned to the work of the Agency in Lebanon and the Occupied Territories by the events described in your draft report.
The Commission recalls that the major part of the UNRvTA Headquarters is still outside its area of operations, and requests you to consider consolidation of the Headquarters in Beirut or elsewhere within the area of operations, in accordance with United Nations General Assembly resolution 33/112.
The Commission also notes the progress UNRWA has made in education and employment of women. In this regard it requests you to include in your next report to the General Assembly the progress you have made in this respect.
Mr. Olof Rydbeck Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief'and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
-vi- 1 Finally, the Commission expresses its appreciation 0f your efforts and those I of the UNRWA staff in performing your duties in spite of the difficulties. I I Yours sincerely, j ~ (Signed) Edmonde DEVER ,j Chairman ,,1 of the Advisory Commission '1 I :1 ':1
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--. J INTRODUCTION
1. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near .\ East (UNRvlA) observed the conclusion of 30 years of service to Palestine refugees on ,I 30 April 1980. The current mandate of the Agency expires on 30 June 1981. It is therefore appropriate that UNRWA's functions should be reviewed in the light of present circumstances and needs for the future. The critical financial situation of the Agency makes a re-examination of the terms of UNRWA' s mandate all the more urgent.
2. Over the last three decades. the General Assembly has passed many resolution ~ relating to UNRWA (see annex 11 to the present report). These have taken account f UNRWA's changing role in the political situation in the Near East. General Assembly resolutioll 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 ~ may be regarded as the founding charter of I.i.•.i.• UNRWA. In the resolution the Assembly recognized the necessity of continued r assistance for the relief of the Palestine Tefugees to prevent conditions of ~ starvation and distress among them. It also recognized that constructive measures should be undertaken at an early date with a view to the termination of international assistance for relief. In the resolution the Assembly foresaw the termination of direct relief by 31 December 1950~ by whi ch time the "worka" function was to have superseded the "re.lLef'" function of the Agency. Hhile the Assembly acknowledged the urgent need for international relief, it envisaged the early transfer to the Governments of the area of responsibility for all forms of assistance to those refugees who were not repatriated. Elf 1952 this was understood to mean both the education, health and welfare services which the Agency was itself mounting, and the reintegration projects ·to be implemented by the Governments with Agency support. From 1958 the request to Governments to plan and carry out reintegration projects was omitted from Assembly resolutions) and UNRWA was asked to devise and execute programmes capable of supporting substantial numbers of refugees, particularly programmes relating to education and vocational training. These were to be undertaken alongside the relief and rehabilitation services already provided, which were to be equitably distributed and based on need. UNRWA's existence and its programmes of relief and works were (and still are) without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 11 of Assembly resolution 194 (Ill) of 11 De~ember 1948.
3. Over the years UNRWA has become an organization dispensing services to a refugee population now numbering 1.8 million people (about half of the total nu~ber of Palestinians) living in five territories administered by four different Governments services which would normally be provided by national governments in the spheres of education, health and social welfare. That part of the Agency's original function which is represented by the "wor-ks" in its title~ which was intended to mean projects for the resettlement of refugees as an alternative to repatriation, was dropped over 20 years ago. The situation is today totally different from that in which UNRWA was originally established when emergency relief was the first priority. The gradual (' shift in priorities in UNRWA's operations has put e~~cation in the forefront~ and ., the Agency now devotes well over half its expenditure to education and trainir.g, with over 3l4~00o children in its schools and 4,700 trainees in its vocational and teacher training centres. Its health services provide basic medical care as well as sanitation, drinking water and nutritional programmes for vulnerable groups. The relief and welfare services are now ~~e third priority.
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__ ..l 4. U~~WA has become an established institution in its area of operations and plays time for gover a central role in the lives of the PalesGine refugees registered with it. Its income. It w importance as a stabilizing factor in the local scene is apparent in the social. in Jordan and economic and political spheres. Many thousands of Palestinia.ns depend upon it reporting peri socially and emotionally. Since UNRWA performs quasi-governmental functions in the Agency to post spheres of educa.tion, health and relief, it represents to them an assurance that Arab Republic their existence is not overlooked by the international community. ~fuile UNRWA was level for whic established as a temporary agency to meet an emergency situation resulting from the institutionali Arab/Israeli conflict of 1948 in Palestine, it was envisaged that UNRWA would carry cannot be tur out its functions until a comprehensive settlement of the Palestine question was dispersed and achieved anQ the Agency's responsibilities could be transferred in an orderly In 1981, if fashion to the G('··~rnments in the area. UNRWA's sudden, unplanned disappearance Agency will b from the scene w~~ld cause severe problems both to the Palestine refugees and to the earlier in th host Governments. The threat which hangs over UNRWA today is that inadequate income to maintain its services to the refugee community will cause it to collapse and 7. Broadly s that, instead of an orderly transfer of responsibilities, turmoil will ensue. I on services to assume that the international community would not wish to see the demise of UNRWA all the five through financial collapse, but unless the finr~cial prospects of the Agency improve services only greatly in 1981, this grim prospect may become a. reality. intact its he instance. to 5. The budgetary deficits of UNRWA. i.e. the shortfall of projected income below The second met planned expenditure, have become and are becoming larger year by year. Ever larger services beco sums are required to maintain the services to the refugees at existing levels education pro because of rising costs due to inflation and the growth in the school population. damaging to 1 The budget for 1978 was set at $148.8 million, for 1979 $166.3 million and for 1980 Syrian Arab Re $211.3 million. The figure for 1980 included $17 million for the purchase of Gaza. There foodstuffs in order to maintain the basic ration distributed to about 824,000 to the educati authorized recipients at the formerly established level. which included 10 kilos of system through flour per person monthly. This level has had to be halved over the last two years. damaged, or at since Ulfhv~ now distributes only those foodstuffs in the basic ration which are measure the A g~ve~ to it in kind by governments. The proposed budget for 1981 stands at $230.9 in all its fi mllllon and this sum excludes any provision for the purchase of foodstuffs in the because apart basic ration, since it is unrealistic to include Sllch expenditure when the Agency shift basis wh foresees the greatest difficulty in raising sufficient income to keep even its day. Should i educdtion and health programmes intact. programmes. th fields while a 6. UNRWA entered 1980 with a budgetary deficit of $56.8 million, which had been priority to ma reduced by the end of the reporting period to $47.0 million as a result of pledges where there is of additional income. Unless income either pledged or reasonably foreseeable for position to as 1981 exceeds income projected at the end of the reporting period for 1980, the Agency will go into 1981 with a budgetary deficit of $70.4 million. without making 8. The servi any provision for the purchase of flour" When the deficiency between projected recruited staf income and planned expenditure is of this magnitude. I can keep expenditure within refugees. The the limits of assured income only by planning severe reductions in the services (88 UNRWA, 20 provided to the refugees. Since UNRWA does not b~r foodstuffs, it cannot save cover the Age appreciable sums of money by reducing rations further. (There are relatively small to make adjus costs involved in distributing foodstuffs given to the Agency.) This means that By the end of re~uction of expenditure of the size required to bring expenditure into balance with decline in pu income can only be found in the education and health programmes. In 1979 the Agency January 1975. had planned to relinquish responsibility for the three-year lower secondary cycle allowances. of education in all five fields of its operations if sufficient income were not determination forthcoming to maintain the school system intact until the end of the year. In 1980 similar jobs 0 the Agency would have had to abandon the lower secondary cycle from 11ay if sufficient Civil Service reduction in expenditure was to be achieved. This would have provided too short a this respect
-2- time for governments to respond to appeals for special contributions to UNRWA's income. It was decided therefore to plan to withdraw from the entire school system in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic, initially from 1 August. B,y the end of the reporting period additional income had been pledged to UNRWA which enabled the Agency to postpone the date of abandonment of its schools in Jordan and the Syrian Arah Republic to 1 October. Whereas relief operations can be conducted at any level for which funds are available and can be temporarily stopped, the institutionalized programmes of the Agency in the spheres of health and education cannot be turned off and on. Once a school system is broken up, the pupils dispersed and the teaching staff dismissed, the process is virtually irreversible. In 1981, if forecasts of the budgetary position do not improve radically, the Agency will be obliged to plan even more severe cuts in its programmes, and even ,.t· earlier in the year. ;: F 7. Broadly speaking, there are two main methods available for reducing expenditure rt on services to the refugees. The first is to cut the services to an e~ual extent in all the five fields of operation. Up to now, the Agency has had to reduce its services only in the relief and welfare programmes and has been able to maintain intact its health and education programmes. ~llien it has become necessary, for instance, to reduce rations, this reduction was effected evenly between the fields. The second method is to differentiate selectively between the fields when cuts in services become inevitable. As explained above, when planning to reduce the education programme in 1980 the Agency came to the conclusion that it would be l~ss damaging to lay down financial responsibility for all its schools in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic while maintaining its schools in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza. There are certain advantages to this second method, particularly in relation to the education programme. If the decision were taken to mutilate the school system throughout the area of operations, this system would then be permanently damaged, or at the least would take a long time to restore. Although as a desperate measure the Agency planned in 1979 to close the lower secondary cycle of education in all its five fields, this would have caused enormous administrative disruption, because apart from any other consideration most of UNRWA's schools work on a double shift basis whereby two schools share the same building at different times of the day. Should it prove necessary in 1981 to plan to reduce the health and educat.Lon programmes, the Agency may decide to try to keep the programmes intact in certain fields while abandoning responsibility for them in others. The Agency would give priority to maintaining them in the occupied territories of the Hest Bank and Gaza , where there is so far no Arab Government or administration which might be in the position to assume responsibility for the programmes.
8. The services to the Palestine refugees are provided by over 16,700 locally recruited staff members, the great majority of whom are themselves Palestine refugees. They are under the direction of international staff in 113 posts (88 UNRWA, 20 UNESCO and 5 WHO). One of the effects of a lack of ade~uate funds to cover the Agency's budget is that it has not been possible over the last two years to make adjustments in local staff pay to meet fully the ever-rising cost of living. B.Y the end of the reporting period, staff pay in some fields had suffered a serious decline in purchasing power (by up to nearly one quarter in one field) compared with January 1975, the base used by the Agency for the calculation of cost-of-living allowances. An agreement was reached with the staff unions in 1979 to put the determination of staff pay on a new basis by way of comparison with staff doing similar jobs outside the Agency in the public and private sectors. The International Civil Service Commission (IeSC) has given very valuable assistance to the Agency in this respect and agreed to carry out comprehensive surveys of conditions of
-3- r. employment in the area of operations. Priority was given to the occupied I territories, where the rate of inflation has been extremely high, and a survey by a [: team led by an ICSC representative was being carried out in the "Test Bank at the [, end of the period under review. The new basis for the fixing of pay by comparison i: with outside occupations will, however, do nothing to alleviate the Agency's I problem of finding the money to pay staff wages. Should the lCSC's recommendations ~ s~ow that the Agencyls wages should be increased, the Agency may be put in the Edt:catio r highly unsatisfactory position of either having to underpay its staff or to dispense with large numbers of them and the progr~mes they conduct. The fact that they 10. The have continued i-Tithout fail to perform their tasks in the service of their fellow secondar Palestine refugees is a mark of their loyalty. I should like to pay tribute to 1979 exp their sense of devotion in very difficult circumstances for themselves and for their foJ:' 52.5 families. Educatio and speci 9. Should the General Assembly decide that, in the absence of a comprehensive settlement of the Palestine question, the mandate of UNRWA should be extended 11. In 1 beyond 30 June 1981, the level of the activities of the Agency, their nature and Syrian AT their geographical location must depend upon the income which is made available to teaching the Agency in the course of 1981 and during the remaining period of the renewed problem. mandate , Over 90 per cent of the Ur.TRVlA income is derived from volunta.ry necessary contributions by governments. who by the size of their contributions will set the buildings limits on UNRWAis programmes in 1981 and beyond. They will decide in effect whether countries UNRWA can continue to operate its present 627 schools for 314.000 children in textbooks Lebanon. the Syrian Arab Republic, Jordan. the West Bank and Gaz a; whether the the Israe Agency can go on providing medical care and public health services to one and a half million Palestine refugees throughout its area of operations; and whether the 12. In L Ag:ncy can continue its modest provision of social welfare to the poorest refugees. activity I will. by th e prudent management of the resources put at my disposal by the operated international community, do what I can to avoid a sudden collapse of the Agency schools I'T through bankruptcy. But the international comm~tlity must recognize that, unless rain·whic adequate income is assured to the Agency in good time, I may be obliged to apply Jordanian drastic surgery to the Agencyis programmes. either throughout the area of Bank ther operations, or selectively in certain fields) or both. For Member States to vote In the Ga for a resolution extending the mandate of UNRWA and then to fail to provide the February; finance necessary to enable the Agency to go on functioning at its current level occupatio: would represent a contradiction from which the first (but not the sole) sufferers the mmso would be the Palestine refugees. certifica· of either
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10, The education programme :Lncludes general education at elementary and Lover secondary levels, vocational and teacher training and university scholarships" In 1979 expenditure on education and trainine; amounted to ~83)~ million and accounted for. 52.5 per cent of the Agency1s total expenditure, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and C'ultural Organization (lffiTESCO) provides some directing and specialist staff including the Director of Education (see paras, 65-(;7).
11. In 1919/80 over 314,000 pupils were enrolled in UDRWA schools in Lebanon, the Syrian _~ab Republic, Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, served by a teaching force of almost 9,500, Double-shifting in the schools continued to be 0. problem. School construction, because of lack of funds, had to be limitE'lto that necessary to prevent triple-shifting and to replace the most unsatisfactory school buildings. All textbooks nei.ly prescribed or revised by Governments of host countries were submitted to the Director-·General of' UNESCO for approval, All textbooks for use in the occupied territories were subject to import permits from the Israeli occupying authorities (see paz-as , 68 .. 10),
12. In Lebanon there was some interruption of schcoL pro~''''f1rr-,-7JlPs by military activity and political demonstrations. In the Syrian Arab Republic UNRWA schools operated satisfactorily. In east Jordan the schools operated normally except that schools were closed on six days during the winter ~~cause of snow and later heavy rain 'which rendered some buildings unsafe. Two schools wer-e handed over to th,= Jordanian I1inistry of Education and two new UNRUA schools were opened. In the West Bank there was some disruption inthe school programme through political tension, In the Gaza Strip schools operated normally except for some interruptions durinG February and March as a result of demonstrations and security measures by the occupation authorities. The Israeli occupying authorities expelled on 1 July 1979 the urJESCO team supported by UNRWA which was supervising the school-leaving certificate examination, In 1980 these examinations took place without involvement of either UNESCO or UNRWA staff (see paras. 71-(9).
13, The number of training places in UNR1'TA vocational training centres increased by 24 to 3,460, The vTadi Seer Training Centre in Jordan accepted female trainees for the first time, A gift of nearly $2.5 million from tht" OP:"'C Fund .Till f'118.blp UNR1iA to raise the training capacity of its centres to 3,904 by 1982/83, The operation of all the centres except that in Damascus was affected by disturbances and demonstrations. The Ramallah Women's Training Centre, closed by the Israeli occupying authorities on 13 March 1979, was reopened on 1 September 1919, Employment opportunities for graduates of the training centres remained good (see paras. 80-83). 14. The teacher-training activities aim primarily at providing qualified teachers for UNRWA schools, Training is given both in pre-aervice and in-service training courses. P~e-service training is given to 1,240 students at four UI{RWA centres, one in Amman, Jordan, t,TO in Ramal.Lah , Hest Bank and OnE:: in Siblin, Lebanon. The
-5- I, Institute of ~ducation continued to be the main body providinG in-service training 22. I I with an enrolment of 1,015 staff in Institute courses for 1979/80. Following a Itl reorganization of the Educat.Lon Department an effort was made to strengthen the of p I integration of pre- and in-service teacher training (see paras. 84-(9), carum f proc:: 15. The Ul'illSCO Extension Services Unit, ,vhich provided technical services to camps interested Arab Governments, ceased to function on 31 December 1979. The two camps 1 Education Development Centres in Jordan and the Gaza Strip continued their efforts colle t I to improve the quality of education in UNRWA schools. The Department of Education I organized various staff training activities and 18 senior Palestininn education staff 23. F ~e~bers i were awarded fellowships for overseas study. LffiffiWA awarded 354 scholarships featu I to Palestine refugees in 1979/80 for study at Arab universities (see amonG I paras. 90-94). vulne I- t distr Health services paras
16. Preventive and curative services were provided at 100 Ul1R1?A health units and 24. at 15 government and two vollli1tary agency clinics. Other services were subsidized labor by UlffiUA. The delivery of curative services "TaS disturbed from time to time by in UN military activities in south Lebanon and disturbances in the West Bank. The Agency in th operated 24 dental clinics and 04 specialist clinics. Laboratory facilities were spons further inproved (see paras. 95-98)~ perso andi 17. The Agency continued to operate a small hospital in Qalqiliya in the Hest Bank and nine camp maternity wards, mainly in Gaza. LffiffiWA continued to secure the Relie necessary in-patient care through subsidies to government and private hospitals. UlTImA is negotiating with the Jordanian Government new terms of an agreement for 25. the care of refugee patients referred to goverrunent hospitals. Claims for refund of assis hospital expenses in Gaza declined as many refugees joined the government insurance scheme. In Lebanon the acute shortage of hospital beds persisted (see paras. 26•. 99-102) . of th of 19 IQ. An extensive programme of immunization forms part of the maternal and child of foe health services. Among the public health control measures, importance was laid on the improvement of environmental conditions and personal hygiene. A few cases of 27. ] cholera were reported among refugees in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic. UNR\TA inter operated a comprehensive tuberculosis control progrmm~e (see paras. 103-106). 28. 19. ~1aternal and child health (MCH) care is provided in most UNRWA health centres, incre supplemented by a number of government and voluntary agency facilities. Planned carry parenthood activ.ities were integrated into the MCH services in six health centres in throu the Gaza Strip. Pre-natal care was given to mothers. The majority of deliveries for p were attended at home by UNR1JA-supervised midwives or carried out in UNRWA maternity para. centres. Child care includes the monitoring of gro,vth, supervision of feeding practices, innnunizations and the distribution of dried milk to children up to three 29. years of age. The number of malnutrition clinics is now 28 (see peras. 107-109)· since Decemb 20. School health services include reinforcing immunizations and nutritional of rat support at supplementary feeding centres. Health education was conducted in all behal urmwA schools. In each field a team of health education workers was active Palest (see paras. 110-112). commod was re 21. Nursing services continue to form an inteGral part of Lffiffil1A health services of 10 (see para. 113).
-6- 22. UNRWA continued to provide b~sic community sanitation services in the camps. It lent financial and technical support to self-help proGrammes such QS the pavinc of pathways and the construction of drains and sewers. The replacement of community latrines by private ones has almost been completed. The self-help procramme for private water connexions to refuGee shelters made proGress in many camps. A scheme for providinc adequate water for Acency installations in four camps in the Syrian Jirab Republic was beinc executed. The improvement of refuse collection at various camps was under study (see paras. 114-119).
23. Promotion of the nutritional status of vulnerable Groups of refu~:ees is a feature of UNRWA health services. There is widespread iron deficiency anaemia among infants and children. A supplementary feedinc procramme was carried out for vulnerable croups at 91 centres. Over 50,000 children took advantace of the distribution of whole and skim milk in dry form at child health clinics (see paras. 120-124).
24. Medical university scholarships were awarded and refucees enrolled in laboratory technician, public health inspection and assistant pharmacist courses in UNRWA traininG centres. UNRIJA continued to pay a subsidy to a school of nursinc in the area. Intensive in-service training of staff was carried out. A proGramme sponsored by the World Health OrGanization (WHO) provided fellowships for health personnel. Specialized courses were arranced for nurses in post-basic midwifery and in ophthalmoloGY (see paras. 125-127).
Relief services
25. UNRWA's relief services comprise the distribution of rations, the provision of assistance with housinc and help to the very poor (see para. 128).
26 •. In Lebanon the relief programme continued to be disrupted by fightinc. Many of the refucees who had returned to south Lebanon left aGain in the early months of 1979 for temporary accommodation in the area of Sidon. Special distributions of food were made to refugees displaced from the south (see paras. 129-131).
27. In the West Bank disturbances and security measures t~ten by the authorities interfered with the Agency's operations (see para. 132).
28. There were 1,844,318 refugees registered with the Agency on 30 June 1980, an increase of 2.26 per cent compared with a year earlier. The AGency was unable to carry out investigations of income to establish eligibility for Agency services throuGhout the area of operations, although in the West Bank and Gaza programmes for partial rectification of the recistration records were successful (see para. 133).
29. A ceiling has been maintained on the number of ration recipients in Jordan since 1953 and the other fields since 1963. The number of rations issued in December 1979 was 823,897. Only 45 per cent of registered refugees were in receipt of rations in June 1980. In Jordan UNRWA distributed rations on the Government's behalf to persons displaced in 1967 who are not registered with UNRWA as Palestine refugees. For financial reasons the basic ration cannot exceed such commodities as the Agency receives as contributions in kind. The flour component was reduced by half in 1979 and 1980 compared with the formerly established level of 10 kilos per month. The level of other commodities in the basic ration also had
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30. The population of the 51 canps established before 1967 was 528,314 on 30 June 1980. In the 10 camps established in 1967 (six in east Jordan and four in the Syrian Arab Republic) to house persons displaced in 1967 the population was 159,345. 1he proportion of reGistered refugees living in camps was 35.3 per cent (see para. 138).
31. In Jordan in addition to minor repairs 10 prefabricated class-rooms were constructed and repairs made to some shelters for families too poor to bear the cost themselves. In the Syrian Arab Republic in addition to school construction and repairs to roads a feeding centre and two water towers were built by UNRWA. In Lebanon clashes in the south caused damage to Agency installations and refugee shelters. The continued fighting has prevented the reconstruction of Nabatieh camp. In the West Bank, in addition to some minor works carried out by the Agency, the refugees completed a number of self-help projects with some support from UNRWA. In the Gaza Strip the Israeli occupying authorities insisted that refugees demolish their shelters in camps as a condition of the provision of accoIITmodation in new housing projects. The Agency carried out certain repairs and supported self-help projects carried out by the refugees (see paras. 139-155).
32. Voluntary agencies donated used clothing to UNRWA. The number of families registered as welfare cases (the very poor usually without a male breadwinner) totalled 24,298, comprising 118,472 persons, who were eligible for small-scale assistance by UNRWA. Fifty-one pre-school centres served 4,149 children. Youth activities were carried out in co-operation with the World Alliance of Young Mens' i Christian Associations in 36 camps. Various other activities for young people 9 were carried out. The Agency operated 14 centres for activities for women. The R Agency also organized training activities outside the schools and training centres P to provide training in various skills for young refugees (see paras. 156-162). G~
Relations with other organizations of the United Nations system 4c aJ 33. UNESCO and WHO 90ntinued to provide on non-reimbursable loan directing staff l~ for the education and health services. The United Nations Children's Fund and UNRWA co-operated in the procurement and transport of certain supplies (see F' paras. l63-165). 4 34. UNRWA's Vienna headquarters moved in August and September 1979 into the Vienna m International Centre, where it enjoys certain common services with UNIDO and the t International Atomic Energy Agency (see para. 166). W d Personnel matters s d 35. Owing to lack of funds, the cost-of-living adjustments to the pay of locally c recruited staff were not made for the first three quarters of 1979. The Agency found it possible to make adjustments in the last quarter of 1979, and again in 4 January 1980 for staff in the occupied territories where inflation is rampant. b Since then until the end of the reporting period no further adjustments could be a made. A new agreement was reached between the administration and the staff unions a in October 1979 providing for remuneration to be based on surveys of prevailing 1
-8- conditions of service of comparable employees outside the Agency. The first survey, conducted by the International Civil Service Commission, was undertaken in the West Bank and was still in progress on 30 June 1980 (see paras. 167-168).
36. At 30 June 1980 the Agency's financial position was such that sufficient income could not be foreseen to continue the schools in east Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic after 30 September 1980, which meant that unless additional income was forthcoming in time, about 4,900 educational staff members would have to be dismissed. There were 113 international staff posts on 30 June 1980 and 16,729 local posts (see paras. 169-170).
Legal matters
37. In the year under review 14 Agency staff members were detained in the Gaza Strip, seven in the West Bank, one in Jordan and two in the Syrian Arab Republic. The Agency continued to express its deep concern at cases of prolonged detention of its staff without charge or trial. The Jordanian Government objected to the continuation in Agency employment in Jordan of 12 locally-recruited staff who had come to Jordan from the Gaza Strip (see paras. 171-176). 38. The Gcverr-Gent of the Syrian Arab Republic ccntinued to impose travel restrictions on one senior international staff member. The Israeli occupying authorities continued to impose restrictions on the duty travel of some Agency staff members to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The interrogation of staff members in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip continued (see paras. 177-179).
39. Security measures imposed by the Israeli occupying authorit~e6·.iR the occupied territories affected UNRWA services. The Agency had to face difficulties affecting its. schools and other installations in the West Bank in the year under review. On 9 April 1980 Israeli military forces entered the Men's Teacher Training Centre in Ramallah and beat some of the trainees. Demolition of refugee shelters on punitive grounds took place on two occasions in the West Bank and two in the Gaza Strip (see paras. 180·-182).
40. The Agency pursued claims to exemptions from certain taxes and duties. It also pursued claims against Governments for losses arising from hostilities in 1967, 1975, 1976 and 1978 (see paras. 183-184).
Financial operations
41. This section presents UNRWA's actual financial operations in 1979 and its budgeted operations in 1980. In 1979 total income received was $152.2 million and total actual expenditure was $158.9 million, leaving a deficit of $6.7 million. Working capital, which stood at $14.6 million at 1 January 1979, had to be drawn down to cover the deficit, which was incurred despite the reduction of certain services to refugees, the postponement of some construction projects and the denial to local staff of some adjustments to cost-of-living allowances. Working capital was reduced to $7.9 million at year end (see paras. 185-188).
42. The Agency should have working capital equal to the cost of three months' budgeted cash operations, about $40 million, to permit the smooth operation of its activities. This would lessen the risk of the Agency having to suspend operations abruptly and thus having to increase its liability for termination indemnities to ~ocal staff members by some $15 million (see para. 189).
-9- 43. Cash in hand at the end of 1978 and again at the end of 1979 was only adequate for about two months, At the end of 1979 unpaid pledges for 1979 or previous years totalled ~19.3 million. Inventories of supplies and advances to suppliers stood at $12.9 million at the end of 1979 and accounts payable at ~5.6 million (sep raras. 190-191).
44, Provision for local staff separation costs had to be increased in 1979 from $17.3 million to $31.2 million. Budget co!mnitments carri~d forward from 1979 to 1980 totalled $9.4 million (see paras. 192·-193).
45. Concerning operations in 1980, the Agency estimated at the begi~ning of the year that its deficit was $56.8 million. Increases in esticated income, partly offset by budgeted increases in expenditure, reduced the estimated deficit by 30 June 1980 to $46.9 million. At the end of the reporting period foreseeable income in 1980 was estimated at ~~164.4 million and budgeted expenditure at $211.3 million. Budgeted expenditure in 1980 on recurrent operations is G53.1 million in pxcess of actual expenditure in 1979. The increase represents principally provision for improvements in staff remuneration and the continuing increase in the cost of non-staff items (see paras. 194-196).
46. The Agency clearly does n.rt have sufficient working capital to cover its estimated deficit for 1980. Substantial portions of the current budget for 1980 will not be implemented unless additional iDcome is received well before the end of the year (see para. 197).
47. The 1980 budget is $211.3 million. The proposed budget for 1981 is set at ~230.9 million, The 1980 budget shows a net increase of $26.1 million over the original estimates, mainly due to rising staff costs (see paras. 199-200).
48. In the budget for 1981 recurrent costs are set at $213.0 million, an increase of $20.7 million over the budget for 1980. Non-recurrent costs in 1981 are estimated at $17.9 million, a decrease of $1.1 million below the budget for 1980 (see paras. 201··203).
49. Staff costs constitute the principal type of expenditure in the Agency1s budget (69 per cent in 1981). Inflation in staff costs therefore has an important effect on the total budget. Apart from increases in unit staff costs largely due to inflation, increased numbers of staff will be required in the education services (see paras. 204-205).
50. In education services the expected increase in costs in 1981 is mainly due to increased provision for pay and for the growth of pupil population, about 7,100 more than in 1980. In 1981 education will account for about 60 per cent of the total budget, compared with 20 per cent for relief services, 16 per cent for health services and 4 per cent for other costs (see para. 206).
51. In health services provision has been made to meet the basic needs of a slightly larger population in 1981 but with only a minimal increase in the number of staff. Provision is included under environmental sanitation for camp improvement schemes of a self-help kind (see para. 207).
-10- I 52. In relief services provlslon has been made for a continuation of services in 1981 at the level delivered in 1980 (see para. 208).
53. The budget for 1981 may have made an under-provision for termination ind~mnitips for loss of pmployment. In the ev~nt of an abrupt suspension of the Agency's operations all local staff would probably become entitled to receive a termination Lnd emni.ty , involving an increase in costs of ever $15 million) for which no provision has yet been made (see para. 210).
54. The budget estimates for 1981 are shown in summary in three tables: A- recurrent costs; B- non-recurrent costs; and C- total costs (see para. 211).
55. The cost of general education in 1981 is estimated at $111.0 million compared with $87.7 million in 1980. The increase of $21.7 million for recurrp.nt costs reflects in part the continuing growth in the school population and increased staff costs. The provision of $6.2 million for non-recurrent costs includes the cost of construction of additional class-rooms to avoid triple shifting, of new schools in a few locations, of multi-purpose activity rooms, libraries and science laboratories (see paras. 212-214).
56. The 1981 budget for vocational and professional training is $13.6 million compared with ~13.3 million in 1980. The estimates assume a total enrolment of 4,700 trainees during 1981. The amount provided for university scholarships is $250,000. Only $0.5 millicn is provided for non-recurrent costs compared with $2.4 million in 1980, since no provision has been made for any construction of training facilities in 1981 (see paras. 215-219).
57. $15.2 million is provided for medical services in 1981 compared with $13 ..1 million in 1980. With the rapid increase in costs, the Agency finds it difficult to prevent the level of health services for refugees falling below that provided by host Governments (see paras. 220-222). se 58. Supplementary feeding will cost $8.2 million in 1981 compared with $7.5 million in 1980. For several years the Agency received a special contribution for the programme, but since 1979 the contribution has fallen short of the amount required to cover the full cost (see paras. 223-225). nt 59. Environmental sanitation will cost $6.2 million in 1981 compared with e $5.1 million in 1980. The Agency is unable to raise existing minimum standards of ces sanitation because of rising costs. $0.5 million is provided for capital improvements to be constructed with refugee participation in self-help projects (see paras. 226-228). to 60. 031.5 million is provided for basic rations in 1981 compared with $45.0 million in 1980. The costs under this heading include both the value and the final lth distribution of basic rations, but transport and warehousing of rations are charged to "supply and transport services 1I. The budget fer 1981 makes no provision for the purchase of commodities to make up the level to that formerly established, whereas the 1980 budget included $16 million for the purchase of flour for this purpose. r The sum provided in the 1981 budget includes $0.9 million for extra flour ment distributions to special hardship cases (see paras. 229-231).
61. $1.0 million is provided in 1981 for shelter compared with $1.2 million in 1980. Of this, $0.4 million represents rental value of camp sites, most of which is
-11- covered by conl..dbutions in ldnd by govcruments. A further $0.4 million is provided for replacement ann l'epair of suh-standard shelters (sce paras. 232-233).
62. Special hardship assistance is set at $3.5 million in the 1981 budget compared with $1.9 million in the 1980 budget. This item proJides for additional relief to refugees who suffer from special hardship, but because of the financial pos i.tIon ef the Agency only the most urgent cases can be considered (see paras. 234-236).
63. Common costs in 1981 are estimated at $31.5 million con~a~ed wll.h $26.8 million in 1980, the increase being due mainly to rises in staff coats. Supply and transport services are shown as $11,4 million, other internal servl~es as $14.5 million and general administration as $5.6 million. OtLcr costs in 19G1 are estimated at $9.3 million compared with 09.6 million in 1980. The 1981 estimates are to cover adjustment of the provision for local staff separation costs (see paras. 237-247). 64. Estimated income in 1981 is given as $160.5 million compared with $164.4 million in 1980 and the estimated deficit for 1981 is $70.4 million (see paras. 248-249).
-12- !' ~. l l2-233) . CHAPTER I compared ! ~lief REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE AGENCY FROM ~: po~{t;nn 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980 >1 .236). j A. Education and trainin~ services 1 .s , n-v Lce s 65. Under an agreement between UIffiWA and UNESCO, the latter is responsible for In 1901 the professional aspects of the UNRWA/UNESCO education programme, fulfilling its I responsibility in part by the non-reimbursable loan to U~mWA of directing and f ion costs specialist staff, including the Director of Education. At the end of the period under review these staff members numbered 13. The UNRWA/UNESCO education f. programme in 1979/1980 included general education at elementary and preparatory (lower secondary) levels in Agency schools, vocational and teacher training at (see Agency centres, the work of the Institute of Educbtion and a university scholarship programme. Many refugee children continued their education at the upper secondary level in government schools of the host countries or in private schools. In Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic, book allowances were paid and, where no government secondary school was available, cash gra~ts were made to refugee pupils attending private schools. In 1979, expenditure on education and training amounted to $83.4 million and accounted for 52.5 per cent of the Agency's total expenditure.
66. In addition, the Agency provides some pre-school education activity (para. 158), youth activH;ies (paras. 159 and 16o). adult training in crafts (paras. 161 and 162), and medical and paramedica2 education and training (paras. 125 and 126). f f 67. The crisis facing the education programme in 1980, when forecasts of income I were insufficient to cover the entire school system to the end of 1980, has been [ described (paras. 6 and 7). ~
1. General education I 68. In 1979/1980, as in previous years, the largest single Agency activity was r general education, and a total of 314,164 pupils (3,080 more than in 1978/1979) i were enrolled in the 627 Agency elementary and preparatory schools in Lebanon, r- the Syrian Arab Republic, east Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, served r~, by a teaching force of 9,479. A further 87,641 refugee pupils were known to be r;; enrolled in government and private elementary, preparatory and secondary schools f r in the same areas and approximately 41,460 non-eligible children were in Agency r schools (see foot-note a/ to table 9 of annex I). The education staff in each !. field is headed by a Field Education Officer, an UNRWA local staff member, I working under the professional guidance of the Director of Education and of the f specialist staff of the Department of Education at headquarters. t 69. Double-shifting of schools continued to be a problem and, because of the steady natural growth in the school population and the Agency's lack of funds [
0.' -13- I;.··.·.': ~ .1 .1 ·I·'·····~·:.I .-i 72. Enrolmen for school construction on the scale required, was necessary in 464 schools ~er 23,955 of who (74 cent of the total) during 1979/1980. In elementary schools in east Jordan the 84 school cnd tI.e Syrian Arab Republic, double-shifting affected 94.2 and 87.9 per cent of a total of 1, the pupils respectively. It was possible to avoid turnine; children awe.y from shift. Presc school only through double-shifting and the construction of some additional which have be classrooms. Lack of funds for capital expenditure generally limited school construction to the minimum necessary to prevent triple-shifting and to replace 73. In the S the mos~ unsatisfactory school premises. During 1979/1980, over all fields, 15 September 13 prefabricated class rooms, 77 standard class and administration rooms and 43,792 pupils eight specialized rooms wer-e completed, while 28 standard class and administration 1,159 class s rooms and four specialized rooms were under construction, involving 1,0 t.he school ye 70. As in the years since 1969, all textbooks newly prescribed or revised by published; of Governments of host countries were sUbmitted to the Director-General of UNESCO in all curl'en for approval before they were procured for Agency schools. Tn the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where Jordanian and Egyptian books respectively are used, books 74. In east approved by the Director-General are subject to the further requirement of a and operated special i~port permit from the Israeli authorities. The situation is described six days duri in gr-eate:.... detail, field by field, in par-agr-aphs 72, 73, 75, 77 and 78 below. and communica unsafe, neces 71. In Lebanon, most Agency schools o~ened on the scheduled date of premises, mos 17 September 1979 for the 1979/1980 school year, but schools in the Saida area a double shif vere able to open only on 24 September 1979, after evacuation of them by refugee of Education families who had occupied them after fleeing from the Tyre area following Israeli decreased and attacks during the previous months. The schools in the Tyre area began accepting UNRWA schools pupils from 17 September 1979 and attendance built up gradually as the refugees pupils had in returned. There was, however, a slower return of refugees to the village of preparatory c Damour, south of Beirut, and the four schools there reported barely five per cent Double-shifti attendance during the latter part of September 1979. Refugees did not return 120,435 pupil to IJabatiyeh, south Lebanon, in sufficient numbers to justify reopening the one Agency school there until October 1979, and then with only about one third 75 .. Under th of its previous enrolment. The remaining two thirds of the Nabatiyeh school pupils neWly prescri were expected to be accommodated in a newly-rented school in the village of pUblished, bu Shihim, near Saida, but this school had not become available by the end of the Agency school school year and the pupils were distributed among the Saida schools. The schools which 95 have operated relatively smoothly throughout the period 1 October 1979 to 27 January 1980, interrupted only by two days of strikes in November 1979, and 76. In the TtT a one-day strike in January 1980, as a result of political events of significance and operated to the Palestinians. An increase in civil unrest and external attacks, beginning resulting fro on 28 January 1980 with artillery shelling of the Tyre area, jnterrupted the conducive to operation of schools. Saida schools were closed for two days and Tyre schools deportation 0 for eight days from 28 January to 31 March 1980 because of artillery shelling the establish on these areas. In April 1980, schools in Beirut did not operate on four days February 1980 and schools in north Lebanon did not operate on three days because of armed lives of thre clashes between opposing factions, while the spring vacation was extended by disruption in three days for schools in Saida and Tyre and for six days for the schools in instruction t Damour because of fears of reprisals for a Palestinian attack in Israel. In work and addi addition, bad weather interrupted the operation of four schools in the Beqa 1 u valley for one to six days in March 1980 and of the schools in north Lebanon for 77• Enrolmen one day in April 1980. Israeli attacks and continued civil unrest led to further in 736 elemen disruptions and '~he loss of up to seven more days of school time during May and Fifty-six sch June 1980. shift. Of th the Israeli 0
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....-;~..~~f~1';: ',. .... -:--:·~~~,;'f;;;:~~:~~~~~''';'-:;--~..17,~[,;''_~~--,,!>;'r:''5:::.:~~~~3'~'" _~ "~ ",",,: ..... ,:,:,,_.~.(7"?,:_,. "_c~;:..;.' z-r- "~~~~_' "_"?'J'?~"~~~""~==:-~:"'~':'.~ 72. Enrolment in Aeency schools in Lebanon totalled 33,093 -refuge: PU::ls~~~=-'1 23,955 of whom were in the elementary ana 9,138 in the pre~aratory schools. Of the 84 schools, comprising 72R elementary and 297 preparatory class sections with I a total of 1,260 teachers, 47 schools with 482 class sections operated a double 1;,·,.·..•':::,'.,.... shift. Prescribed textbooks for Afency schools in Lebanon totalled 193, all of • which have been approved by UNESCO.
73. In the Syrian Arab Republic, Agency schools started the year on 15 September 1979 and operated satisfactorily during the year. A total of 43,792 pupils attended the 66 elementary and 44 preparatory schools. comprising 1,159 class sections served by 1,376 teachers. Ninety-one of these schools, involving 1,000 class sections and 38,480 pupils, operated a double shift. During the school year, 13 textbooks were newly prescribed, one of which has not yet been published; of the 12 published 3 were approved by U1~SCO. Of the 113 textbooks in all currently prescribed, 78 have been approved by UNESCO.
74. In east Jordan, the 198 Agency schools commenced the year on 27 August 1979 and operated normally throughout the year, except that schools were closed on six days during the winter months because heavy snowfalls disrupted transport I Hea\~ i and communications. rain also during winter rendered some school premises I unsafe, necessitating the temporary transfer of students of ~O schools to other r premises, mostly to nearby government schools, where the Agency schools operated a double shift. Two UNRWA school premises were handed over to the Jordan Ministry of Education because they were in an area where the numbers of refugee pupils had decreased and non-refugee pupils had increased. At the same time, two new UNRWA schools were opened in a neighbouring area where th~ number of refugee pupils had increased. The total enrolment was 127,920 in the elementary and preparatory cycles comprising 3,171 class sections served by 3,586 teachers. Double-shifting occurred in 185 schools, involving 2,971 class sections and 120,435 pupils.
75.. Under the Jordan Government's new education plan of 1978, 16 textbooks were newly prescribed in 1979/80 by the Ministry of Education; four have not yet been published, but of the 12 published seven were approved by UNESCO for use in Agency schools. The total number of t.extboc...s prescribed in Jordan was 126. of which 95 have been approved by UNESCO.
76. In the West Bank, Agency schools started the school year on 19 August 1979 and operated satisfactorily except that the increase in tension and disturbances resulting from the effects of occupation created general unrest which was not conducive to effective teaching and learning. Incidents such as the threatened deportation of the Mayor of Nablus by the occupation authorities in November 1979. the establishment of diplomatic relations between Egypt and Israel in February 1980. the events in Hebron in April and May 1980 and the attempts on the lives of three mayors also in May 1980 had their repercussions in unrest and disruption in the school programme: 39 schools lost from one to 14 days instruction time which was compensated for by special programmes of intensive work and additional periods.
77. Enrolment in the 99 Agency schools in the West Bank totalled 37,133 pupils in 736 elementary and 303 preparatory class sections, served by 1,201 teachers. Fifty-six schools, with 520 class sections and 19,823 pupils, operated a double ,;j i shift. Of the 126 te,,;books prescribed for Jordan, UNESCO approved 95, of YThich ;,~ the Israeli occupying authorities refused import permits for 13. j I 1 ! .1 -15- ,1 J 78. In the Gaza Strip, the Agency schools started on 2 September 1979 and operated Agency to normally throughout the year, except for some interruptions during February and the Hadi S March 1980. A curfew imposed by the Israeli authorities following a bombing in-service incident in Gaza to,vn led to an interruption of all schools in Gaza town, Gaza si~nifican Beach and Jabalia on three days in Februrary 1980. The loss of another three days later in the same month occurred as a result of demonstrations against the 82. As in establishment of diplomatic relations between Egypt and Israel. Schools in Vocational Jabalia and Khan Yunis also lost two days of school time in March 1980 as a result as protest of demonstrations in protest against Israeli actions in the occupied areas. improvemen ~nrolment totallei 72,226 pupils in 136 schools, comprising 1,190 elementary and a change i 466 preparatory class sections with a teaching force of 2,056. Double-shifting some cours occurred in 85 schools~ involving 994 class sections with 44,118 pupils. Textbooks start of t from Egypt for use in A~ency schools in Gaza continued to be transported to Gaza by because of land under the same arrangements as agreed with the Governments concerned in F compensati !, I· previous years. The total number of textbooks prescribed by the Egyptian r1inistry end of the i. of Education was 106, six of which have not yet been published. Of the 100 (Jordan) 1 published, 69 have been approved by UNESCO, and of these the occupying authorities because of have permitted the importation of 50~ have disallowed the importation of 15 and closed as have four under consideration. centres in Kalandia V 79. The oreanization by UNESCO of the 1979 secondary school-leaving certificate been serio examination for pupils in the Gaza Strip, w'ith logistical support from the UNRHA protests a field office in Gaza, was interrupted by the Israeli authorities' decision to expel proposals I' all members of the UNESCO supervising team from the Gaza Strip on 1 July 1979. The Consequent examinations were therefore not completed under the supervision of UNESCO. In 1980 Kalandia 4 these examinations took place without involvement of either UNESCO or UNRHA staff. 'Vlest Bank I'lomen's Tr 13 March 1 2. Vocational and technical education training t extended u 80. A further small increase was registered in the number of training places students u available to Palestine refugees in the vocational and technical courses conducted interrupti in lmffiTA training centres, bringing the tr~ining capacity to 3,460. The increase, weeks of i a net total of 24 places, was achieved by extending the double-shift system at the iTadi Seer Training Centre (Jordan) and Gaza Vocational Training Centre to include 83. Hork additional class sections in existing courses (Autobody Repairer at Wadi Seer and education Builder/Shutterer at Gaza), and by allowing the Refrigeration and Airconditioning places fro course at Siblin to build up to full capacity with the addition of one class section. and less t It may be noted here that Wadi Seer Training Centre accepted female trainees for because of the first time this school year. At present six girls are enrolled in the scale expa Laboratory Technician course, another seven in the Architectural Draughtsman course Agency's p and four more in the Quantity Surveyor course (total 17). It is hoped to extend this arrangement to other centres (Damascus Vocational Training Centre introduced it several years ago) and to other courses. Details of the training places available in the Agenoy training centres in 1979/80 by course, centre and year of study are given in table 13 of annex I. In addition, the Agency sponsored the 84. The t vocational training of 51 refugees in private institutions. for Agency number of 31. Thanks to a generous contribution of $2,470,900 from the OPEC Fund specifically retirement for vocational and technical education, the Agency can continue to expand the training c programme, and this contribution, coupled with decisions taken by UNRHA during the year, will raise the training capacity to 3,904 by 1982/83~ an increase of 444 over the present level. The OPEC Fund contribution has also made it possible for the 1./ 9L Supplement
-16- Agency to implement plans for the establishment of an Instructor Training Unit at the vladi Seer Training Centre. This will enable the Agency to intensify the in-service training of vocational and technical instructors, and bring about a sicnificant improvement in the qualitative aspects of the training programme. i
82. As in previous years, the operation of all centres, except the Damascus Vocational Trairi.ng Centre, has been affected to some extent by disturbances such as protest demo! " .rations and strikes. However, there has been a considerable improvement at 2 Siblin Training Centre in Lebanon. Several factors, including a change in t·l.~ administration of the Centre, have contributed to this. Althoue;h some courses carried over large losses in training time from last year and the start of the current school year for the new intake was delayed by several weeks because of the security situation, the calmer atmosphere at the Centre has enabled compensation plans to be implemented and the courses should be on schedule by the end of the present school year (August). The Amman and liadi Seer Training Centres (Jordan) lost nine training days during the year, six when the centres were closed because of heavy snowfalls during winter, and three when the centres were again closed as a precaution on the occasion of "Land Dayil (29-31 March). The three centres in the occupied territories, namely the Gaza Vocational Training Centre, Kalandia Vocational Training Centre and Ramallah Women's Training Centre, have all been seriously affected by the prevailing civil unrest and demonstrations, including protests and strikes over such events as those described in paragraph 76 above and proposals to establish more Israeli settlements on Arab land, especially in Hebron. Consequently, during the year the Gaza centre lost nine days' instruction time, Kalandia 42 and the R&lliallah Women's Centre 30 days. On a number of other days the West Bank centres suffered from partial attendance of the trainees. The Ramallah Women's Training Centre reopened on 1 September 1979 after its enforced closure on 13 March 1979 by the Israeli authorities. 1/ In order to compensate for the lost training time, courses which should have b;en completed by the end of July 1979 were extended until the beginning of November 1979. This delayed enrolment of the new students until 5 November 1979,' so that, even before the previously mentioned interruptions occurred, the centre faced the task of compensating for at least nine weeks of instruction.
83. Work opportunities for graduates of the Agency's vocational and technical education training centres continued to be excellent. The demand for training places from Palestine refugees eligible for this form of assistance rises each year and less than 20 per cent (approximately 1,900) of those applying can be accepted because of the limited capacity. Clearly there is ample justification for a large scale expansion of the programme, but only limited expansion is possible given the Agency's present financial resources.
3. Teacher training
84. The teacher-training activities aim primarily at providing qualified teachers for Agency schools. Teachers are needed continuously to meet the increase in the number of pupils and to make up for teachers who leave the Agency's service through retirement, death or resignation. The teacher-training sections of the Agency training centres accept Palestine refugee candidates who have successfully completed
1/ Official Records of the General AssemblY, Thirty-fourth Session, Suppl;ment No. 13 (A/34/13 and Corr.l), paras. 27 and 51.
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~-'-:~'-'-'=O=~""7"""'T~~"" "","""""'=C"'" ,,,,,,·*,,,,,,""""'·!c,d" ,'~'-""""'~'2.,,,,,,.·~~~~~:!e:e1I!!!l!'!!i\li!ll!l!!!l!!IlIIillllll!l!_R!ll!IIII!!lIIIIfl__• 12 years of general schoolinr;, and provide them with a two-year professional 88. T_ traininr; programme which qualifies them to teach at the elementary school level. the Ag Graduates of these centres are given priority for Agency appointments. If fl~ther staff elementary school teachers are needed, the Agency then resorts to employing 1,015 university or high school graduates. As these candidates usually lack professional school qualifications, the Agency arranges basic in-service teacher-training courses for specia them through the UNR1'TA/lffilESCO Institute of Education, which forms part of the person Department's Teacher and Higher Education Division. For the preparatory level, 4,560 where teachers specialize in individual subjects, the Agency either recruits profes university graduates who, if without professional training, are enrolled in a traini professional one-year in-service training course organized by the Institute of "ere g Education, or upgrades qualified elementary school teachers and enrols them in a cumula two-year in-service subject specialization course. prepar teache 85. During 1979/1980, pre-service teacher tr9ining continued to be provided at four A~ency centres - one in Amman, Jordan, two in Ramallah, West Bank, and one in 89. Siblin, Lebanon. Enrolment totalled 1,240, made up of 590 males and 650 females respon (see table 13 of annex I for details). Operations at the Amman and Siblin centres made t ,rere satisfactory, with the former losing only nine days' instruction throughout the jo· the year and the latter only four, which, for Siblin, represented a significant educati improvement over the situation of previous years, although the enrolment of the new field the Si I' intake of teacher trainees was delayed until 19 November 1979 because of the need I to set special entrance tests. As described in paragraph 82 above for vocational serve training, teacher trainin~ at the West Bank centres suffered serious interruptions as a result of the strikes and demonstrations over events which were of political 90. T significance to the Palestinian community. Thus, the Ramallah Men's Teacher interes Training Centre lost 47 days' instruction and the Ramallah Women's Training Centre functio 30 days. This created a serious situation for the Women's Centre, which had centre enrolled its new students on 5 November 1979 after the graduation of the previous propose second-year trainees whose training had been extended to November 1979 following Extensi the enforced closure of the centre by the Israeli authorities from 13 March to a secon 31 August 1979. trainin was hel 86. The Jordan Government introduced a new study plan for its teacher-training assista institutions in 1979/1980, and the Agency's centres in Amman and Ramallah introduced Emirate what new subject content could be included within existing time allotments and staff activit manning tables, pending a comprehensive study Gf the new plan. A conference of procedu Agency field education officers, teacher-training centre principals, chief Agency instructors and the headquarters staff members concerned was held to examine all aspects of the new stu~y plan and other proposals to improve the quality of teacher 91. Th training in Agency centres. As a result of the conference's recommendations, the in 1974 AGency decided to adopt the major part of the Jordan Government's plan for its UNRV1A s teacher-training centres in Jordan, including the West Bank, as from 1980/1981. Higher various G7. At the end of 1978/1979 training year, 590 teacher trainees (287 men and supervi 303 women) graduated from the pre-service training centres. By 30 June 1980, 329 of educati them 1.ere employed in Agency schools (155 in east Jordan, 63 in West Bank, 101 in learnin Gaza, and 10 in Lebanon), and 84 were known to have found employment outside the product Agency, making a total of 68.3 per cent of the 1979 graduates 10lOwn to be employed. and doc Ninety-one male graduates were undergoing compulsory military training in Jordan, 46 wer-e known to be without employment and the employment status of 50 graduates 92. In was unknown, organiz worksho
-18- 1 88. The UNRWA/UNESCO Institute of Education continued to be the main body within :1 the Agency to provide in-service training of education staff. Enrolment of such staff in Institute courses increased by 30.8 per cent over 1978/79, reaching '1 1,015 in 1979/1980: 46 in the two-year basic course for unqualified elementary school teachers, 165 in specialized preparatory-teacher training courses, 546 in special courses to meet curricular changes, 75 in courses for key education :l j personnel and 183 in refresher and ad hoc courses. Of the cumulative total of ~I 4,560 teachers who have participated so far in the Institute's basic in-service professional courses for elementary teachers, 3,650 successfully completed their training and were recognized by the Agency as qualified elementary teachers and Ill were graded accordingly. At the same time, 2,510 preparatory teachers, out of a j cumulative total of 3,368 participants, successfully completed specialized -I i preparatory-level in-service courses and were recognized as qualified preparatory :J teachers and also graded accordingly.
89. Following the establishment of the Teacher and Higher Education Division ' responsible for both pre-service and in-service training, a concerted effort was made to strengthen the integration of the two aspects of teacher trainine. Among the joint ventures carried out were a seminar on selected innovations in teacher education for teacher-training instructors, school and subject supervisors~ and field tutors in Jordan, an in-service course for teacher-training instructors in the Siblin Training Centre (Lebanon), the preparation of instructional material to serve both, and the publication of a journal entitled Student/Teacher.
90. The UNESCO Extension Services Unit, which provided technical services to interested Arab in-service teacher-training projects in the region, ceased to function on 31 December 1979, following a decision by m~DP to establish a regional centre for the development of in-service teacher training in the Arab States; the )1.•. proposed regional centre would take over the services previously provided by the -:.. ' Extension Services Unit. During the reporting period, the Unit's main activity was 1 a second workshop for llriters of instructional materials for in-service teacher training courses. Representatives from four Arab States attended the workshop which :-1 ·.·.:···1.. was held from 22 July to 16 August 1979 in Amman. Other activities included I assistance to the Syrian Department of Continuous Training and the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Education in planninr, and implementing in-service training activities, and utilization of the services of a short-term consultant to develop procedures and tools for the identification of the training needs of teachers in Agency service. .1: 91. The two Education Development Centres, established in Jordan and the Gaza Strip in 1974, continued their efforts to improve the quality of education provided by -; I~; UNRWA schools in their respective fields. In co-ordination with the Teacher and ~. ~':' Higher Education Division, the centres conducted in-service training courses for ~ various categories of educational personnel. In addition, they carried out supervision of teachers in elementary and preparatory schools and promoted educational development projects aimed at achieving more effective teaching and learning in schools through the preparation of curriculum enrichment materials, the production of audio-visual aids and evaluation tools, and the provision of library .... and documentation services. ] tj 92. In addition to these in-service training courses, the Department of Education :i organized various staff training activities which took the form of conferences, j workshops, seminars and short courses for teachers, teacher-training instructors .)I '-,] j '1 -19- J and school and subject supervisors. During 1979/1980, 38 such activities were thes organi~ed involvinr, 1,900 education staff in ~ll fields. Furthermore, 18 senior thus Palestinian education staff members were awarded fellowships for overseas study Arab aimed at improving their professional competence; of these 14 were awarded by perf mmsco and 4 by UNRHA. 99. Dank) t,. University scholarshi"ps admi, hosp· 93. During the academic year 1979/1980, U}IR1JA awarded 354 scholarships to Palestine . TO b refugees for studY at Arab universities, of which 287 were continuing scholarships thro and 67 were new awards (see table 14 of annex I). The UNR1fA scholarships, partly tabl funded from special contributions, are awarded for one year, but are renewable from refu year to year for the duration of the course of studY, provided the student passes entai the end-of-year university examinations and is promoted to the next stage of his addit course. clirec the S 94. By its resolution 3t,/52 C of 23 November 1979, the General Assembly, appealed, from inter alia, to all r1ember States and United Nations agenc i es to make special hospi allocations, scholarships and grants to Palestine refugees and requested UNRWA to vas r receive hold in trust and award the~. The Secretary-GeneralIs report to the agree Assembly will describe the response in detail. 100. hospi B. Health services for f Natio 95. Preventive and curative services were provided to eligible Palestine refugees at the 100 UNRFA health units and by special arrangement at 15 government and two 101. voluntary agency clinics. Other medical services to eligible refugees were hospi subsidized at ~overnment, university and private health institutes. The extent of diffi utilization of these services is influenced by the accessibility of the units to Unive. the intended beneficiaries and by the availability of alternative government and atten other services at little or no cost. Cresc 102. 1. Medical care cripp Contr 96. Curative services, both in- and out-patient, were extended at about the same level as in previous years, except that their delivery was interrupted from time to time by military activities in south Lebanon and disturbances in the West Bank of Jordan. Statistical data in respect of the out-patient care directly provided by the Agency are shown in table 5 of annex 1. 103. the A 97. The Agency operates 24 dental clinics and continues to strengthen its specialist integ clinics where patients with degenerative and chronic diseases are seen by appointment child and proper fo.l.Lov--up is ensured. There are now 84 such clinics: 28 for tetan malnutrition, 20 for diabetes, 12 for tuberculosis, 11 for eye diseases, 7 for Fol Lov rheumatic diseases, 3 for ear, nose and throat, 2 for cardio-vascular conditions and immun 1 for dermatology. • of va
98. Laboratory facilities were further improved. In addition to operating the lot~ • three central UNRWA laboratories in Gaza, Amman and Jerusalem, the Agency has envir 23 clinical laboratories where simple on-the-spot tests are carried out. Fifteen of activ·
-20- these laboratories are now equ.ipped to carry out common b Iochemi.c aj, examinations thus reducing referrals to the central laboratories. In Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic subsidized private lLboratories provide the services normally performed by the central UNRWA laboratories in the other fields. 1 .1s 99. The Agency continued to operate a small hospital or 36 beds in Qalqiliya (Hest j.••.\ Dank ) and nine camp maternity wards , the majority in the Gaza Strip. It also ··.• 1 aQministers, jointly with the Public Health Department in Gaza, a tuberculosis I hospital at Bureij wbere the bed conlplement was reduced to the actual need of .70 beds. lJl'TRTJA continued to secure the necessary Ln-ipat.Lerrt care facilities t.hrough subsidies to p;overnment and private hospitals. As set forth in detail in table 6 of annex I, the daily averap;e number of hospital beds made available to n refugee patients during the year was 1,446. The risinp. cost of medical care entailed substantial increases in almost all subsidy rates paid by U;TI\\-!A. In addition to the subsidized facilities, an undetermined nwuber of refur,ee patients directly sought admission to government hospitals at nominal cost, particularlY in the Syrian Arab Republic. In Jordan the Ministr~r of Health suspended, with effect from January 1980, the collection of fees from refuree patients referred to its hospitals by Agency medical officers. The collection or fees from refugee patients was reinstated in June. The Agency is negotiating with the Government new terms of agreement covering this service.
100. In Gaza, the Agency maintained its refund scheme for refugee patients hospitalized in government institutions in Gaza or Israel. The number of claims for financial help substantially decreased as many refu~ees joined the Government National Health Insurance Plan.
101. In Lebanon an acute shortage of hospital beds persists, since many of the hospitals became inaccessible to Palestine refugees. However, in Beirut most of the diffic~lt cases continue to be referred to the r1edical Centre of the American University of Beirut and a good number of refugees requirinr, emergency or sur~ic2~ attention directly seek admission to institutions operated by the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
102. The Agency provides, to a limited extent, for medical rehabilitation of crippled children in specialized institutions, as well as for orthopaedic devices. Contributions from voluntary agencies ususally help to meet the cost of appliances.
2. Control of communicable diseases
103. Prevention and control of communicable diseases are among the main concerns of the Agency's Department of Health. An expanded programme of immunization forms an r lst integral part of the Agency's maternal and child health (r1CH) services. Small ~nt children attending the clinics are thus protected against tUberculosis, diphtheria, .i:-' tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, enteric fevers, measles and smallpoxo I'·',":"'; Following the recent declaration by 1iHO of the global eradication of smallpox, immunization against this disease was discontinued early in 1980. Reinforcing doses of vaccines are given to children on admission to school.
101~. Among the control measures of public health importance are the improvement of environmental conditions, the emphasis on personal hygiene through health education )f activities, particularly in schools and in health centres, and the administration of
-21- specific chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis. The incidence of communicable diseases e among the refugee population has been kept under surveillance since the very p beginning of the Agency's operations. In disease surveillance and control close a co-operation is maintained with the government health authorities. s s 105. This year a few cases of cholera were reported among refugees in Jordan and c the Syrian Arab Republic and all were cured. Two imported cases of malaria were a reported. A substantial drop was observed in the number of reported cases of h poliomyelitis, infectious hepatitis, whooping cough, measles and mumps. There was c little change in the incidence of enteric fevers, trachoma, conjunctivitis and other communicable diseases. 1 e 106. The Agency operates a comprehensive tuberculosis control programme, including T case detection, hospital and domiciliary treatment and follow-up of cases and their vr contacts. The incidence of respiratory tuberculosis has for several years been d about one case per 10,000 population eligible for health services. A number of I non-respiratory tuberculosis cases was reported from Jordan and Gaza and specific f treatment was given. h d
3. Maternal and child health 1 P 107. Maternal and child health care is provided in most UNRWA health centres, c supported by specialist and hospital referral services. A number of government and o voluntary agencies supplemented Agency services, especially in Amman, Damascus and Jerusalem. In Gaza, the Swedish Save the Children Federation continued to support the MCH and planned parenthood programme. To strengthen this programme, planned parenthood activities were integrated into the ~1CH services in six health centres in the Gaza Strip. Data on maternal and child health services are presented in 1 table 7 of annex I. p n 108. Prenatal care, including regular health superv~s~on and the issue of extra rations and iron-folate tablets, was extended to 30,654 women. Assistance was provided for 31,869 deliveries, the majority of which were attended at home by Agency-supervised dayahs (traditional midwives) or carried out in UNRWA maternity centres; hospital deliveries were reserved mainly for women at risk of a complicated delivery.
109. On the average, 99,500 children up to three years of age were registered for child care. Health supervision in MCH clinics included continuous monitoring of growth and feeding practices. Primary and reinforcing immunizations were given 1 against the eight important diseases listed in paragraph 103 above. Nutrition of children was promoted through educational activities in UNRWA MCH clinics and through the provision of hot meals at UNRWA feeding centres. The programme of dry milk distribution now includes all children up to three years of age (see para. 123). About 1,730 children suffering from diarrhoeal diseases, with or without malnutrition, were treated in the Agency's 21 rehydration/nutrition centres. The number of malnutrition clfnics is now 28: 5 in east Jordan, 14 in the West Bank, 6 in the Syrian Arab Republic, and 3 in Gaza.
110. The health centres and the school health teams (three in the Jordan field and one in each uf the four other fields) provided school health services for children in Agency elementary and preparatory schools (see annex I, table 7 C). Medical si
-22- examinations vTere performed at school entry and, where necessary, treatment was tses provided to school entrants and other pupils. Reinforcing immunizations were given aBainst tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus in all fields and smallpox and typhoid in some. Nutritional support was provided in the form of a daily hot meal at the supplementary feeding centres. In all Agency schools, health education was conducted and sanitary facilities were under constant surveillance. Important activities in the school health programme include detection and care of vision and hearing defects, early preventive and restorative dental care and mass treatment of certain parasitic infestations.
111. In each field, a team of health education workers promoted the health education prograrmne with the participation of health, education and welfare staff. ing Their activities in health centres, schools, welfare centres and camp communities were supported by camp and school health committees and included camp sanitation leir drives and disease prevention campaigns. Activities in relation to the International Year of the Child continued throughout the year. The Health Calendar for 1980, used primarily in Agency schools but also in other Agency installations, Lc had as its theme the handicapped child, with special stress on prevention of diseases and accidents causing disability and physical handicaps.
112. In Gaza a course on "Health and Fami.Ly Life" was conducted in Agency preparatory schools. Classes in mother and child care were included in the sewing courses for young women in all fields. World Health Day was celebrated Agency-wide il and on the theme "Smoking or health - the choice is yours • md lrt Nursing services i 4. :s 113. The nursing services in each of the five fields continue to form an integral part of the Agency's health services, both curative and preventive. Auxf.Li.a.ry nursing staff members were extensively employed in all the activities rel~ted to the health programme. Dayahs continue to carry out a large proportion of the post-natal care as well as the home deliveries. In-service training and continuing education of the different categories of nursing staff, essential to good standards ;y of care, were carried out in different areas. In addition, post basic education was made available to some staff members, sponsored by voluntary agencies. .ated
5. Environmental health
114. The Agency continued to provide basic community sanitation services in the camps, comprising mainly the provision of potable water, sanitary disposal of waste, drainage of storm water, latrine facilities and control of insect and rodent vectors of disease. More than 682,000 camp inhabitants in 61 locations have iry benefited from these services. In spite of the formidable financial difficulties faced by the Agency, sanitary conditions in the refugee camps continued to improve. .res , Bank, 115. The Agency lent financial and technical support to self-help programmes such as the paving of pathways and the construction of surf~~e drains and sewers in various camps. During the period under review such schemes, which are executed with substantial community participation, benefited 10 camps in Lebanon, 4 in the Syrian md Arab Republic, 2 in east Jordan, 14 in the West Bank and 7 in the Gaza Strip. A 'en significant achievement of the programme has been reached at Mieh ~tieh Camp in
;j·1 -23- Lebanon, where the refueee community has recently completed a sewerage scheme initiated in 1972. The camp now has adequate sewerage facilities, an independent water supply system with indoor tappine, a power-Generating set for the pumping plant, paved pathways and storm water drains. All the facilities were provided by the refugees themselves, supported by very modest subsidies and technical guidance from the Agency.
116. The programme of replacement of communal latrines by private ones is almost complete. However, the Aeency corrti rrrd to provide financial assistance selectively to a limited number of additional refuge~ families resultinp, from normal population growt.h, The municipal sewerage schemes at Amman Nevl and Jabal el-Hussein camps in Jordan and Shu'fat Camp in the Hest Bank are progressing steadily. Agency subsidized self-help sewerage schemes have been initiated at Ein el-Hilweh and Burj el-Barajneh camps in Lebanon where the refugees are eager to have this facility.
117. The self-help programme for private water connexions to refu~ee shelters made progress in 15 camps in the West Bank, 2 in the Gaza Strip, 2 in the Syrian Arab Republic, 5 in east Jordan and 1 in Lebanon. About 52 per cent of the camp population are currently served by indoor tap-water. A scheme involving drilling of a deep well, installation of a pumping station, construction of a water tower and provision of indoor taps to all shelters has recently been completed by the refugees at vlavel Camp in Lebanon with assistance from +'he Agency. The Government of Jordan is executing a water augmentation scheme at Suf Camp, which is likely to provide indoor taps in due course. A similar scheme financed by the Government is planned for Jalazone Camp in the West Bank.
118. In the Syrian Arab Republic, a programme for providing adequate water for Agency installations in four camps is being financed and executed by the Agency. Schemes for Jaramana and Khan Eshieh camps, where schools, clinics and supplementary feeding centres were suffering from water shortaees, have been completed, while similar schemes, involving drilling of deep wells, are being implemented in the Sbeineh and Khan Danoun camps.
119. A programme for further improvement of refuse collection and removal facilities in various camps in the fields is under study; its ~radual implementation will depend on the availability of funds.
6. Nutrition, including supplementary feeding
120. Constant supervision, protection and promotion of the nutritional status of the refugees is an important feature of the Agency's health services directed particularly at the most vulnerable groups of refugees: infants, pre-school and school children, pregnant women, nursing mothers, non-hospitalized tuberculosis patients and some others. Growth development of children attending the child health clinics through regular weight measurements is closely observed. The data collected during the year show a satisfactory general nutritional state in most refugee children, comparable with that of the residents of the host countries~ although a sizable percentage of refugee childYen suffer from mild or moderate degrees of malnutrition, also similar to those in host countries. A relatively high proportion of infants and children, as well as pregnant women and nursir..g mot.her s , with moderate-ta-low levels of haemoglobin suggests the presence of widely-spread iran deficiency anaemia.
-24- le 121. '.l'he Agencyl s supp.Leruerrtary feeding l':t'ograri'll~e provides hot midday meals, milk mderrt and extra rations for vulnerable groups. As in previous years, the cost of this ling programme was almost entirely met by a contribution from the European Economic .ded by Community. ri dance 122. At the 87 UNRWA supplementary feeding centres and four voluntary agency centres nutritionally balanced hot midday meals are served six days a week to .most refugee children up to the age of eight and, on medical grounds, to older children .ectively and adults also. A special high-protein high-calorie diet is also available rul.a't ion daily to infants and children suffering from diarrhoea or malnutrition. Vitamin A .mps in and D capsules are issued with the hot meals .
.nd 123. ~fuole and skim milk are distributed in dry form to non-breast-fed infants up to six months and to all children from six to 36 months attending the child health clinics. Over 50,000 children take advantage of this programme.
-s made 124. In Jordan, as in previous years, the Agency continued to provide, on behalf Arab of the Government and on a reimbursable basis, milk and hot meals for displaced persons (other than UNRWA-registered refugees) living in the camps established lling in 1967. ower the rnment 7. Medical and paramedical education and training ely to ent is 125. In the 1979/1980 scholastic year, 164 refugee students held UNR1vA medical university scholarships (see annex I, table 14), and 151 refugee trainees were enrolled in laboratory ~echnician, public health inspector and assistant or pharmacist courses in Agency training centres. Of these, 29 university students ncy , and 73 trairees either successfully completed their courses of study or were ementary expected to pass their qualifying examinations. He the 126. The Agency continued to pay a subsidy to one school of nursing ir. the area. Financial assistance was provided to a number of stUdent nurses from contributions received for this purpose. Six sponsored student nurses enrolled cilities in basic nursing training graduated during the year under review, and 10 are 11 pursuing their training.
127. Intensive in-service training of doctors, nurses, midw~ves, sanitation and supplementary feeding staff was carried out. Within the framework of a WHO-sponsored training and fellowship programme for health personnel, four medical officers were granted fellowships by the WHO Eastern Mediterranean s of Regional Office for public health training in the academic year 1979/80, and two i WHO fellows completed their public health training in August 1979. Three medical and officers were granted special study-leave of six, 10 ~nd 12 months' duration si s for specialization in paediatrics, surgery and ear, nose and throat respectively. 1 health WHO-sponsored seminars were held in the West Bank and Gaza in December for the )llected benefit of UNRWA medical officers, and two 1iHO consultants lectured on breast feeding and oral rehydration therapy. A five-day seminar was held in August for 19h a 30 science teachers in Gaza participating in the school health programme for the )f third grade in boy's preparatory schools. T~o senior staff nurses from Jordan ipor-tion completed a one-year post-basic midwifery training course in Amman and three are undergoing the same training there. A number of practical nurses from West Bank iron- and Gaza attended 8. three-month in-service training course in ophthalmology at the St. John Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem.
-25- C. Relief services its ovn emplo 128. The ABency1s relief services comprise the distribution of basic rations, the Agency is una throup;hout it provision of or assistali~c with shelter in individual cases of special hardship or for Agency se in such s~ecial circumstances as the displacement of refugees or large-·scale status. In t destruction or damage of shelters, and hardship and welfare assistance. The of the rec;ist services are providp'Q to registered and certain other eligible categories of successful an Palestine refuGees and some to displaced persons. Tables 1 to 4 of services t 129. In Lebanon the Agency's relief programme continued to be disrupted by fighting entitlement 0 involving the Lebanese Army, the Arab Deterrent Force, Lebanese and Palestinian irregular militias and the Israeli military forces. The intermittent closure of Beirut port resulted in the routing of nearly all the supplies for Lebanon, the Syrian Axab Republic and Jordan through Syrian and Jordanian ports. Staff have been redeployed to cope with the new arrangements, which have caused delays and 134. Because additional expenditure a.Lt hough it is planned to continue i'lith them until the situation in Lebanon returns to norme.L, Supplyine; Lebanon from Syrian ports has of ration rol been complicated by the frequent closure of the most direct routes because of the maintained on security situation. other fields made. As a r 130. The frequent operations by Israeli land, sea and air forces and shelling from percentage 0 the enclcve in south Lebanon controlled by Lebanese irregular militia have curtailed potentially e are now adult the Ae;ency's operations in sou~h Lebanon. The refugees residing there, who had fled north in I'Iarch 1978 as a result of the Israeli military action at that time and continues to returned in June 1978, left again in the early months of 1979 and mostly remained east Jordan, in temporary accommodation in the town of Sidon and the surrounding area, which is para. 135 be still subject to intermittent shelling from the enclave. Arab Republi families rec 131. An appeal for funds to enable the Agency to provide assistance to these Agency in De refugees received a favourable response from the Governments of Austria, Denmark, compared wit the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland and the Middle East Council of Churches duplicate re The Agency was thus able to give la kg of flour and 500 grams of skimmed milk to training cen each of 48,452 refugees in the Tyre area and Damour during May-July 1979, at an previously r approxfr-at.e cost of ~'l25 ,000; la kg of flour, 375 grams of cooking oil, 600 grams of registered r sugar and 500 grams of rice to each of 151,011 refugees in the Tyre area, Nabatieh eligible ref and Damour during August-December 1979, at an approximate cost of $255,000; and each month b 5 kg of flour to each of 30,992 refugees ;n the Tyre area during April and May 1980, to a refugee at an approximate cost of $52,000. In adaition the Agency is making small cash child previo grants to refugee families in Rashidieh, BurJ Shamali and el Buss camps to assist them in purchasing materials to repair their shelters damaged in the fighting. 135. In Jord to distribut 132. In the West Bank, curfews, road blocks and other actions by the Israeli registered w· military occupation authorities and demonstrations, strikes and disturbances by the persons issu local inhabitants and refugees interfered with the Agency's operations by causing In addition, delays and interruptions to programmes. the majority by the Gover tasks, in ac 1. Eligibility and registration (and subsequ assistance, 133. The number of regugees registered 1fith the Agency on 30 June 1980 was in 1967. Th 1 ,841f , 318 compared with 1,803,564 on 30 June 1979, an increase of 2.26 per cent. costs are bo The A~ency registration records are computerized and the cli~~bility of refugees post·-1967 c for Agency services is continually revised and kept up to date. However, except for sanitation a schools and reimbursemen -26- its ovm employees and their dependants (estimated to total 80,000 refu~ees), the Agency is unable, without the agreement and co-operation of the authorities throup,hout its area of operations, to investigate income to establish elifibility for Agency services or tc, C''J'.'ry out full investigations to determine employrr.ent status. In the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, programmes for partial rectification of the re~istratioil records for income, deaths or absence from the area are successful and updating of the res;istration records is an ons;oing :process. Tables 1 to 4 of annex I give statistics of registered refugees, the categories of services to which they are entitled and changes in the composition and entitlement of refugee families as recorded by the Agency.
2. Rations
134. Because of difficulties encountered in the continuing process of rectification of ration rolls and their financial implications, a limit or ceiling has been maintained on the number of ration recipients in Jordan since 1953, and in the other fields since 1963, new beneficiaries being added only when deletions are made. As a result, with the natural increase in the refugee population, the percentage of rer;istered refugees receiving rations has fallen, and the number of potentially eligible children of refugees aged 1 year and over (some of whom f ~eiling l are now adults) for whom no ration is permanently available within the I continues to grow. By June 1980, this category totalled 587,197: 319,588 in east Jordan, of whom 37,329 are elis;ible to receive government rations (see para. 135 below); 92,066 in the Hest Bank; 54,399 in Lebanon; 76,630 in the Syrian Arab Republic; and 45,114 in the Gaza Strip, of whom 1,517 were members of Gaza families receiving rations in the West Bank. The number of rations issued by the Agency in Decelnber 1979 was 823,897, including issues made on an emergency basis, compared with 829,071 in December 1978. Deletions on grounds of false and duplicate registration, death, absence, employment or graduation from UNRWA training centres were largely offset by the addition of eligible children not previously receiving rations because of ration ceilings. Only 45 per cent of registered refugees were in receipt of rations in June 1980 and lists of those eligible refugees who are authorized to receive rations are brought up to date each month by computer print-out. It should be kept in mind that any ration denied I. I to a refugee presently receiving it is transferred to an eligible needy refugee r_ . child previously excluded from receiving it because of the ration ceiling.
135. In Jordan the Agency, as requested by the Government in 1967, has continued to distribute rations on the Government's behalf to displaced persons who are not registered with the Agency as Palestine refugees. In June 1980, the number of such persons issued with rations was 193,607, as compared with 193,784 in June 1979. In addition, 37,208 children of displaced West Bank refugee families in east Jordan, the majority of whom live outside camps, were also issued with rations provided by the Government. The Agency co-operates with the Jordanian Government in these tasks, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967 (and subsequent resolutions) requesting the As;ency to provide humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, to persons other than refugees who were displaced in 1967. The cost of rations and 50 per cent of the distribution and transport costs are borne by the Government of Jordan. Displaced persons residing in the post·-1967 camps (known also as "emergency camps" ) benefit also from medical, sanitation and other Agency camp services. Many of their children attend AS;ency schools and benefit from the supplementary feeding and milk programme against reimbursement of the cost of supplies by the Government.
-27- I 136. For financiAl l"C'a::;ou::; ani!. prublems ar~s~ng from the late arrival of donated food commodities, it became necessary in early 1978 to reduce the flour 519,724 to Syrian Ara component of the basic ration from 10 ke per month to the equivalent of 6.7 kg result of I per month. At the end of 1978. once again for financial reasons. it became clear ~ , 153,699 la f; that the basic ration could not exceed such commodities as the Agency received in camps r as contributions in kind; all Agency funds were needed for greater priority items r from 55.5 and could no longer be used to purchase additional quantities of food--stuffs. \ 25.9 per c I: Thus the flour component of the basic ration was reduced to an average of 4.7 kg f of many fo r per month in 1979 and 5.0 kg per month in 1980. The level of other commodities , prevented in the basic ration also had to be adjusted in 1979 because of delays in the detailed s delivery of contributions in kind. The policy adopted by the Agency is to distribute available basic commodities between the five operational fields to 139. In Jo ensure) as far as practicable. that every refugee who is entitled to draw basic Ten prefab rations receives the same quantity of each commodity in the course of a calendar Boundary w year. Certain categories of welfare cases, however, continue to receive extra camp at th rations as described in paragraph 137. In 1979 the quantities issued to each Jarash cam basic ration recipient by field were as follows: shelters. refugees s were compl Field Flour Cooking oil Sugar Rice the Agency (in kilograms) other loca
Gaza 56.000 4.500 0.900 6.000 140. In th rf in the Dam West Bank 56.000 4.500 0.600 6.CQO four scien Jordan (east) 56.000 4.050 3.100 6.100 rooms were Khan Danno Syrilln Arab Republic 61.000 4.275 0.900 6.000 Sbeineh c Lebanon 56.000 4.275 2.700 5.000 constructe Refugees b Eshieh cam 137. The programme for making up the flour component of the basic ration to 10 kg cost of $4. per month for certain categories of welfare cases, which commenced in east Jordan, Nairab camp the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1978, was extended to the other components of approximate the basic ration in 1979; when supplies permitted. the refugees in this category refugee co received 500 ~rams of rice. 600 grams of sugar and 375 grams of cooking oil per month. In the Syrian Arab Republic and in Lebanon the Agency would only be able 141. In Leb to implement a similar programme for welfare cases if it obtained full co-operation from the Syrian Government and the Palestine Liberation Organization respectively. (continued) maintenance 3. Camps and shelters gj normal resp also desira 138. The population of the 51 camps established before 1967 increased from i.nstallatio and stores) purpose ind 2/ Attention is invited to paras. 55-57 of the annual report for the period dwe.LI.i.nga 0 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971 (Official Records of the General AssemblY, Twenty-sixth and. in man Session. Supplement No. 13 (A/8413). in which the origin and nature of the constructed Palestine refugee camps and the relationship and limited responsibilities of U}TRWA which the A towards them are explained. In particular. it was explained in para. 57 that the constructed I1 camps were constructed on government land or on private land made available (with persons who one or two minor exceptions) by the Governments. which remained responsible for the annex I. ta
-28- 'J i I I: i l! 519 0724 to 528,314. In the 10 post-1967 camps (six in east Jurdan and fOUT in the I (i Syrian Arab Republic) accommodating refugees and other persons displaced as a I I I; result of the 1967 hosti1ities o the population also showed an increase from i ~ 153,699 last year to 159,345 at present. The number of registered refugees living I ! ~ in camps represented 35.3 per cent of the registered refugee population, varying .~ Il G from 55.5 per cent in the Gaza Strip and 51.5 per cent in Lebanon to only J~ 25.9 per cent in the West Bank because of the continuing presence in east Jordan ;1 of mm1Y former West Bank refugees, who fled the West Bank in 1967 and have been ~ j h· prevented by the Government of Israel from returning. Table 1 of annex I provides ~ detailed statistics on the distribution of the refugee population. I I " 139. In Jordan minor repairs to camp roads were carried out at the cost of $18.620. "! Ten prefabricated classrooms were constructed at the cost of approximately $50.000. r I Boundary walls were also constructed around the new girls school in the Baqa's f} camp at the cost of $9,760. Four prefabricated units used as a health centre at ", i' Jarash camp were renovated at the cost of $8,420. In the camps with prefabricated v 1 t' shelters9 the Agency repaired (at a total cost of $7,510) 127 shelters occupied by [ refugees so poor that they could not afford the repair. Twenty self-help projects were completed at a total cost of $119 9600, of which $12,200 were contributed by the Agency and the remainder by the refugee communitY9 the Government of Jordan or other local sources.
140. In the Syrian Arab Republic the Agency constructed Cl' re~aired roads in camps in the Damascus area at a cost of approximately $28,000. Thirty-two classrooms, four science laboratories, two multi-purpose rooms and three school administration rooms were constructed at a cost of approximately $416,000. A feeding centre in Khan Dannoun Camp (approximate cost $43,000) and water towers in Jaramanah and Sbeineh camps (approximate cost $20,000) were also constructed. The Government constructed 15 classrooms and five administration rooms for use by the Agency. Refugees built shelters on government-donated sites in Homs City, Hama and Khan Eshieh camps. The Government repaired roads in various caraps at an approximate cost of $4,200. Pathways and drains were constructed in Sbeineh, Qabr Essit and Nairab camps on a self-help basis at a total approximate cost of $75,0009 of which approximately $27.000 were contributed by the Agency and the remainder by the refugee community.
141. In Lebanon the Agency's operation was handicapped by clashes in the southern
~:·.l (continued) maintenance of law and order and similar governmental functions as part of their normal responsibilities towards the population within their borders •.• ". It is also desirable to distinguish between three categories of buildings in camps: i.nstallations constructed or rented by the Agency (for example. schools, clinics and stores) which are in the possession of the Agency and used by it for the purpose indicated; shelters (huts) constructed by the Agency, which are the dwellings of and in the possession of refugees, who have maintained them in repair and, in many cases, added to and improved them; and shelters and other buildings constructed and occupied or otherwise used by refugees (or others), for some of which the Agency may at most have given some assistance at the time they were constructed. It should be noted also that some camps contain large numbers of persons who are not registered refugees or even registered camp population (see annex I, table 4).
-29- part of the country whi ch continued throughout the year under report and by 148. intermittent outbreaks of fighting elsewhere, mainly in the Beirut area. The refug clashes in south Lebanon caused damage to Agency installations and refugee Shelt shelters. Some 2,000 shelters were damaged or destroyed and a self-help programme and. n of reconstruction and repair is underway towards which the Agency is providing two f cash erants totalling approximately ~180,000. The schools in Burj Shamali and the a Rashidieh camps and the rehydration centre in Rashidieh camp were damaged by shelt shellfire and have been or are still being repaired. The clinic and the milk/ which feedine; centre in Nahr el-Bared camp in north Lebanon were badly damaged by ( 398 shellfire from Israeli gunboats and temporary repairs have been made to keep these were wlits operating pending final repairs. camps priva 142. The Agency repaired roads in Nahr el-Bared and Ein el-Hilweh camps at a cost of approximately $19,000 and constructed drains and sewers in Ein el-Hilweh camp 149. at an approximate cost of :~5, 000 . Twelve classrooms, two administration rooms and repor a multi-purpose room were built in Nahr el-Bared camp at an approximate cost of canno $122,000. Milk and feeding centres in Shatila and Ein el-Hilweh camps were the f renovated at a cost of approximately $19,000. impro proje 11~3. The continued shelling by artillery has prevented progress on the reconstruction of Nabatieh camp, which was destroyed by Israeli military action in 150. 1974. camp, numbe 144. Slow progress has been made towards the new camp planned to be established on proje government land near Bayssarieh for some 8,500 refugees. 3/ The project is stati presently estimated to cost $13.5 million, of which only $1,669,783 have so far autho been received. are e) refuge 145. In the West Bank there are 19 camps, of which two in the Jericho area are only partly inhabited; another camp in that area remains wholly depopulated as its former 151". residents are in east Jordan and unable or unwilling (largely because families and lE would be divided) to return to Israeli-occupied territory. Two Agency-built rooms An adc and 16 privately-built rooms in the camps were demolished by the authorities as projec punitive measures. have I constc 146. The Agency constructed two additional rooms at the Jenin camp health centre, in She surface drains in Nablus and Hebron camps; latrine units and incinerators in houses several camps; repaired school compound walls; and made improvements to purcha distribution centres - at an approximate total cost of $58,000. The Agency repaired or reconstructed. at an approximate cost of $9,500, 15 shelters occupied 152. J by refugees so poor that they could not afford to pay for work themselves. The housir Government of Jordan has given the refugee representatives in Jalazone camp $82,500 puz-chs towards the cost of a water supply network in the camp. Rafah. 237 f 147. Thirty-five self-help projects were completed at a total approximate cost of const $40.500 to which the Agency contributed $15.500 and the refugee community the into balance. In addition. the refugees laid pathways and constructed surface water proje drains on a self-help basis at an approximate cost of $82,000, of which some $29.000 were contributed by the Agency. The refugees carried out several other 153. projects at a total approximate cost of $34,000 without Agency support. the E 37 ho 48 ho 3/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement in pr No. 13- (A/34/13 and Corr.l), para. 116. their tccup
-30- 148. In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupying authorities continue to insist that refugees demolish their shelters as a condition for the provision of new housing. Shelters vacated by refugees moving to new housing were demolished by the occupants and none was made available to other refugee families except in two cases where two families in Rafah camp were allowed to purchase houses and were instructed by the authorities not to demolish their rooms, which were privately built. These shelters were then used by the authorities to rehouse two other families, one of which was not a refugee family. Seven hundred and twenty··four shelter rooms (398 Agency-built rooms, 29 built with Agency assistance and 297 private rooms) were demolishea in Rafah, Khan Yunis, Nuseirat, Deir el-Balah) Beach and Jabalia camps on instructions from the authorities. Six Agency-built rooms and two privately-built rooms were demolished as punitive measures:
149. Regarding the housing situation reported in paragraph 120 of last year's report, the Israeli occupation authorities have informed the Agency that they cannot provide houses for those 94 families whose conditions have worsened since the first survey in 1972. However, two families of the 146 whose condition had not improved since 1972 purchased houses during the year in government housing projects.
150. During the reporting period, a further 285 families, mainly from Khan Yunis camp, moved into houses in the nearby El Amal housing project, bringing the total number of families who have moved into El Amal and Shukeiri government housing projects to 989. This and the three immediately following paragraphs reflect statistical data which may not tally with data published by the occupying aQchorities; discrepancies are largely attributable to the fact that UNRWA figures are exclusively based on actual completed moves into new housing by registered refugees only.
151'. Construction of houses in the Sheikh Radwan project near Gaza town continues and 18 families, mainly from Beach camp, moved into government-built houses there. An additional 22 families, mainly from Beach camp, purchased land in the same project, built their own houses and moved in. Two hundred and sixty-eight families have purchased land during the reporting period and 188 houses are under construction. This brings tht total number of families who have moved to houses in Sheikh Radwan to 936, of whom 759 are in government-built houses and 177 in houses privately built on purchased land. The total number of families who have purchased land but not moved in is 305.
152. An additional eight families from Rafah camp moved into houses in the Sinai housing project near Rafah. Thirty-nine families, also from Rafah camp, rii purchased land and constructed houses in the "Brazilian" housing project near r Rafah. A new housing project is being developed at Tel Sultan near Rafah and 237 families have purchased land there. Ninety-four houses are now under construction, 18 houses have been constructed and 26 refugee families have moved t, into them. The total nlnnber of families who have moved to government housing ~: projects in the Rafah area is 1,034. t: ~~;·E~~ ~~e~o~~:e;;~~~~~O~a~~~~~i~fc~da:~r65P~~~~~:~ ~~v:e~~:~si~~o ~ 37 houses which they have constructed there, bringing the total to 81 families and 1.'.1 48 houses. Apart from a few early cases, those refugees who have purchased houses ~ .• in projects developed by the occupying authorities or have purchased land and built ~ their own houses now have accomodation superior to the shelters they formerly ~i tccupied. ~ 16l. 154. The Agency constructed roads in camps at an approximate cost of ffi18,500. oper Construction and repairs of warehouses were carried out at aD approximate cost of Reha $25,000. The shelters of 11 families too poor to carry out the repairs themselves cent \ . were repaired by the Agency at an approximate cost of $900. " refu them 155. The laying of pathways and drains in camps on a self-help basis continued and in c work was carried out of an approximate value of $48,000, of which approximately clas $25,000 was contributed by the Agency and the balance by the refugee community. bead Twenty other self-help projects were carried out of an approximate value of $23,000, numb of which approximately $10,000 was contributed by the Agency. 162. basi 4. \{elfare educ refu 156. Voluntary agencies donated 104 tons of used clothing, including 15,464 part blankets, to UNRWA for distribution to refugee welfare cases. The American Friends fina Service Committee (USA), Mennonite Central Committee (USA), Church World Service one (USA), Lutheran World Federation (Sweden), Lutheran World Relief Inc. (USA) and the empl Swedish battalion of the United Nations Emergency Forces, Sinai, contributed to this to i programme. Cent fina I' : 157. The number of families registered with UNRWA as welfare cases totalled 24,298, spec comprising about 118,472 persons. Small cash grants were given to 117,914 persons, while assistance in other forms was given to 120.506 per-sons , 'Helfare workers helped solve individual and family problems through counselling and guidance. Prosthetic devices were issued to 891 persons, while 612 destitute aged persons and 1,019 orphans were placed in instututions, mainly free of charge. 163. and : 158. Activities for pre-school children are directed to the particular needs of the in t three-to-six year-olds, aimed at developing their potential through play periods avaf. supervised by trained and qualified teachers. Of the 51 centres serving 4,149 at t children, the American Friends Service Committee financed and operated 13 centres on basi: behalf of the Agency in the Gaza Strip, and the Holy Land Mission financed and operated six in the West Bank. The remaining centres were financed either by local 164. groups or other voluntary agencies. Inst cont 159. Youth activities were carried out in co-operation with the ¥orld Alliance of in i Young Men's Christian Associations in 36 refugee camps and 6,107 young refugees participated. There were 1,250 boys under 16 years of age who participated in 165. self-help projects and recreational programmes. Twenty projects, including the assi casting of concrete playgrounds and the connexion of electricity to centres and phar to centres and playgrounds, were completed on a self-help basis by the members of oper youth activities centres. Cash, labour and materials were contributed by members of the centres and the refugee community. Youth services to the community included 166. special programmes for orphans, informal classes for illiterates, tutoring for temp pupils, assistance in cleanliness campaigns and home visits to sick and elderly camp and residents. Age the 160. Training courses in summer camping, scouting, sports and health education and inte youth leaders' seminars were attended by 108 young refugees from the Gaza Strip, the sta West Bank and east Jordan. In addition, 94 young men received leadership training. offi In 1979, summer camps were assisted or organized in east Jordan, the West Bank and oth the Gaza Strip and were attended by 612 refugee boys and girls; 106 counsellors volunteered to work in these camps. 161. Activities for women are ~arried on during the afternoons in 14 centres operated by the Agency and funded mainly by the Council of Organizations for Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (CORSO) and the UNESCO Centrum Netherlands and in two centres operated by voluntary agencies. The object of this programme is to give refugee girls and women living in camps a chance to develop skills which will help them to raise their standard of living. Lectures in health education and instruction in cookery, first-aid and other household skills are given in the centres as well as classes in a variety of arts and crafts including embroidery, crocheting, knitting, bead and straw work and painting on pottery and glass. Classes to teach a small number of illiterates to read and write are also part of the programme.
162. The Agency also organizes training activities outside schools to equip with basic skills young refugees who would not otherwise receive vocational training or education. In the 33 sewing centres financed and operated by the Agency, 843 of 863 refugee women and girls undergoing training successfully completed the Il-month part-time course during the period under review. In the West Bank, UNRWA also finances and operates three carpentry centres, where 42 young refugees attended a one-year course. The majority of the young men who complete this course find employment locally. Special training was provided for 184 disabled refugee children to integrate them into the life of their community; 55 of them were trained at the Centre for the Blind in Gaza, which is operated for refugees by the Agency and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, and the others in similar specialized institutions in the area.
D. Relations with other organs of the United Nations system
163. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) continued to assure professional competence in the conduct of UNRWA education and health programmes. UNESCO staff members made available to the Agency without reimbursement numbered 14 at the beginning and 13 at the end of the reporting period. ~mo provided five staff members on the same basis throughout the period.
164. By the end of 1979 the UNESCO Extension Services Unit of the UNRWA/UNESCO Institute of Education ceased to function (see para. 90 above), but the Institute continued to make available to Arab states in the region, on request, its experience in in-service teacher training.
165. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and UNRWA continued the mutual assistance of certain procurement services and supply of competitively priced pharmaceuticals, on the one hand, and the transport of supplies in the area of operations, on the other.
166. The move of that part of the Agency's headquarters which is based in Vienna from temporary office accommodation to the Vienna International Centre during late August and early September 1979 was accomplished with the minimum interruption to the Agency's operation, thanks partly to the assistance and ready co-operation given to the Agency by the United Nations Indu8~rial Development Organization (UNIDO). The integration of certain services has enabled the Agency to make some economies in staffing as well as on various items of expenditure. The Agency pays no rent for the office space it occupies but it shares in the operating costs of the Centre with other units housed there. Personnel matters
1. Staff relations
167. The Administration continued to hold periodic meetings with union representatives of the locally-recruited staff. with lengthy discussions c6ntred on the Agency's procedure for establishing t~rms and conditions of employment. The present system provides for adjustments in remuneration based on (a) appropriate comparability with employers in the public sector. particularly in respect of minimum wages. (b) quarterly changes in the relevant cost-of-living indices. and (c) availability of funds. Owing to lack of funds, the cost-of-living adjustments for the first three quarters of 1979 were not implemented. In September/October the Agency was able to find sufficient funds to raise the remuneration levels for its local staff members in the area of operations to 95 per cent of parity as reflected in increases in the cost of living in each field as compared with the base level of rermneration established on 1 January 1975. The Agency also made exceptional remuneration adjustments in January 1980 in the occupied territories. which continue to experience run-away inflation. Since then no further remuneration adjustments have been made owing to lack of funds.
168. Meetings between the Administration and union representatiiTes of the locally recruited staff. in the presence of a representative of the Secretary-General, were held from 17 June 1979 to 28 June 1979 and again from 17 October 1979 to 24 October 1979. These meetings culminated in a third Memorandum of Understanding signed on 24 October 1979 by the Chairman of the Inter-Staff Union Conference on behalf of all locally.-recruited staff, and signed on 9 November 1979 by the Commissioner-General on behalf of the Agency. This Memorandum of Understanding provides for a new system of remuneration based on comprehensive surveys of total conditions of service of comparable employees in both the pUblic and private sectors in each of the Agency's five fields. (The present system for adjustment in remuneration will continue until the new system has been implemented.) These surveys (the first of which commenced in the West Bank on 28 April) are being conducted by the International Civil Service Commission, with participation by the Administration and the staff. Additional surveys are scheduled for the Syrian Pxab Republic and Lebanon later in the year. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that the Commissioner-General "shall normally accept the ICSC reco~llendations and the staff shall respect the decision of the Commissioner- Genera.l.'", Under the new system establishing pay and other conditions of service, it is the Agency's intention to grant staff any future improvements in conditions of service to which they would be entitled based on the prevailing local labour market. wage costs being treated as integral unit costs of each programme. If the Agency is short of funds, programmes must be curtailed, including the number of staff members who run them. On the one hand. there may be redundancies. but, on the other hand. the staff who remain will be fairly paid by local standards.
2. Possible termination of teachers owing to financial situation
169. In 1980 lack of funds threatens to oblige the Agency to withdraw financial support from its schools in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic. At 30 June the financial polition of UI~RWA was such that, failing a major improvement in income, the Agency would be forced to issue notices terminating the services of about 4.900
-34- educational staff members in the schools in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic from 30 September 1980.
on 3. Changes in the manning table 170. The manning table of the international staff of UNRWA showed 113 posts at the beginning and end of the period under review, but there was an increase of 150 posts in the local staff manning table, almost entirely as a result of the increase in ts teachers to meet the growth of the school population, bringing the total number of . the local posts to 16,729• s ted of F. Legal matters inue 1. Agency staff s 171. Fourteen Agency staff members were arrested and detained in the Gaza Strip for various periods not exceeding three months in any case. They were all released y- without being charged or brought to trial. 172. In the vJest Bank seven staff members were arrested and detained:. one of them ng was held in administra~ive detention for four months and the others were released, without trial, after detention for various periods not exceeding three months. Of the two staff members mentioned in last year's report 4/ as being in detention in the West Bank on 30 June 1979. one was brought to trial and convicted in the present 1 reporting period, while the other staff member was released without trial. tors 173. In east Jordan one staff member was detained for a period of less than a month; he was released without being brought to trial. he 174. In the Syrian Arab Republic two staff members were arrested and detained; one was released within a period of less than a month and the other, who is still detained, had spent two months in detention at the end of this reporting period.
175. The Agency continues to face difficulties in obtaining adequate and timely information on the reasons for the arrest and detention of members of its staff. It has continued to express its deep concern to the authorities respectively concerned cal at the prolonged detention of its staff members without charge or trial. In the absence of sufficient information, the Agency is unable to ascertain whether the ber staff member's official functions are involved, bearing in mind the rights and on duties of the staff member flowing from the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946, and the pertinent Staff Regulations and Rules.
176. The Jordan Government has objected to the continuation in Agency employment in Jordan of 12 locally-recruited staff members and in four of these cases has taken action requiring the staff members to leave the country. In all these cases the persons concerned, though locally-recruited by the Agency in east Jordan, had come there from the Gaza Strip. some recently and some more than a dozen years ago. The 900 Agency has taken the matter up with the Government, drawing attention to the
!!.I Ibid•• para. 153.
-35- :oosition of Agency staff under the Cha.rter and General Assembly resolution 302 (rv) of 8 December 1949 a.nd also to the Commiss Loner--Genez-a.l ' s freedom to select and appoint staff. TI1ere is difficulty in securing some first-arrival privileges for expatriate area staff assigned to Jordan.
177. last year's report mentioned 2/ the Agencyis continuing difficulties over the restricti~ns imposed by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic on the duty travel of two senl0r members of its staff. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has now dropped the restrictions on one of these staff me: -:,rs. The case of the other is still being pursued.
178. The Israeli occupying authorities continue to impose restrictions on the duty travel of some Aeency staff members to the West Bank and The Gaza Strip. £/ The Agency does not accept that restrictions can properly be imposed in this way and is pursuing the matter. The United Nations Le~al Counsel has also taken the issue up with the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations.
179. 'ale interrogation of Agency staff members in the Hest Bank and the Gaza Strip has c0ntinued. The Agency takes up with these authorities. as necessary, the circumstances and scope of the interrogations.
2. A~ency services
180. The general situation in the \Jest Bank has been very tense. particularly in the first six months of 1980. Measures collectively imposed by the Israeli mili~ary authorities have affected the refugee population. The Agency's services to refugees in areas under curfew, in particular in Hebron which ITas placed under curfew on 2 May (lifted partially on 18 May and completely on 29 May), were also affected and Agency staff members living in or near such areas found it difficult to travel to and from their place of rTork. The Israeli military authorities have recently agreed to provide curfew passes for certain essential ~gency staff.
3. Agency :oremises
181. Last year 1 s report 7/ referred to the closure of the Agency's Ramallah Fomen' s Training Centre in the West Bank at the insistence of the Israeli military authorities. The Israeli authorities eventually agreed to the reopening of the Centre and this was done on 1 September 1979 (see para. 13 above). However, the Agency has had to face other difficulties affecting its schools a.nd other installations in the year under review. On 27 November 1979 the preparatory girls' school in the Jalazone camp Ifas entered by six armed Israeli civilians who extensively damaged Agency property. Fortunately the staff and pupils escaped injuries. On 11 January 1980. five armed men entered the Agency's boys' school at Jalazone camp, in the early hours of the morning, extensively damaged Agency property
2.! Ibid. , para. 157. §j Ibid. , para. 158. If Ibid. , para. 161.
-36- and severely beat the watchman. The ~gcLCY han protested against these developments ( IV) and asked for the incidents to be investigated and for the offenders to be broughv to trial. The Israeli military authorities have said that they are investigating or the matter and expressed their willingness to compensate the Agency for damarre caused in the first incident. The Agency is pursuing the matter. On 9 April 1980, Israeli military authorities entered the Agency's Men's Teacher Training Centre in the the West Bank, exploded tear gas grenades in the building and severely beat some of travel the trainees. Some trainees were subsequently tried before a military court: a has number of th~ were acquitted, others were civen the option of paying fines in lieu her of imprisonment and a few were sentenced to imprisonment. The Israeli authorities have sought to place their action in the context of their efforts to maintain law and order. The Agency does not accept this in the circumstances of the case and uty has lodged a protest with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The youth activities e centre at the Jalazone camp (West Bank) has ?emained closed since 6 April 1980, at i is the insistence of the Israeli military authorities, vTho have invoked the exigencies up of security and public order. The Agency has protested against this closure and asked that the Centre be allowed to reopen. The matter is being followeJ up with the military authorities. ~ip
4. Refugee shelters
182. In the !'lest Bank, demolition of refugee shelters on punitive grounds took place on two occasions. affecting four families, two Agency-rbui.Lt rooms and sixteen privately-built rooms. There were also two occasions of demolition on punitive ~n grounds in the Gaza Strip, affecting four families, six Agency-built and two .cary privately-built rooms . tgees
and 5. Exemption from taxation o ;reed 183. Last year's report referred to the Agency's difficulties in securing examption from certain taxes and duties levied by the Government of the Syrian Arab RepUblic. 8/ These difficulties continue despite the Agency's efforts to obtain a satisfactory solution.
6. Claims against Governments n's I 184. As indicated in last year's report, 9/ the Agency is actively seeking to pursue ~ its claims against Governments, including-claims relating to the losses and damage r suffered by the Agency in the June 1967 hostilities. In the year under review~ the r 1s' Agency lodged a claim with the Government of Lebanon in respect of the loss and t damage suffered by the Agency resulting from the events which took place in that t country in 1975 and 1976. A claim is also being formulated against the Government Off !it Israel with regard to the loss and damage suffered by the Agency consequent upon the r perty entry into south Lebanon by Israel's armed forces in March 1978. In view of its i financial position the Agency wishes to try to reach a satisfactory settlement of its~ claims as early as possible. r I §j Ibid.• para. 162. ~i 2.1 Ibid.• para. 163. r E" t -37- ~
-, 1 I G. Financial operations ,. 185. The financial accounts of UNRWA are published separately, together with the related report of the Board of Auditors. 101 This section therefore presents in 187. The forego summary form only the Agency's actual financial operations in 1979 and its budgeted operations ,1 (s operations in 1980. and expenditur replacement of 186. The following table summarizes the Agency's actual financial operations in 1979: distinction is of the minimum Income received in 1979: In thousands of US dollars relief service mandate to the Contributions by Governments ~I 138,639 a series of fi Contributions by United Nations agencies 6,257 degree of fina Contributions from non-governmeDtal sources 1,769 sometimes fina Contributions by OPEC Fund 7 operations. Miscellaneous income 4,313 Exchange adjustments 1,203 188. The Agenc having tempora Total income: ~~52 ,188 construction pr Expenditure in 1979: increases in t totalling some Recurr-ent Non-recurrent conse,!uence, t ope:r',ations operations Total liabilities ) w
E~ucation services 80,289 3,150 83,439 189. As the ex Health services 24,997 1,0":2 26,009 $7.9 million i. Relief servdces 33,921 465 34,386 approximately Other costs El 15,038 -12,038 $40 million) t Total expenditure: 139,207 19,665 158,872 will be able t( often late in . Excess (deficit) of income over expenditure in 1979 6,684) Agency could cc contributions j Add working capital at 1 January 1979 (af~er adjustment obviate the per --Of prior years' accounts) 14,590 thus having to members by som: Working capital at 31 December 1979 ~ 7,906 believed, perm: for nearly halo retirement ben indemnities, a1 ~ For various reasons the European Economic Community was unable to confirm assumption. A: its pledges of cash and commodities for the Agency's supplementary feeding programme so that virtua and of sugar for the basic rations programme for 1979 before the accounts for 1979 were closed. These pledges, amounting in all to $6,044,000, have since been made. retirement ben Agency 1 s prese Although for purely ~ccounting and audit pw:poses these late contributions fer 1979 must be included in the 1980 accounts, they have exceptionally been included in the 190. The cash 1979 figures shown here to avoid distortion in the comparison of 1979 and 1980 cover re,!uirem figures. unusually earl bl "Other costsH mainly comprise costs due to the CJl1flict in Lebanon, the cost suspension of of increasing the provision for local staff separation costs as a result of the position was f incorporation of part of their cost-of-living a'LLovances l.r.~to salaries and of the ($24.2 million introduction of retirement and early voluntary retir0ment benefits fo~ local staff $0.7 million 1 members and certain other costs not readily allocable to p~ogrammes.
101 illfR'V1A accounts for 1979 together with the corresponding report of the Board of Auditcrs have been submitted to the Generai Assembly, at its thirty-fifth session (see Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session Supplement No. 5C (A/35/5/Add. 3». -38-· 187. The foregoing summary distinguishes between expenditure on "r-ecur-r-ent operations;! (salaries~ supplies~ rents, subsidies and other costs incurred regularly) and expenditure on "non-c-ecurr-errt oper-atri.ona'' (such as construction of schoolrooms ~ replacement of worn-out equipment and other essentially non-repetitive costs). The distinction is significant because (a) the cost of recurrent operations is a measure j of the minimum cost of maintaining the three programmes of education~ health and '1 relief services, which the Agency regards itself as obliged to maintain under its mandate to the extent that its financial resources permit (these progran~es are not a series of finite projects, but indefinitely continuing basic services for which a degree of financial stability is required), and (b) non-recurrent operations are sometimes financed by special contributions which cannot be used for recurrent operations.
188. The Agency completed the year 1979 with a deficit of $6.7 million despite having temporarily reduced c'2rtain services, postponed a number of highly desirable construction projects and only partially adjusted local staff remuneration for increases in the cost of living (these three groups of budgetary reductions together totalling some $26 million) because of its inadequate financial resources. As a consequence, the Agency's working capital (that is~ excess of assets over liabilities) was reduced to only $7.9 million at year-end.
189. As the experience of recent years has clparly sho1vn~ workine capital of only $7.9 million is far from adequate. The Agency should have working capital equal to approximately the cost of three months' budgeted cash operations (currently some 1. $40 million) to permit proper stockpiling of supplies and to ensure that the Agency will be able to operate during the early months of the year when contributions are often late in arriving. This level of working capital would also ensure that the Agency could continue operatio~s normally during the last quarter of a year even if contributions for the year failed to match budgeted expenditures. This would largely obviate the possibility of the Agency's having to suspend operations abruptly and thus having to increase its liability for termination indemnities to local staff members by some ~n5 million. (An orderly liquidation of the Agency would, it is believed, permit the Agency to find continued employment with other organizations for nearly half of those staff members not entitled to retirement or early voluntary retirement benefits. Such staff members would therefore not qualify for termination indemnities~ and the Agency;s provision for staff separation benefits reflects this assumption. An unplanned, forced liquidation would probably make this impossible, so that virtually all staff members not entitled to retirement or early voluntary retirement benefits would qualify for termination indemnities~ nearly doubling the Agency1s presently recognized liability.)
190. The cash balance of some $23.6 million at the end of 1978 was sufficient to cover requirements for just over the first two months of 1979, and only the unusually early receipt of certain large contributions enabled the Agency to avoid suspension of operations early in 1979. For the remainder of the ye~r, the cash position was fairly good and~ at the close of the year, was even slightl~ improved ($24.2 million) over that at the close of 1978, although total assets vere $0.7 million less. Cash in hand at 31 December 1979 was again inadequate to cover
-39~ requirements for more than the first two months of 1980, but fortunately certain Esti large contributions were again exceptionally received in those months.
191 •.\t the end of 1979, unpaid pledges for 1979 or previous years totalled $19.3 million (note: this figure includes $6.04 million from the European Economic Community; see also foot-note a/ to table in para. 186), compared with $15.1 million unpaid at the end of 1978. Of-the pledges unpaid at the end of 1979, $14.0 million were payable in cash and $5.1 million in supplies of various kinds. Inventories of ll) supplies and advances to suppliers (the Agency's supply i1 pi pel i ne were at $12.9 million, somewhat higher than at the close of 1978 (~12.1 million). On the other hand, accounts payable were substantially less at the end of 1979 ($5.6 million) than at the end of 1978 ($9.6 million). The value of food Bud commodities borrowed from local governments because of delays in receipt of contributions, in order to avoid disruption of UNRWA's raticn programme, was rather higher ($2.2 million) at the end of 1979 than at the end of 1978 ($1.4 million).
192. The Agency's provision for local staff separation costs had to be substantially increased in 1979, from $17.3 million to $31.2 million. The principal cause was the establishment and extension of a system of retirement and early voluntary retirement benefits for the Agency's local staff members to supplement the Agency's provident fund (it has no pension fund for its local staff members). In addition, a substantial part of the cost-of-living allowance was incorporated into salaries, and ,. this considerably increased the Ageney's probable liability for termination \ Est f indemnities for local staff members not entitled to retirement or early voluntary , retirement benefits. ir t. 193. Unliquidated budget commitments carried forward from 1979 (or prior years) to 1980 totalled $9.4 million compared with only $7.2 million at the close of 1978. §/' During 1979, savings on the liquidation of budget commitments and liabilities from staff se prior years totalled approximately $0.4 million, which was credited to working allowancE capital. In 1980 it has already been decided to cancel some $0.7 million of budget local dd,s commitments from years prior to 1980, which will improve the working capital position in that amount. 195. In ] excess oj 194. Prior to the beginning of 1980, the Agency had projected its deficit for the adjustmeI year at $56.8 million. Increases in estimated income only partly offset by budget 1979. increases, had somewhat reduced the deficit to an estimated $46.9 million by the end operatio of the reporting period. The following table summarizes the Agency's budgeted populati financial operations for 1980 as at 30 June 1980: provisio to k:?ep 1980 and
196. Non actual e over tot presentl Conseque $34.6 mi
197. The presentl EstimateQ income in 1980: In thousands of US dollars
Contributions by Governments 152,525 Contributions by United Nations agencies 5,728 Contributions from non-governmental sources 1,700 Contributions by OPEC Fund 1,963 Miscellaneous income 3,000 Exchange adjustments (500)
Total estimated income 164,416
Budgeted expenditure in 1980:
Recurrent Non-recurrent operations o"perations Total
Education services 104,740 7,193 111,933 Health services 31,079 1,044 32,123 Relief services 56,521 1,078 57,599 Other costs ~ 9,634 9,634 Total estimated expenditure 192,340 18,949 211,289 F Estimated surplus (deficit) of I income over expenditure in 1980 ( 46,873)
tI· ! ~ "Other costs" comprise the cost of increasing the provlslon for local staff separation costs as a result of the incorporation of part of cost-of-living allowance into salaries and of the increase in total remuneration, the costs of local disturbances in Lebanon and other costs not readily allocable to programmes.
195. In 1980 budgeted expenditure on recurrent operations is some $53.1 million in excess of actual expenditure in 1979. About one third of this figure represents adjustment of local staff remuneration to mateh increases in the cost of living in 1979. This has again been budgeted in 1980 together with provision for normal operational increases, such as the annual increase in the Agency's school population. The remainder of the increase over 1979 represents principally provision for annual staff salary increments, improvements in staff remuneration to k~ep reasonable pace with the further rise in the cost of living expected in 1980 and the continuing increase in cost of non-staff items.
196. Non-recurrent expenditure bUdgeted for 1980 is some $0.7 million less than actual expenditure in 1979. The net increase in total budgeted expenditure in 1980 over total actual expenditure in 1979 is therefore $52.4 million, while the presently estimated increase in income up to 30 June 1980 is $18.3 million. Consequently the deficit for 1980 is estimated at $46.9 million, an increase of $34.6 million over t!le actual o.eficit of 1979.
197. The agency clearly does not have sufficient working capital to cover its presently estimated deficit for 1980, even if one assumes that all non-cash assets il!"I' c=...",=-7'O'" -'-'"..c.,. , ..
1 ; f" :. ,
[.-. can either be utilized before year-end or be converted into cash to pay liabilities. Even if working capital were sufficient to cover the presently foreseen deficit, the Agency would be left with totally inadequate resources to operate during the early months of 1981, when contributions can be expected to be late in arriving, or I i to operate during any temporary shortfall of contributions during 1981. It is f therefore clear that substantial portions of the current budget for 1980 cannot be implemented unless additional income is received well before the end of the year. As a result the Agency has already had to defer implementation of a substantial f; part of its 1980 budget. The deferred items include adjustments to staff !,r.••.)'.'••.•••• i' remuneration and certain construction and maintenance programmes. Unless further [ income is received further items will not be implemented, one of which may be 198. T I' support for general education in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic. budget year's !_. t h :'l 199. T f~ r $211,2 over t
200. T prices living separa termin of voc OPEC) • $0.6 m
201. I. $20'.7 : par'agr. costs costs'
202. T $192,3 provid mainly popula with c
1 Supple 1 costs constr necess diffic contri basic causin
-42- CHAPTER II
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1981 AND BUDGET FOR 1980
A. Introduction
198. This chapter of the report presents both the proposed budget for 1981 and the budget for 1980. The original budget estimates for 1980 were submitted in last year's report. 11/
199. The budget proposed for 1981 is $230,925,000, compared with a budget of $211,289,000 for 1980. The budget for 1980 shows a net increase of $26,100,000 over the original estimates.
200. The major causes of the increase are the following: higher ration commodity prices ($12.7 million net); further provisions in the staff costs for cost-of living increases ($3.8 million); a related increase in the provision for staff separation costs ($4.0 million); an adjustment for possible under-provision for termination indemnities ($3.0 million); and provision for expansion and upgrading of vocational training facilities ($2.0 million, funded by contributions from OPEC). Other miscellaneous increases and decreases account for the remaining net $0.6 million increase.
201. In the proposed budget for 1981, recurrent costs 12/ are estimated to be $20'.7 million over the budget for recurrent costs in 1980, as explained in paragraph 202 below. There is, however, a decrease of $1.1 million in non-recurrent costs (see para. 203 below), resulting in a net increase of $19.6 million in total costs over the budget for 1980.
202. The budget proposed for recurrent costs in 1981 'is $213,035,000 compared with $192,340,000 for 1980, an increase of approximately $20.7 million. This increase provides principally for the following: normal programme increases ($1.9 million, mainly for education services as a resuJ~ of the natural growth in school population); normal salary increments ($2.9 million); higher staff costs to cope with continued inflation ($24.3 million); staff cost increases due to an adverse
11/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Suppl~ent No. 13 (A/34/13), chap. 11, sect. B. 12/ "Recurrent costs" include salaries, supplies, rents, subsidies and other costs'"incurred on a regularly recurring basis. "Non-recurrent costs" include construction and e~uipment and other items not regularly incurred, and, if necessary, they can be deferred for a certain time without giving rise to immediate difficulty in most cases. They are also to a certain extent a function of special contributions. Recurrent costs, on the other hand, are a measure of the Agency's basic programmes which it cannot easily reduce, even in the short run, without causing hardship for the refugees and risking local disturbances. change in exchange rates against the Jordan dinar ($1.3 million); services, 209 principally education and special hardship assistance ($2.7 million); adjustments pri in basic commodity prices ($2.2 million); continued inflation in non-staff costs cos ($1.5 million); and other miscellaneous cost increases ($0.2 million). Against these is a reduction in the basic ration ($16.3 million), due to a change in policy 210 forced on the Agency by its continuingly poor financial position. The to 203. The budget proposed for non-recurrent costs in 1981 is $17,890,000, compared 16, with a provision of $18,949,000 in the budget for 1980, a decrease of approximately wit $1.1 million. The estimate for 1981 includes $1.2 million for the replacement of ent unserviceable vehicles and equipment; $0.8 million for classrooms for additional has pupils; $6.6 million for urgently needed capital additions or improvements in (particularly in education, shelter, medical, and environmental sanitation or facilities); a $6.1 million adjustment in the provision for local staff separation ter costs necessitated by increases in remuneration; a $3.0 million adjustment for is possible under-provision for termination indemnities in the event of closure of the Age Agency; and $0.2 million for the eventual repatriation of area staff transferred 198 from Beirut to Vienna and Amman. Age
204. The provision for increased staff costs calls for a word of explanation. The bulk of the Agency's assistance to the refugees takes the form of personal services, particularly those provided by teachers and health personnel. Staff costs therefore constitute by far the principal item of expenditure in the Agency's 211 budget (some 66 per cent in 1980 and 69 per cent in 1981). Consequently, the wit: effects of heavy inflation on staff costs, and hence on the total budget, are reci relatively much greater than the increases in non-staff costs. est: par- 205. Apart from increases in unit staff costs due largely to inflation, the Agency foresees a rise in the number of staff members, mainly to provide the additional iI; teachers and supervisors required by the increased enrolment in Agency schools (about 7,100 more pupils than in 1980).
206. In 1981 education services will account for approximately 60 per cent of the total budget, compared with 16 per cent for health services, 20 per cent for relief services and 4 per cent for other costs. (Comparable figures for the 1980 budget are 53 per cent for education services, 15 per cent for health services, 27 per cent for relief services and 5 per cent for other costs.)
207. In health services, the proposed budget includes provision for the basic needs of a slightly larger population in 1981. Staff and other costs are also expected to be greater than in 1980, essentially due to inflation as there will be only a minimal increase in the number of staff members required. Provision is also made for essential replacement of buildings and equipment in medical and camp sanitation t installations, and limited but highly desirable improvements in facilities. Camp sanitation improvement schemes include self-help projects, in which the refugee r( beneficiaries participate substantially alongside the Agency.
208. In relief se.wvices, provision has been made for the continuation of services in 1981 at the same level as in 1980. Recurrent costs are expected to be some $10.2 million less than in the previous year, mainly attributable to a change in Agency pOlicy and the treatment of the flour ration in the proposed 1981 budget. Cost-of-living allowances and related remuneration of staff and improvements in the special hardship assistance programme will increase in 1981 by $3.3 million. The estimates for non-recurrent costs provide mainly for improvements in shelter facilities. -44- 209. In other costs, a reduction of approximately $o.h million is expected principally related to adjustments in the provision for local staff separation costs.
210. Attention must be drawn to a possible material under-provision in the budget. The Agency assumes that, in the event of an orderly turnover of its responsibilities to governments or other organizations, nearly half of its local staff of some 16,800 will be offered suitable continued employment. In this case, in accordance with the Agency's staff rules, only the remaining 50 per cent or so would be entitled to receive a termination indemnity for loss of employment, and provision has been made in the Asency's accrued liabilities for only this number. However, l in the event of an abrupt suspension of the Agency's operations, for lack of income or any other cause, all local staff would probably become entitled to receive a r termination indemnity, thereby increasing costs by over $15 nillion for which there is as yet no provision. Because the possibility of this happening appears to the Agency to have increased, the estimates for the 1980 budget and for the proposed 1981 budget both include $3 million under Ilother costs", in implementation of the Agency's plan to establish this additional provision in five annual instalments.
B. Budget estimates
211. The following tables present in summary the budget estimates for 1981, together with comparative data for the budget for 1980; table A shows the estimates for recurrent costs, table B the estimates for non-recurrent costs and table C the estimates for total costs. The estimates for 1981 are described briefly in the paragraphs following the tables.
-45- pp Table A Recurrent costs (In thousands of United states dollars)
1981 i. l'~posed 1980 ,L~ budget budget ~. Education services f: 1 C-ener:ll adue~ticn 104 833 83 166 r.··'J!·.I·.·~ Vocational and professional training ie 13 092 10 853 Share of common costs from part IV 12 617 10 721 i." F Total, Part I 130 542 104 740 Part II. Health services P
Medical services 15 000 12 719 Supplementary feeding 8 155 7 486 Environmental sanitation . 5 694 4 655 Share of common costs from part IV 7 303 6 219 Total, Part II 36_152 31 079 Part Ill. Relief services
Basic rations 31 489 45 009 Shelter 623 591 Special hardship assistance 3 509 1 917 Share ot canmon costs from part IV 10 720 9 004 Total, Part III 46 341 56 521 Part IV. Common costs
Supply and transport services 10 732 9073 Other internal services 14 346 12 064 General administration 5 562 4 807 Total, Part IV 30 640 25 944 Costs allocated to programmes (30 640) (25 944) Part V. other costs Adjustment in provision for local staff separation costs necessitated by increased remuneration Adjustment for possible under-provision for termination indemnities for local staff in event of closure ot the Agency Adjustment for possible under-provision for repatriation of local staff Emergency relief programme, south Lebanon Other local disturbances costs Total. Part V
Grand Total 213 035 192 340
-46- Table B Non-recurrent costs (In thousands of United States dollars)
1.981 proposed 1980 budget budget Part I. Education services General 2ducatic~ 6 156 4 526 Vocational and professional training 461 2 435 Share of common costs from part IV 244 232 Total, Part I 6 861 7 193 Part II. Health services Medical services 181 343 Supplementary feeding 50 37 Environmental sanitation 534 489 Share of common costs from part IV 176 175 Total, Part II 941 1 044 Part III. Relief services
Basic rations 7 49 Shelter 406 605 Special hardship assistance 23 17 Share of common costs from part IV 392 407
Total, Part HI 828 1 07~ Part IV. Common costs Supply and transport services 645 694 Other internal services 159 85 General administration 8 35 Total, Part IV 812 814 Costs allocated to programmes (812) (814)
~. Other costs
Adjustment in provision for local staff separation costs necessitated by increased remuneration 6 060 6 367 Adjustment for possible under-provision for termination indemnities for local staff in event of closure of the, Agency 3 000 3 000 Adjustment for possible under-provision for repatriation of local staff 200 200 Emergency relief programme. south Lebanon 52 Other local disturbances costs 15 Total. Part V 9 260 9 634 Grand Total 17 890 18 949
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-,,.,...,,...... ,-_.~.~'-----~- -~~-----';""-'. t Table C '< F i Total costs I (In thousands of United states dollars) I f. ~.. F 1981 proposed 1980 I budget budget Part I. Education services I General education 110 989 87 692 Vocational and professional training 13 553 13 288 Share of common costs from part IV 12 861 10 953 Total, Part I 137 403 111 933 Part H. Health services Medical services 15 181 13 062 Supplementary feeding 8 205 7 523 Environmental sanitation 6 228 5 144 Share of common costs from part IV 7 479 6 394 Total, Part II '3T 093 32 123 Part III. Relief services Basic rations 31 496 45 058 Shelter 1 D29 1 196 Special hardship assistance 3 532 1 934 Share of' common costs from part IV 11 112 9411 Total, Part IH 47 169 57 599
Part IV. Common costs
Supply and transport services 11 377 9 767 Other internal services 14 505 12 149 General administration 5 570 4 842 Total, Part IV 31 452 26 758 Costs allocated to programmes (31 452) (26 758) Part V. Other costs Adjustment in provision for local staff separation costs necessitated by increased remuneration 6 060 6 367 Adjustment for possible under-provision for termination indemnities for local staff in event of closure of the Agency 3 000 3 000 Adjustment for possible under-provision for repatriation of local staff 200 200 Emergency relief programme, south Lebanon 52 other local disturbances costs 15 Total, Part V 9 260 9 634 Grand Total 230 <925 211 289
-48- ".IiiiIID.~~ii!Ilil\iilg••E •••!til~~~·..!,i!_·~~~·-~<_iZ·:--r,sA.&:??"<~i~::-~)T~~:~:;"if;':'-J;;;;;Jr:,~~7·T;P=~~':"O'"~'-:~':'":':~~.~,~.~~, "-~>}"'I(--""-- ". • I~, It Itj .• 1. Education services i i [. General education i n Total Recurrent Non-recurrent (in United States dollars) 1981 proposed budget 110,989,000 104,833,000 6,156,000
1980 budget 87.692,000 83.166,000 4,526,000
t 212. For a description of the Agency's general education programme see paragraphs 68 I to 79 abov~ and tables 9 to 12 of annex I. Youth activities co~ducted outside F the UNRWA schools are also included under this heading (para. 159). These and similar minor activities are considered part of the Agency's general education programme, but they are wholly or largely supported by special contributions received for the purpose. The Agency has also bUdgeted in 1981 for a programme of pre-school activities in Gaza. for which it will assume responsibility at a cost of $400,000 in 1981, to be entirely met by a special contribution. r. 213. Of the increase of $21,667,000 in the proposed 1981 budget for recurrent costs, l $1,600,000 reflect the continuing growth in the school population, estimated at an ': average of 7 ,100 addi'~ional pupils in the financial year 1981. other components of ,j the increase in recurrent costs include the following: an increase in cost-of-1iving remuneration of staff ($15,944,000); normal salary increments ($1,664,000); staff cost increases due to adverse changes in exchange rates ($993,000); essential improvements in services provided by the Agency ($706,000); the assumption by the Agency of a programme of pre-schoo1 training activities in Gaza ($400,000 - see para. 212 above); and inflation in non-staff costs ($360,000).
Total Recurrent Non-recurrent (in United States dollars) 1981 proposed budget 13,553,000 13,092,000 461,000 c-::~} 1980 budget 13,288,000 10,853,000 2,435,000 , J •.•.._~.~, 215. Details of these programmes. are gi~en in p~ragraphs 80 to 83 above and table 13 :1 .~ of annex I. The budget under th~s head~ng prov~des for the costs of vocational~ ? I.~.·~ :.~ :I- technical and teacher training course conducted in Agency centres The estimates "~ .:)assume an average total enrolment of 4s ,700 trainees during the 198.1 fiscal year. No 1 Ll..; -49- l
______.. __ _ __ J prov~s~on has been made for any further construction of training facilities, but follow a larger number of trainees will be accommodated in existing facilities than in equipm the 1979/80 academic year, made possible by a special contribution pledged for ($47,0
r' the years 1979-1982. self-h 216. Also included is the cost of scholarships awarded at universities in or near Su the Agency's area of operations (described in paras. 93 and 94 and in table 14 of annex I), the anount of the scholarship being related to the candidate's economic circumstances. In 1981, some $50,000 of the total scholarship budget of $250,000 is expected to be funded by a special contribution.
217. This heading also includes certain minor categories such as adult craft training (partly funded by special contributions), the training of physically handicapped children and some vocational training outside UNRWA centres.
218. The increase of $2,239,000 in the budget for recurrent costs is to provide for the following: additional trainees in the 1980/81 and 1981/82 academic years ($300,000); essential improvements in certain training courses ($67,000); i, increase in cost-of-living remuneration fer staff ($1,429,000); normal salary increments for staff ($200,000); an increase in staff costs due to adverse 224. changes in exchange rates ($99,000); and inflation in non-staff costs ($141~,000). mainly remune 219. The budget of $461,000 for non-recurrent costs provides only for the in sta replacement of unserviceable essential equipment ($220,000) and vehicles ($86,000), in non and for essential capital improvements ($155,000). contri contri
2. Health services
Medical services
Total Recurrent Non-recurrent (in United States dollars) 1981 proposed budget 15,181,000 15,000,000 181,000
1980 budget 13,062,000 12,719,000 343,000 19 220. The UNRWA programme of preventive and curative medical services is described in paragraphs 96 to 113 above and in tables 5 to 7 of annex I. The objective 19 has always been that the Agency's health services should not fall below the level of those provided by the Governments of the host countries for their own citizens. 226. Th With the rapid increase in hospital costs and in the cost of supplies, utilities above. and staff required for the Agency's own health centres, the Agency continues to necessa find it extremely difficult to achieve this objective. reasona unable 221. The increase of $2,281,000 in the 1981 budget for recurrent costs is to rising previde for the following: increased cost-of-living remuneration for staff ($1,667,000); normal salary increments ($182,000); an increase in staff costs 227. Th due to adverse changes in exchange rates ($84,000); increases in hospital for the subsidies ($300,000); normal programme increases ($28,000); and inflation in 'other increas miscellaneous non-staff costs ($20,000). salary
222. The proposed 1981 budget of $181,000 for non-recurrent costs is for the 228. Th
-50- following; essential improvements and additions to existing premises and equipment ($55,000); replacement of unserviceable ambulances and other equipment ($47,000); in-service staff training ($70,000); and Agency participation in self-help projects ($9,000). Supplementary feeding
Total Recurrent Non-recurrent (in United States dollars) 1981 proposed budget 8,205,000 8,155,000 50,000 1980 budget 7,523,000 7,486,000 37,000 223. This programme is described in paragraphs 120 to 124 above and in table 8 of annex I. In this activity as with basic rations (pa~as. 133 to 137 above), the costs of transport and warehousing within the UNRWA area of operations are charged to "supply and transport services".
224. The increase of $669,000 in the proposed budget for 1981 recurrent costs is mainly attributable to provision for the following: increase in cost-of-living remuneratioI. of staff ($505,000); normal salary increments ($55,000); an increase in staff costs due to adverse changes in exchange rates ($29,000); and inflation in non-staff costs ($80,000). The Agency has for several years received a special contribution for the supplementary feeding programme, but since 1979 the contribution has fallen short of the full cost.
225. The proposed 1981 budget of $50,000 for non-recurrent co~ts consists of provision for the following: essential improvements to existing facilities ($21,000); the replacement of unserviceable essential furniture and equipment ($20,000); and the Agency's contribution towards self-help projects ($9,000).
Environmental sani~ation
Total Recurrent Non-recurrent (in United States dollars) 1981 proposed budget 6,228,000 5,694,000 534,000
1980 budget 5,144,000 4,655,000 489,000
The programmes under this heading are described in paragraphs to 226. 114 119 ":I above. The 1981 estimate provides only for the minimum requirements considered necessary to maintain essential community sanitation and water supply services at reasonably safe levels in camps inhabited by refugees. Once again, the Agency is unable to raise existing standards of sanitation to more desirable levels because of J rising costs over which it has no control.
227. The increase of $1,039,000 in recurrent costs proposed for 1981 is to provide for the following: increased cost-of-living remunpration for staff ($860,000); increase in staff costs due to adverse changes in exchange rates ($49,000); annual salary increments ($88,000); and inflation in non-staff costs ($42,000).
228. The proposed 1981 budget of $534,000 for non-recurrent costs provides for
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L--- ____ J perce Other internal services detai avera Total Recurrent Non-recurrent (in United States dollars) 1981 proposed budget 14,505,000 14,346,000 159,000
1980 budget 12,149,000 12,064,000 85,000
240. The budget under this heading provides for the following costs: investigation and determination of eligibility of refugees for Agency assistance; personnel and administrative services; translation, legal, financial and data processing services; internal and external audit services; technical (architectural and engineering) services; and protective services. 247. adjus 241. The increase of $2,282,000 in recurrent costs for 1981 is for the follcwing: incre increase in cost- If-living remuneration for staff ($1,756,000); normal salary livin increments for staff ($318,000); an increase in staff costs due to adverse changes allow in exchange rates ($46,000); necessary increases in the Agency's architectural allow staff ($72,000); inflation in non-staff costs ($50,000); and other unavoidable provi cost increases ($40,000). the A repat 242. The provision of $159,000 for non-recurrent costs in 1981 is for the replacement of unserviceable essential equipment ($139,000) and other minor improvements ($20,000).
General administration 248. the Total Recurrent Non-recurrent r (in United States dollars) i r 1981 proposed budget 5,570,000 5,562,000 8,000
1980 budget 4,842,000 4,807,000 35,000 Esti
243. This budget heading includes general administration services at Agency Estin: headquarters and the five field offices (including subordinate area and camp services offices), the liaison offices in New York and Cairo, and public information services.
244. The increase of $755,000 in the recurrent costs budget proposed for 1981 is to provide for: increased cost-of-living remuneration for staff ($527,000); normal salary increments ($181,000); an increase in staff costs due to adverse changes in exchange rates ($23,000); inflation in non-staff costs ($22,000); and minor improvements in 'cranslation services ($2,000).
245. The provision of $8,000 for non-recurrent costs in 1981 is for the replacement of unserviceable office equipment ($6,000) and minor improvements ($2,000).
Allocation of common costs
246. The summary tables following paragraph 211 above reflect the allocation of common costs tCI the three main categories of Agency services - education, health and relief. Any such allocation is to some extent a matter of judgement, but the
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1980 budget 9,634,000 9,634,000
247. The following estimate of $9,260,000 for 1981 is to cover the following: adjustment in the provision for local staff separation costs necessitated by increased remuneration due to inflation ($6,060,000, comprising increased cost-of living allowances ($3,286,000), cost of incorporation of a part of cost-of-living allowances into salaries ($2,267,000), and cost of application of cost-of-living allowances to salary increments ($507,000)); adjustment for possible under provision for termination indemnities for local staff in the event of closure of the Agency ($3,000,000); and adjustment for possible under-provision for eventual repatriation of local staff transferred to Vienna and Amman from Beirut ($200,000).
C. Financing the budget - 1980 and 1981
248. The chronic problems facing the Agency in financing the budget for 1980 and the proposed budget for 1981 will be appreciated from the summary below:
(In thousands of United States dollars)
Estimated expenditure per budget: 230,925 211,289
Estimated income available from: Contributions by Governments 150,026 152,525 Contributions by United Nations agencies 6,175 5,728 Contributions from non-governmental sources 1,500 1,700 Ccntributions by OPEC Fund 335 1,963 Miscellaneous income 2,500 3,000 Exchange adjustments (500)
Total estimated income 160,536 164,416
Estimated surplus (deficit) (46,873)
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-_. .J 249. At the time this budget was prepared, pledges for 1981 had not yet been made by Governments and other contributors. The estimate of income for 198~. is little more than an extrapolation of contributions for 1980, excluding special , contributions limited expressly or by implication to that year. It should be noted, however, that even if income in 1981 were estimated at the same level as presently e~timated for 1980. the projected deficit would still be of the order of $66.5 million.
1. D. Provision for separation costs 2. 250. During 1979 the Agency increased its provision for contingent liabilities for Area staff separations by $13 million to a total of $31,173,176. The United 3. Nations Board of Auditors suggested that this provisicn was excessive. Considering the fact that the Agency is by definition a temporary one, the Agency believes that it is only prudent for it to provide fully for termination entitlements. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10
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Tables
1. Total registered population according to category of registration 2. Recapitulation of changes in families registered for rations
3. Recapitulation of changes in composition of total registered refugee population 4. Distribution by place of registration of total registered refugee population and of camp population 5. Number of patient-visits to UNRWA clinics and UNRWA-subsidized clinics
6. Number of hospital beds available to UNRWA patients 7. Maternal and child health 8. Supplementary feeding programme
9. Number of elementary and preparatory pupils in UNRWA schools
10. Number of refugee pupils attending government and private schools
11. Number of pupils in UNRWA schools
12. Distribution of refugee pupils receiving education
13. Number of training places in UNRWA training centres
14. University scholarship holders by course and country of study 15. Summary of statement of income, expenditure and working capital
16. Detailed stat~ent of income to UNRWA (1 May 1950-31 December 1980)
17. Statement of income from non-governmental sources for the year ended 31 December 1979.
18. Direct assistance to Palestine refugees 19. Voluntary agencies which have operational programmes for direct assistance to UNRWA-registered refugees
20. UNRWA manning table posts as at 30 June 1979 and 30 June 1980
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Table 1 Total registered refugee population according to category of registration ~/
Memb~rs of families registered fer rations "R" category bl "s" category cl "N" category 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eligible for Eligible for Infants and . Other members Registered for Registered all services all services children of R families all services limited serv As ai:. including including regis1
registration !ol
egory cil "N" category dl 5 6 7 red for Registered for Grand Tota.l rvi.ces limited services not only and no ens rations . 960 021 f/ 24 455 904 122 f/ 32 738 915 411 Si 45 013 916 761 54 793 941 851 63 403 969 389 74 059 996 338 462 ,62 980 1 019 20:l. 901 '63 713 1 053 3L8 977 68 922 1 087 628 792 73 452 1 120 889 515 77 566 1 151 024 027 91 069 1 174 760 420 98 567 1 210 170 168 104 653 1 246 585 589 107 122 1 280 823 367 108 750 1'317 749 331 106 991 1 346 086 900 121 989 1 364 294 315 11~$ 004 1 395 074 238 160 059 1 425 219 683 166 867 1 468 161 686 184 453 1. 506 640 077 201 399 1 540 694 329 208 155 1 583 61.6 851. 221 338 1 632 707 243 233 231 1. 668 205 124 246 278 1 706 486 623 262 120 1 757 26~ 451 275 499 1 §Q3 ~2,;! 187 290 667 1 844 318 · ... ~ - ...... '.....
(Foot-notes to table 1)
a/ These statistics are based on the Agency's registration records, which do not necessarily reflect the actual refugee population owing to factors such as unreported deaths and births, false and duplicate rep,istrations and unreported absences from the area of UNRlfA operations. The Agency presumes that the refugee population present in the area of UNRWA operations is less than the registered population. b/ The "R" category (columns 1 to 4) comprises registered families with some or all members eligible for all Agency assistance, including basic rations. c/ The "s" catee.;ory (column 5) comprises refueees whose income is above that of "R" category refugees but below that of "N" category refugees, and who are eligible for general. education, health services and some other UNTIHA assistance, 1 ,I but not for basic rations. In Gaza, however, there is no "B" category and "Nil .': -..; category refugees enjoy some of the services p.;iven to "s" category. I d/ "N" category (column 6) comprises the following, subject to what is said 1 about-Gaza refue;ees in foot-note s..! above and foot-note :2:./ to table 9: (L) Refugees who are members of families whose absence from the a.rea or the level of whose reported income disqualifies all family members from basic rations, general education and health services; or , (ii) Refugees who have themselves received or whose families have received .t assistance enabling them to become self-supporting. However, there are refur;ees in "Nil category who continue to receive general education and health services for various reasons, e.F,. as UNRWA employees or to alleviate conditions of hardship• .e/ Before 1954, half rations were issued to bedouins and infants, as well as to frontier villa~ers in Jordan. Since then, bedouins have been regarded as eli~ible to receive full rations and infants have also been eligible for full rations after their first anniversary if the ration ceiling permits. Half rations are issued only to frontier villagers on the West Bank (9,121). Frontier villagers displaced to east Jordan as a result of the hostilities of June 1967 (3,323) are issued with full rations under the normal programme and are therefore included in the figure of full ration recipients (column 1). Also included in column 1 are Gaza Poor (837) and Jerusalem Poor (1,322). f/ This grand total included refugees receiving relief in Israel who were the responsibility of urrnlTA through 30 June 1952. ~/ The total 603,650 comprises: (i) 15,853 infants under the age of one year who are eligible for services but not for rations; (ii) 550,468 children registered for services (CRS) aged one year and over (some of whom are now adults) who are not receiving rations because of ration ceilings; and (iii) 37,329 displaced children registered for services (CRS) who receive rations donated by the Government of Jordan on an emergency and temporary basis.
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Table 2 Recapitulation of changes in families registered for rations §:./
1 July 1950 to Year ended Nature of changes 30 June 1975 30 June 1976 30 June 1977 30 June 1978 30 June 1979 30 June 1980 1 P.! Increases Births 947 141 40 859 42 379 50 772 48 174 42 226 1 New registration 46 216 2 5 3 1 1 Loss of se1f-sr·pport E./ 139 580 3 608 3 117 3 874 3 187 2 819 Returned from absence 63 379 1 925 1 254 1 758 2 384 1 659 Miscellaneous £! 39 484 436 286 400 387 298 --- Tot.al 1 235 800 46 830 47 041 56 807 54 133 47 003 1 I 0'\ 0 I Decreases Deaths 188 916 6 975 6 466 6 901 6 464 5 930 False and duplicate registration 61 260 286 252 300 305 290 Self-support Y 310 879 6c;77 5 634 6 503 4 993 6 511 Absence 192 919 4 151 3 603 4 789 4 965 3 731 Miscellaneous 155 142 1 253 1 126 1 544 1 635 1 530 --- Total 909 116 19 642 11 081 20 037 18 362 17 992 1
1975 1916 ~977 1978 1979 1980 Population at 30 June 1 28T 102 1 312 787 1 341 513 1 376 663 1 410 930 1 431 711
(Foot-notes on following page)
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Tot.al 1979 30 June 1980 1950-1980
174 42 226 1 171 551 1 1 46 220 187 2 819 156 185 384 1 659 72 359 387 298 41 291
133 47 003 1 487 614
.64 5 930 221 652 305 290 62 693 193 6 511 3414n 165 3 731 214 158 >35 1 530 162 230
362 17 992 1 002 230
:2. 1980 130 1 437 711
,.~.- ~.".~_ • ..,...... -.,.'-,•.' - .. , -~"".-.' "-'c"'-" •..•. -.~•••" - .. ~,-.,. , __ .. ," ._-----..,._-'.- (Foot-notes to table 2)
al This table recapitulates changes over 30 years affectin~ the n~ber of ration recipients, their babies and children re~istered for services. Births, new registrations, deaths, false re~istrations and duplications result in additions to or deletions from the registration records. Self-support and absence reflect trFlnsfers to or from the louer catee;ories of rep;istration (shown in table 1, columns 4, 5 and 6).
Transfers ,'lithin or bet.veen area.s, as well R,S the issue of rations (when available) to children registered for services, are not shown in this table. ~I Includes chan~es effected during the 1950-1951 census operations. cl Self-support: included under this headin~ are those persons who, because of income derived from employment or other sources, have become self-supporting and those who have, throup,h vocational or university training or other LffiffiWA programmes, received assistance to enable them to become self-supportine;. dl Miscellaneous changes inclUde, up to June 1953, a number of additions to or deletions from the registration recorc1s, as well as certain changes in category of registration. The deletion of refugees in Israel from the A~encyts records (40,930 persons over the period from July 1950 to June 1953) is included under this headine;.
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I Table 3 Recapitul&tion of changes in composition of total registered refugee population !I
1 July 1950 Year ended to Nature of changes 30 June 1915 30 June 1976 30 June 1917 30, June 1978 30 June 1919 30 June 1
Additions Births 986 546 44 564 46 311 59 082 54 569 48 38 New registration 46 216 2 5 6 1 Miscellaneous ~ 10 910
I 0\ I\) Total 1 043 612 44 566 46 316 59 088 54 510 48 38 I
Deletions Deaths 204 555 8 610 1 888 8 361 8 016 1 31 False and duplicate registration 11 841 438 364 521 435 42 Miscellaneous ~ 89 165 Total 311 561 9 048 8 252 8 882 8 511 1 80
Total registered population at 30 June 1 632 101 1 668 205 1 106 486 1 757 269 1 803 564 1 844 31
(Foot-notes on following page) ,
Total o June 1979 30 June 1980 1950-1980
54 569 48 382 1 239 /"5 u 1 1 46 231 10 910 54 570 48 383 1 296 59)
8 076 7 372 244 862 435 429 80 028 89 165 8511 7 801 414 055
. 803 564 1 844 318 • (Fa
pop
bar del bee pop are aee the and
the or UNR whi yea • (Foot-notes to table 3)
al This table recapitulates changes affectin~ the total number of registered population (table 1, column 7) over 30 years. Transfers within or between areas are not sho1vo herein. In comparing the fir,ures in this table with those in table 2, it should be borne in mind that deletions from the ration rolls do not necessarily entail deletions from the total recistered population. Persons ceasin~ to draw rations because of absence or self-support continue to be registered within the total population. On the other hand, some deaths and fals~ and duplicate rer,istrations are reported among persons registered but not receiving rations, and this accounts for the minor differences under those headinp,s in the two tables. In the early years of the Agency's history, the distinction between ration recipients and registered population was incompletely recorded. bl Nature of changes reported under miscellaneous was not specified during the census operation. Figures reflect those amendments whi ch resulted in addition or deletion in the total re~istered population, removal of refugees in Israel from UNRHA re~istration records and correction of deletions previously made by error which were included in the figures of new registration in the reports of previous years.
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I; F, ! I, I f ~ I [: L L ,i I' I Table 4 t Distribution by place of registration of total registered refugee population and of camp population 1 f r',- Total Number of persons Total number registered Number of camps registered Establisl f,I' population Established Emergency in established camps ~ !;lamps' I 1-- f' Jordan (east) 4 6 OOf L 716 372 78 298 93 r' West Bank 324 035 20 81 322 84 035 r t, I: Gaza Strip 367 995 8 201 827 204 103 , I ~ Lebanon 226 554 13 103 136 107 212 .::- I f Syrian Arab 4 Republic 209 362 6 34 899 39 962
Total 1 844 318 51 10 499 482 528 314
~ Persons officially registered in these camps are refugees registered with UNRWA who, having been UNRWA. are shown in UNRWA records as living in camps, irrespective of their category of re~istration (R 0 som~ ..EJ.ay have moved to places oiitside, the UNRWA area of operations or to vill~geE!, towns or cities in other and m,e.v not have reported their removal to the Agency. '!he tigures do not in,clUd,e re~e,e_ll jp camps who ha shelter by UBRtfA but benefit from sanitation services. "!l! Of the 528.::Si4 persons recorded on camp records, 520.672 are UNRWA-regis'!;ered refugees. 'Ihe balan not registered refug~es and are not eligible for UNRWA assistance. £! Persons recorded on camp records comprise 121,114 UNRWA-registered refugees and 38.231 other pers a result of the June 1967 hostilities or subsequent fighting in the Jordan Valley in early 1968. ,
.nd of camp population
Total number of ~ersons recoraea Established Emergency ~ 98DlPS 'E..! c~;£! 93 002 135 218
84 035
204 103
107 212
39 962 24 127
528 314 159 345
687 659
lliRWA who, having been provided shelter by r of rep;istration (R or S or N), although 'lInS or cities in other parts o~ the country !~e.e_~ jp c8lll'PS who have not been p;i.ven
'd refugees. 'lhe balance o~ 7,642 are
: and 38,231 other person~ displaced as I early 1968. :.1 .~ •
Tvoe of service,
Medical consultati< Injection Dressing and/or sk treatment Eye treatment Dental treatment
All services
TYpe of services General medicine and surgery Tuberculosis Maternity Paediatrics Mental
All services
Rehydration-nutriti centres Number of cots ------65-
______. .J ~ Maternal and child health (1 July 1979-30 June 1980) j, Syrian Jordan West Arab A. Ante-natal services (east) Bank Gaza Lebanon Republic Total
Number of ante-natal clinics 24 9 21 19 87
Pregnant Wi'men newly registered 8 140 5 171 12 729 2 217 2 397 30 654 teal p: Average mCJlthly attendance 2 702 1 589 4 135 498 694 9 618 Home visits 12 126 55 266 148 72 12 667 Number of feed " "t I I Syrian Average daily f Jordan West Arab beneficiarie I' B. Child health care (east) Bank Gaza Lebanon RepUblic Total I (0-15 years) I· Number of child health clinics 14 23 9 18 19 83 f i Infants 0-1 year: registered a/ 11 233 4 808 12 128 3 217 3 244 34 630 I. I : attended W- 8 613 4 462 10 004 1 756 2 849 27 684 l Children 1-2 years: registered a/ 11 228 5 030 10 871 3431 3 701 34 261 : attended W- 9 919 4 308 9 252 2 155 3 407 29 041 B. Milk progr r: I Children 2-3 years: registered a/ 9 127 4 594 10 155 3 300 3439 30 614 : attended W- 7 365 3911 8 456 1 190 3 009 23 931 Alrerage number ~, beneficiarie Home visits 22 986 5 407 8436 4 805 4 346' 45 980 i milk and MeH Routine immunizations 82 346 32 219 84 699 22 340 43728 272 332
Syrian Jordan West Arab c. School health services (east) Bank Gaza Lebanon RepUblic Total c. Extra dry Number ot health teams 3 1 1 1 1 7 Average morrbh.l: School entrants examined 16 985 4 564 8 582 2 745 5 528 38 404 of beneficia' other pupils examined 28 251 9 542 14 312 1 140 14 765 68 010 Teachers/attendants.examined 111 549 430 280 923 2 293 (i) Preg School inspections 106 599 458 48 167 1 378 Routine immunizations 16632 19 664 32 976 7 426 19 522 96 220 (ii) Nurs:
!I These figures reflect average monthly number in Agency registers. (iii) TB 01 W Attendance figures represent average monthly (0-1 category), bimonthly (1-2 category) and quarterly (2-3 category) numbers, respectively. !!y Inc1ud of the Governm b/ Inc1ud of the Governm
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Syrian Jordan West Arab A. H leal programme (east) Bank Gaze. Lebanon Republic Total
Number of feeding centres 18 25 23 12 13 91 i
Average daily number of 7 891 ~ 9 371 11 158 3 491 6 235 38 146 beneficiaries (0-15 years)
Syrian Jordan West Arab B. Milk programme (east) Bank Gaza Lebanon Republic Total
Average number of 14 429 El 9 384 20 726 3 199 7 526 55 264 beneficiaries in milk and MCH centres
Syrian Jordan West Arab c. Extra dry rations (east) Bank Gaza Lebanon Republic Total
Average monthly number of beneficiaries:
( i) Pregnant women 896 1 401 3 400 269 383 6 349 (ii) Nursing mothers 2 628 4 951 8 540 923 1 514 18 556
(Hi) TB out-patients 40 291 269 81 37 718
a/ Includes 1,347 displaced persons in emergency camps included at the request of the Government of Jordan and on reimbursible basis. b/ Includes 1,145 displaced persons in emergency camps~ included at the request of the Government of Jordan and on reimbursible basis.
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Tabl.,. ~I Number of elor.mnto.ry anrl pr-epar-e tury pupils in UNRH'A schools
J~rdan Weat !'.ank ~za Lebanon SY"'i:J.n Arab Reput.I 10 G-·"nd Y~ar ;';lam. F:-Ap. Stlo. Total hlam. Prop. 1lotal fo:lm:le Pr-on , Total i·acm. Pr~ll. 'rot:'l.l r... lclol.. Prop. 1'01....1.1 ~; em, r-op , 1:'51 lli 345 - 15 345 19 543 61· 19 60': 4 5~4 - 4 504 2599 - 2 599 43 051 01 I'J52 15 R82 - 15 882 22 551 lli4 22715 6 291 - Ii 291 ~ 1\95 - 2 895 47 619 1';4 1953 30 118 87 30205 25 702 IJ15 26 377 9 332 86 9 418 5 411l lli~ 5 576 70 5/i2 I 014 1954 39 188 790 22 40000 31 107 1 781 32 B88 11 /i95 38·1 12 079 8 758 864 9 ~22 90748 3 Ill0 1955 42 144 1 612 82 43838 34016 3 339 37 355 12 567 020 13 187 9 700 671 10 371 98 427 (j :/ ••2 195'; 43 649 2862 200 4671 1 35 087 4 937 40024 12 983 948 13931 10 288 93/i 11 224 102 G07 9 6113 1957 42 431 4 274 334 47 039 34876 6410 41 286 13 155 1 003 14 158 11 042 180 12 222 101 504 12 8!i7 1958 .;1 600 5 357 495 47 452 35 164 7 495 42 658 13 93'; 996 14,932 11 332 5/i2 12 894 102 031 15 410 1959 39 519 6714 5'(8 46811 34 806 8 244 43050 14 1\81 1 325 16 206 12 256 916 14 172 101 462 18 199 1960 38 223 6898 612 45733 36 633 8 481 45 114 15 422 1 !i68 17 090 13 354 2592 15 945 103 632 19 ~39 1961 38 309 7 437 598 46 344 3/i 591 9 841 4/i 432 16 292 2 159 18 451 13 685 3589 17 274 104 1:-77 23 02< 1962 41 000 8 384 875 50 259 37 885 10 641 48526 17 124 2 67/i 19 800 14 430 4 122 18 552 110439 25 823 1,.63 45 531 8 492 54023 31> 470 12 797 51 267 17 411 .2 ,;80 20091 15 618 4 459 20077 117 030 28 428 1964 50 2~0 8 868 59088 38 905 13 627 52532 18 041 3 491 21 532 16463 4946 21 tiCl) 123 629 30 932 I 1~l65 41 164 15 032 56 196 19 836 3710 23 546 17 631 5 284 22 915 134 3·14 33 649 0-. 55 713 9 623 65 336 ex> 60 .,02 11 113 18720 24 4'60 139 826 36 145 I 1%0 71 925 40 757 15 644 56 409 19 547 3 648 23 195 5 740 ~91j7 6~ "'W 12 8)8 78 li87 - 41 362 16710 58072 20 744 3 451 24 195 19 564 o 449 26 013 147 519 39 44/l lQr,·5 45 5:J3 ,. 048 54 6362/ 18 957 4587 23544 35 395 12 358 47753 21 312 5 1,;8 20 480 20 197 6981 27 178 141 45.1 38 137 1%9 53 357 10 939 64 2962/ 20411 5 582 25993 38 351 15 251 53 602 22 426 6046 28 472 21 088 7 471 2fi 559 155 (,33 45 2r.9 1~'70 60 33<1 13 830 74 164!!! 21 733 6 386 28 119 41 051 10 372 57 423 23791 02!i7 30058 21 702 7 912 29 514 108 61I 50 767 1nl li2 488 15 367 '17 85;l!1 22 540 6822 29 362 43085 16 956 60041 25 587 7 186 32773 23 024 8 748 31 772 17'; 724 55 079 1972 "9 1~0 17 489 86 679!!! 23 227 6708 29 935 45 109 15 Ijfo 60785 27 133 7 207 34 340 24 392 8 947 33 339 189 051 5~ 027 1°73 74 038 19 276 93 314!!! 24 007 6380 30387 47 906 14 443 62 349 28 187 7 507 35 /i94 25 318 8 922 34 240 199 456 56 528
1°"'1., ,~ 78 177 21 192 99 369~J 24820 6499 31 319 51 116 13 490 /i4 606 28494 8 039 37 133 2/i 594 9 303 35 897 209 2111 5~ 1~3 .1n5 so 942 23 593 104 53;l!1 25 248 6 96~ 32 212 51 265 14 632 658?7 26996 8 349 35 345 27 337 9 980 37 317 211 788 ~3 518 1975 83 219 2~ 998 110 217~ 25 455 7 874 33 329 "51 476 16 81'; 68 292 28 155 9 635 37 7~0 28 448 10 817 39 265 21675372 140 1<:77 85 868 29 060 114.92a!V 25 855 8774 34629 51 077 18 929 70006 26 ~'13 9 771 36714 29 106 11 010 40 11'; 218 649 77 544 1178 <17 908 31 775 119 1iB3!!! 26258 9 488 35 74~ 51 562 20 259 71 821 27 491 10 295 37 786 30 282 11 650 41 932 223 501 8~ 467 1'."l9 91 153 32 930 124 oa~ 26922 9 943 36935 51 108 19 666 70774 26709 9757 36 4~6 30959 11 81jf 42 820 226 921 84 1~3 193~ ~4 197 33 723 127 92ol!1 27 288 9 845 37 133 52 868 19 358 72 226 23955 9 138 33093 31 465 12 327 43 792 229 773 84 391
(Foot-notes on following page) ,
l Repul.) 1c G-~nd :'Ot.i~ 'PO '1'ov~I ~;1~m. prt'>p. :•oc , -----'j',,:.,~..- 2 599 43 051 ~1 43112 2 8~5 47 ~19 1 ~4 47 763 ~~ 5 576 70 5~2 1 014 71 576 '~4 9 ~22 90748 3 R1° 22 94 569 ;71 10 371 98 427 fi ?.2 62 104 751 3~ 11 224 102 007 9 ~n3 200 111 690 80 12 222 101 504 12 8~ 334 114 705 ~2 12 894 102 031 15 410 495 117 936 16 14 172 101 462 1a 199 578 120 239 92 15 9/,6 103 632 19 639 612 123 663 89 17 274 104 en 23 02< 596 126 501 22 18 552 110439 25 823 675 137 137 59 20077 117 03028 428 145 456 46 21 -1(1) 123 629 30 932 154 561 84 22 915 134 3·14 33 649 167 993 40 24 4'60 139 82(, 36 145 175 971 49 26013 147 519 3~ 44~ 166 967 81 ?7 178 141 45.\ 38 137 179 591 71 2P. 559 155 (,33 45 2f.9 200 922 12 29 614 16861150767 219 378 ~B 31 772 176 724 55 079 231 603 17 33 339 189 051 56 027 245 078 12 34 :'40 199 456 56 528 255 964 13 35 897 209 2n1 59 123 266 324 so 37 317 211 788 63 518 275 306 17 39 265 2g 753 72 140 266 693 10 40 116 218 849 77 544 296 393 ;0 41 932 223 501 8~ 467 306 968 iT 42 826 226 921 84 163 311064 !7 43792 229 773 84 391 314 164
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a/ ~1.460 childre Non-eli It is r against seconda gover . educati teacher refugee of char small n the Gov schools
)\ . .~' 1 ., """""","W2:'=
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a/ Including non--eligible chil dren attending UNHHA schools, who now number 41,460 of whom 10,608 arE:: registered children in the Gaza Strip, where all refugee children have always been regarded in practice as eligible for education services. Non-eligible may mean either non-eligible refugee children or non-refugee children. It is relevant that in Jordan non-refugee children in Agency schools are offset against refugee pupils attending government schools, free of charge, including secondary schools~ that in the Syrian Arab Republic some refugee pupils attend government elementary and preparatory schools and those who proceed to secondary -education attend government schools, in both cases free of charge; that in Gaza some teachers are provided by the Gaza Education Department for Agency schools, and refugee children who proceed to secondary education attend government schools, free of charge; and that in Lebanon it has not proved feasible to collect fees from the small number of non-eligible refugee children and no arrangements have been made with the Government for offsetting the small number of non-refugee children in Agency schools. ~/ Figure for east Jordan only.
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Table 10 Buaber ot refugee pupils attending goverDJllent and private schools
Jilleaent&1'7 Preparatory Seconda17 All leve GoverDJllent Private Geveraent Private Government Private Government schools schools .eheels ~,chools schools schools .sehools
Jordan (east) 7 594 B.A. 5 044 B.A. 12 493 B.A. 25 131 West Bank 12 031 1 210 5 023 B.A. 7 025 B.A. 24 085 GaZ& 3 038 B.A. 921 B.A. 10 447 R.A. 14 406 Lebanon 234 2 499 347 2 298 872 2 744 1 453 Syrian Arab Republic 6 985 no 1 814 55 4 158 693 12 957 I ~ 0 Total 29 888 3 819 13 149 2 353 34 995 3 437 78 032 I ! schools
.All levels lvate Government Private 1001s sehoo1s -schools Total A. 25 131 N.A. ~5 131 A. 24 085 1 210 25 295 A. 14 406 If.A. 14 406 44 1 453 7 541 8 994
93 12 957 858 13 815 37 78 032 9 609 87 641
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v VI 'J'ot:tl 1S airls Boys Glrls BOj"u (,1"1";...... - l22 7.447 7 500 6 613 48 8}5 45362
174 2 470 1 918 2 120 12 ,,12 14376
186 3891 4 265 3 320 2E< 059 24809
106 2 007 1 688 1 690 12 252 11 703
502 2 309 2 385 2 020 1(. 43'" 15026
;90 18 124 17 756 15 763 111\ 491 111 276 37 814 33 519 <:29 773
1'otal ,s Girls
)17 15 706 150 4895 ;06 8752 145 4 693
178 5849
,96 39 895 84 391 ,
r Table 12 j" i Distribution of refugee pupils receiving education
{:,. t Number of refugee Total F11 pupils in number i Number of pupils in Number of pupils in government and of refuge , NuIIlber elementary !l classes preParatory !I classes private schools pupils of at UNRWA schools at UNRWA schools known to II UNRWA Government Private receive schoo::t~ Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total schools schools educa.tion t', 11l:' Jorw,Ul (east) 198 48 835 45 362 94 197 18 017 15 706 33 723 25 131 153 051 ,.h h ~ west Bank 99 12 912 14 376 27 288 4 950 4 895 9 845 24 085 1 210 62 428 I\) kr I Gaza 136 28 059 24 809 52 868 10 606 8 752 19 358 14 406 86 632 1 Lebanon 84 12 252 11 703 23 955 4 445 4 693 9 138 1 453 7 541 42 087 ti t· Syrian Arab r Republic 110 16 439 15 026 31 465 6 478 5 849 12 327 12 957 858 57 607 Total 627 ' 118 497 . 111 276 229 773 44 496 39 895 84 391 78 032 9 609 401 805
!I See table 9, foot-note .!!. rt refugee Total. .s in number lent and of refugee ! schools pupils known to Private receive schools education
153 051 1. 210 62 428 86 632 7 541 42 087
858 57 607 9 609 401 805
_~~ __ .__ ._ - ~---J ,
Table 13 Number of training places in UNRWA training centres
Syrian Arab Jordan (east) West Bank Lebanon Republic Gaza Ramallah Kalandi.a Re.mallah Men's Damascus Gaza AImIan Wadi. Seer Vocational Women's Teacher Siblin Vocational Vocational Training Trainirlg Training Training ~aining Training Training Training Trade and profession, Centre Centre Centre Centre Ceutre Centre Centre Centre Total 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 13t 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd
A. Vocational and technical education Metal trades 32 32 Instrument mechanic 32 32 32 32 Machinist welder sf 48 48 24 24 48 48 24 24 48 48 192 192 Diesel and construction equipment mechanic 3 16 16 16 32 32 16 16 96 80 Auto mechanic 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 32 32 96 96 Refrigeration and air- conditioning mechanic 16 16 16 16 16 16 48 48 Auto body repairer . 16 16 16 32 16 Sheetmetal worker 16 16 ·16 16 32 32 Blacksmith/welder 16 16 12 12 32 32 60 60 ..:. Welder (arc and gas) ~ 48 36 84 I Moulder 12 12 ~ lA Toolmaker sf 12 12 I Office machine mechanic 16 16 16 16 Electrical trades Electrician 32 16 32 32 32 32 16 16 32 32 144 128 Radio television mechanic 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 64 64 Auto electrician 16 16 16 32 16
Buildin, trades Builder shutterer 16 32 16 16 32 16 64 64 P18sterer/tilesetter 16 16 16 16 Plumber 16 16 -. 16 16 16 32 48 Carpenter/woodmachinist 32 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 32 32 112 96 Technicians "£! Land surveyor 24 24 24 24 Quantity surveyor 24 24 24 24 Construction technician 24 24 24 24 48 48 Architectural draughtsman 24 24 24 24 72 24 Telecommunication technician 16 16 16 16 Mechanical engineering draughtsman 12 12 Machine maintenance tech."lician sf 12 12 Vocational training instructor ~ 24 24 a.l g Grand Total total nd 1st 2nd 3rd
32 32 64 48 192 192 384 16 96 80 176 32 96 96 192 16 48 48 96 32 16 48 32 32 64 32 60 60 .:. 120 84 84 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 32
32 144 128 27'0 16 64 64 Le) 32 16 he)
16 64 64 1 16 16 j 16 32 48 ,~', ~ 32 112 96 ac.
24 24 4 24 24 4 48 48 >' 72 24 9' 16 16 3 12 1 12 1:
24 2:'
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rI I r Table 13 (continued) f Syrian Arab t Jordan (east) West Bank Lebanon Republic Gaza I. Ramallah Kalandia Ramallah Men's Damascus Gaza Amman Wadi Seer Vocational Women's Teacher Siblin Vocational Vocational Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Trade and profession Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre Total 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd Commercial bl Business and office practice (men) 48 48 48 48 48 48 144 144 Secretarian (women) 48 48 48 48 96 96 Paramedical Assistant pharmacist 20 20 20 20 40 Laboratory technician bl 20 20 16 40 16 Public health inspector !!I 16 16 16 16 Vocational courses for girls (other than commercial and paramedical) Home and institutional management !!I 16 16 16 16 Infant leader 22 22 22 22 I !!I -'I..,. Dressmaking 14 14 28 28 42 42 I Clothing production 28 28 28 28 Hairdressing 16 16 18 18 34 34
Total by year of study 78 78 456 364 12 212 212 180 180 376 288 256 228 272 268 1 830 1 618 12
B. Pre-service teacher training 275 275 150 150 150 125 60 50 635 600 Grand total 706 832 £! 424 660 275 774 484 ~ 540 2 465 2 218 12
!I One year course. !!I Post-secondary level course. £! Includes 17 girls enrolled in paramedical and technical. courses as non-residents. gj Includes 15 girls enrolled in paramedical and technical. courses as non-residents. '!f Includes 558 girls. u Includes 620 girls. sf The one-year advanced course ot machine maintenance technician supplements the basic two-year course ot machinist welder and toolmalter.
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'aza aza ,tional ining Grand ntre Total to'taJ. 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd
144 144 288 96 96 192
20 40 60 40 16 56 16 16 32
16 16 32 22 22 44 42 42 84 28 28 56 34 34 68 268 1830 1 618 12 3 460 ~
635 600 1 235 tJ 540 2 465 2 218 12 4 695
lst welder and toolmaker.
J •
Course
Medicine Nursing Pharmacy Dentistry Engineerin Science Commerce Arts High technica Teacher training
Total
a/ Otl: student) ar
:,;' -.:-~- L~.,,,.,.,.,.~ -75-
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Table 15
Summary statement of income, expenditure and working capital ~ (1 May 1959-31 December 1980) (In United States dollars)
Income AdjnstlJlt!nts Balance -- to Horking working Contributions capdca Lt :El capital by Other Total increRses (operati; Governments income income Expenc1.iture ( decreases) rcservl a. Nay 1950 to 31 Dec.1970 709 878 970 30 260 406 740 139 376 736 380 191 1 875 1,83 :> 634 61 1. January to 31 Dac.1971 43 922 586 3 752 483 47 675 069 48 431 7441 117 113 14 9951 1 Jann~_ry to ;'1 Dec.1972 49 388 110 2 160 211 51 548 321 52 125 655 "5 766 958 8 1,34 7~ J.. Jann::try tc 31 Dec.1973 55 269 051 3 349 102 58 618 153 62 531 667 I 1. 415 "31 I 5 68G 6/ 1 Janu<>r.y to 31 Dec.1974 85 320 533 3 896 816 89 217 349 I 88 11f9 279 I 49L, 316/ 7 21+9 O~ 1 Janu:\,:,y b 31 Dec.1975 106 902 825 6 675 401 113 578 226.; 111 808 951• I 1 756. 962 10 775 21 1 January t o )1 Deco1976 112 261 27~ 8 457 398 120 718 6o';i-t;:. 114 7?L'~37 i 1 062 1,671 J.7 781 51 1 Janum""J b 31 DecoJ.97'1 114 109 995 8 868 471 122 978 466 126 7n 0,69 I 1 '1'11 05(-. ! 15 759 I, ~_ I l January to 31 Dec.1978 122 338 70~21 130 50 f 701 I 132 111, Illfl, I 1,4:1 173 1'+ 601 6; 1 J:mt~'\ry to '31 Dcc.J.979 138 639 249_ l~ ~~ ~7$ 152 188 527ti1 15'~ 8n [,Z2 ( 12 731) 7 9Q5 8 1 -Januar-y to 3J. Dec ,,19802/ 152 12) ':)07 11 890 832 I 164 414 739 211 289 000' -. (2~ 089 4
i . 1 690 155 205 101 026 391 11 791 58::.=1~59;..;;6~_J:-::";":::~;':::"":=-1"":=-=""'::';;';:"'&~ 843 246 262 12 696 208 ~
n/ The figures in this table reflect, for each period, t ho income and expendi t.ur-o (inc:"udinC commitmE i3.}'pJicable to the budget for that period, regardless of when the income was received or th" expenditures incurred. bl These adjustments represent principally the liquidation in subseq\ nt years of liabilities, commit and provisions at less than amounts ori~inally charged to expenditure account. s( Includes %6 million pledged by a donor for 1976 not reflected in the Agency's audited accounts for year owing to its late notification. ~ Includes %6,044,034 pledged by EEC for 1979 not reflected in the Agencj's ~udited accounts for th~ year owing to its late notification. ~ Income as estimated, expenditure as budgeted. 41 This wil~ be the position if the expenditure budget is fUlly implemented and no additional income . ,., ~::,.:._.:.;,: ,
(
Adjnst:litmt Balance of I to worlcing working i cap.ita'l; El capital i increases ( operating (decreases) reserve)
1 875 If83 5 634 668 117 113 14 995 106 :5 766 958 8 1,34 750 1. 415 h7jl J 5 686 6fi7 1 49 , 316 1 7 2/+9 053 1 75(; 962 10 775 287 1 062 1167 ( 17 781 52.6 1 -rr: 0")( 15 759 199 ',4:1 l73 . 1/+ 601 629 I 12 731) 7 9Q5 80:2 I (.23.I089 458)£/-1 I
12 69(, 2081 ..=.J... 1 re (includinG commitments) th8 expenditures
~f liabilities, commitments- s audited accounts for that iited accounts for that
no additional income is received.
.__ . ~ I i~" , to.
Table 16
Detailed statement of income to UNRWA ~ (1 May 1950-31 December 1980) (In United States dollars)
For the year
Contributor 1976 19_79 I 1980 El I 1977 ! 197_8_1.__ __.1--i __---1 I. Contributions hy Gover~p.n~ Abu Dhabi 21 190 927 Argentina 138 000 5 000 5 000 1+ 300 I 5 ro, I 5 000 Australia 5 679 933 368 612 419 430 49u 467 I IJ.'/3 625 If73 21.3 iLustria 321 859 70 000 107 000 107 000 1.31 862 I 132 000 Bahr-a.in 73 867 15 000 15 000 15 CiOO 15 000 I 15 000 Barbados 500 - Belgiu.m 3 245 501 996 255 1 129 342 1 C2~ 027 1 773 9192/1 1 915 13~ Denin 250 403 I- I 1 000 Bolivia 5 000 10 000 10 000 la 000 Brazil 45 009 10 000 10 ~08 Burma 9 546 I ! Canada 35 738 423 3 646 406 3 689 477 4 5J.9 792 ,4 JoG 724 d/j 4 881 648E r.entral African RepUblic 2 198 I- Chile 9 000 2000 2 000 2 000 3 000 3 000 China 153 279 f/ Congo 1+ 717- Cuba 5 000 Cyprus 6 906 750 482 1 299 1 437 1 446 Democratic Kampuchea 7 141 Democratic Yemen 750 Denmark 8 213 319 1 567 255 1 795 044 1 725 834 2 094 460 2 186 665 Dominican Republic 6 000 Dubai .::I 40 000 Egypt 5 491 336 4290 8580 4 290 8 580 El Sal V~or 500 Ethiopia 35500 3000 1979 1980 El Total
190 927 ;; 200 I 5 000 163 000 '1,/3 625 h73 2/.3 7 905 310 nl .362 132 000 869 721 15 000 I 15 000 148 867 500 I 500 773 9192/1 1 915 13:J1 10 088 177 - I 1 000 1 653 5 000 10 008 10 000 I 95 009 , I 9 546 JoG 724 Y I 4 881 648,y' 56 782 470 , 2 198 3 000 3 000 21 000 153 279 4 717 5 000 1 437 1 446 12 320 7 141 750 )94 460 2 186 665 17 582 577 6 000 40 000 4 290 8 580 5 517 076 500 3 000 j 38 500 ,
Table 16 (continued)
For the yea" for the period 1 May I 1950 to Oontributor 31 December 1975 1976 1977 197~~ 19_7_9 --' 1980 El -+ Total 1 \-----_._.. F. 9ontribu:!ii0ns 'by Govermnents (continued)'
I I European Economic Comrn'mity 47 353 277 14 320 477 16 366 246 I15 290 ~44 120 492 339 £/£I[ 26 322 6012/ 140 145 084 F:L'"'Iland I 1 441 947 298 265 250 901 249 703 313 330 274 725 2 828 871 France , 23 520 20 1 568 322 1 323 946 1 385 172 1 727 965 £/ l760 372 yl 31 285 985. Ele.rnbia 308 -I 30 Gaza authorities 1 917 148 74 532 68 189 744 100 834 / 97 450 I 2 298 897 40 I J Germany I Federal I Republic of 30 912 767 3 311 649 3 324 259 5057215 5623 822 £/ 5 877 689 2/; 54 107 401 I Ghana 59 720 5 220 5 220 5220, 5200 1 80 580 Greece 701 617 25 940 ?O 000 30 000 19 000 37~000 y! 843 557 Guinea. 1000 1 000 I Haiti 7000 7 000 ~ :L(>I) 1+65 2 500 2 500 2-500 I CD Holy See 2 500 2 500 112 965 I Honduras 2 500 - I 2 500 Iceland 79 439 1} 000 I 14 000 j5000 17 500 17 500 156 439 ,India 470 4J.o 12 57~ , 12 579 12 195 18 519 19 000 545 282 Indonesia 267 'iG3 6000 I 6 000 h 000 6 000 6 000 297 768 Iran 192 047 30 000 30 000 30 000 282 047 Iraq 8:}Cl 229 .1.216'JO 121 600 121 600 121 600 5 121600 6 457 229 Ireland 72L, 676 8~\ 000 109 440 139 300 226 550 270 250 1 559 216 Israel 6 429 7~:;; 896 080 706 641 898 133 776 372 9+3 667 10 250 636 Italy 2 948 894 200 000 252 750 240 964 450 000 4 092 608 J amai ca 19 370 3000 3000 3 000 3 000 3 000 34 370 Japan 13 184 218 5 500 000 5 974 714 6 500 000 7 000 000 9 500 000 47 658 932 Jordan 3 665 27~f 252 037 260 612 259 008 268 473 356 554 5 061 958 Kuwait 3 962 860 1 600 000 600 000 600 000 2 100 000 2 100 000 10 962 860 Lao People's Democratic ' litep1.lblic 4687 4 687 Leb.mon 1 262 655 106 504 96 620 76 500 93 139 79 450 - 1 714 868 Li.berJ.a 66 500 5000 5000 5000 5 000 86 500 --t ~ Total
~l mm; i- T t
Table 16 (continued)
For the year for the period t----,.....----,-----r-----,...------I 1 May 1950 to Contributor 31 December 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 bl Tal
I. Contributions bLEovern,E.1ents \ continued) Libyan Ar~h Jalilahiriya 3 216 100 600 000 1 000 000 1 000 00011+ 000 OO~nll 250 000 ill oE r . Luxembour-g 223 53 736 9 450 1.1 655 1'73 50~ 13 47~Y 4E I'· 718 I· IVI'3. dagns car 1 784 - .. -I 4 7421 - l'lalawi 280 ~b1C1y[;ia 56 285 ~ 500 ~ 500 ~ 50n I J. 500 ~ 500 E ~. l1altCl 5 000 f -~._ ..~,..-~.'~ . --.;...... ~.,.....;;~~ ... 1980 Bf Total )O~rl/l 250 000 IP. 066 100 50~ 13 47a:..Y 485 537 742/ - 6 526 - 280 500 1 .500 63 785 LOO 6 100 543 543 )(JO la 932 5 000 148 191 ;99 735 12 22LI )00 61 585 800 488. )00 2 780 20$Y15 771 797 . )07 uS 110 3 678 287 4 920 lOO. 104 240 )92 I 3 919 667 21 721 137 lOO 25 000 220\000 )')9 19 864 886 381 )00 500 2 000 ~50 5 000 42 750 2 000 2 000 lOO 250 000 2 270 728 lOO 5 000 68 500 I 39 200 5 555 ;00 1 799 8 049 lOO 1 200 000 42 431 172 3 988 27 746 00 ,. 500 18 500 .~ Table 16 ( continued) for the period For the year 1 !'la;)' 1950 to I Contributor 31 December 197< 1976 I 1977I 1978 I 1979 I 1980 El Tot I. Contrihutions by Governments ( continued) Spain 5 980 002 1 000 000 993 905 50 000 - 1 000 000.s1. 9 02 Sri Lanka 16 800 1 000 967 1 000 I 1 000 1000 I 2 Rudan 171• 892 6 027 6 027 - E 027I 6 027 19 Suriname - - - - - 1 000 Swaziland 660 - - - - .. Sweden 32 207 298 6 071 978 8 092 486 3 803 781 9 932 130 11 125' 694 76 23 1 Lj ~ 23 82 ~witzer1and 8 884 099 1 548 223 1 571 969 J. 708 83+ 5 523 80 f 4 590 i+l8 ~yrian Arab Repub1i~ .2 292 880 102 363 99 558 109 7R3 163 321 144 588 - 2 91 rrhaiiand 29 794 43 720 27 265 17 (;28 17 628 17 620 15 1Tlogo 1 000 - - - - - 'rinidad and Tobago 14 839 3 000 2 487 2 L.88 I 2 488 4 975 3 I fT1 8 000 8 000 .. 91:l,l· 8 11: ex> uni s i l1 71 000 J.5 533 o 210 20 000 000 .. 26 I l'urkey 759 35 - - United Arnb Emirates 2 9/+5 000 270 000 270 000 270 000 - 670 000 4 42 !united Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 140 142 839 6 929 337 8 230 874 7 729 214 9 350 000 10 390 500 182 77' I ~nited Republic of Oamer'oor 5 000 408 - - - - 868 16i [rni ted States of America 619 26l f 592 44 700 OOO!: 48 700 000 51 500 000 52 000 000 52 000 000 Upper Volta 1 887 - - - - - Uruguay 5 000 - - - - - ~enezuelu - 5 000 - - 5 000 - 1 Viet Nam 42 OOQ; - - - - - 4 Yugoslavia 758 700 25 000 25 000 25000 25000 25 000 88 Zaire 20 000 - 1 500 -- - 2: Sundry Governments through I Refug~e the WOTld Year 23 Stamp Plan 238 211 - - - - - 362 112 260 271 14063 100 22 163 006 l3~ 639 249 152 123 907 6897 Pledges SUbsequently 0.50 545 Wrihen off for non-paymen 136 713 1 000 46 815 175 702 - - .t 36 0.50 6l:S2 075 112 261 271 114 109 995 122 33l:S 70l:S 13ti 639 249 ]52 123 907 1 690 1 ~;r;r.~~~}~~~;Qf~,:;r¥~f;::.,:Y",:,::r-'r:~:';~;:~:~~~j?-~?;7?;;~:::~?:':f--~~~':?~·.Tft!,,,,,,~>{fJ'<,·*~-::&1¥t~"::fP'1{_...ti"j'f~;~~~,?~~:;;;;$;-'if[I#~'~4i£:~~";~~~~~W~-;rr;,.y.~ I 1980 El Total 1 000 000 ~. 9 023 907 1000 I 21 767 :I 6 027 199 000 1 000 J 1000 660 I II 125- 694 76 238 367 4 590 1+18 !!J 23 827 347 144 588 2 912 493 17 620 153 655 - 1 000 4 975 30 277 8 533 111 517 - 265 759 ' 670 000 4 425 000 10 390 500 182 772 764 - 5 408 52 000 000 868 164 592 - 1 887 - 5 000 - 10 000 - 42 000 25 000 883 700 I 21 500 I - ~ 238= J.52 123 907 1 689 794 975' L - .I 360 230 )52 123 907 1 690 155 205 ...... - ...... , Table 16 ( continued) For the period For the year I 1 May 1950 to I Contributor 31 December 1975 1976 1977 I 1978 1979 1980 El II. Contributions by United Nations ~gencies United Nations 2 813 150 3 759 513 3 8n 670 4 127 2861 4 613 966 1 4 613 000 Urri, bed Natiolll'l Children's I Fund 30 000 - - - United Nations Educational, -- Scicnt:u'ic and CuItu"t'a1 Or.:;aniz....tion 7 968 272 1095 075 1 025 720 993 4J.4 1 354 601 824 5651 Fnited Na'ti.ona Truce Supervision Organizdion in PDJ.estine 100 - 200 - I - - Horld Food Progrnmmc 1 259 290 . - 391 57~j - .. - / I \vorld HeaLth Or('RHization 1 707 298-' 219 503 190 322 241+ 8061 288 4.6 1' 290 300 gl ...... - I 13 no 074 091 488 778 5 5 419 I 5 365 586 6 257 031 1 5 727 865 I I I In; Contributions bv OPEC Fund I I I - 6 939 1 962 I - I - - I 9671 I I I I I IV. Contributions from non-O'nVE'!r.Tlmpnt",1 .,,.,,,...'" ., I I 19 184 838 1 If49 141 1 928 050 1 443 153 1 769 365 1 700 000 I -~ I v. Miscellaneous income and exchan"'e ad ius+.m<>n+§ I 17 131 471 1 934 166 1 520 933 1 357 254 5 515 ()43 2 500 000 i I ITotal income 1 100 776 494 120 718 669 122 978 466 130 504 701 152 188 527 1(,4 011.: 739 1 I - (Foot-notes on following page) ..~ -;·":~·-:-"""':"··~~i~~~~fir:q~P:Ji~!,~A~~?"&-~~~}-r~·S:~;~'$T'~~:J::~-~'::;-~--~-~f:.~:r~:::g::i~":~~:-::::::::::::~:;:~-Z:~:':'=:::::'''::=~~ ~,""",""' . .... _I. ~ , , , I I I: ".f 1979 11980 El Total \ 513 9661 4 613000 . 23 733 535 - - 30 000:, 354 601 824 5651 13 26~. (i4(' - - ~nl.~ - .. 1 650 ,i6t- 288 L,·6 11 290 300 2 ')/-10 773 257 031 5 727 865 41 fi22 l7i. 6 939 1 962 9671 1 969 901~ , 769 365 1 700 000 27 47L, );,7 : I ! 515 943 2 500 000 29 959 767 : I 1 .188 527 l(l. 01 .; 739 1 '791 181 c;96! , (Foot-notes to table 16) al The figures in this table show for each year government and United Nations agency contributions applicable to that year regardle~s of when they were received except that certain minor contributions pledged subsequent to the years for which they were intended have been included in the year of actual pledging. £! Some figures are estimated. £! Now part of the United Arab Emirates. ~I At donor's valuation. ~ Based on donor's valuation in 1979 pending receipt of current valuation. fl Received up to 24 October 1971. Elf resolution 2758 (XXVI) of 25 October 1971, the General Assembly, inter alia, decided "to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of Chin~ and to recoenize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chianf, Kai-Shek from the place which they unla'Tfully occupy at the United rhtions "..llcL in?ll the or""::..ni:Gc,tions relc..ted to it". " gl Includes $6,044,034 pledged for 1979 not reflected in the Agency's audited accounts for that year due to late notification. hi Includes $6 million pledged for 1976 not reflected in the Agency's audited accounts for that year due to late notification. il Special contributions to the Government of Jordan (in 1971) and the Syrian Arab Republic (in 1977) for the benefit of the Palestine refugees for which DrTRWA acted as executing agent. As these contributions were used for purposes budgeted for by UNRWA, they have been included in the Agency's income and expenditure S accounts. Gaz T T S Ge D H S -82- Table 17 Statement of income from non-governmental sources for the year ended 31 December 1979 T" (In United States dollars) I 2"t Contributor (United States dollars) Austria Austroplan 769 Robert Brunner 500 Belgium Spernol, Dr. Alfred 600 Canada Canadian Save the Children Fund 21 713 Eatonia United Church Women 168 Trinity United Church 1 212 Sundry donors 130 Denmark Statens Seruminstitute 2 508 Gaza Abu Hiddain family 1 242 Abu Salim family 305 Abu Sha "b family 275 Awada family 974 Awada and Abu Middain families 200 Bahloul, Mr. Y. 533 El Musaddar family 175 Maghazi Water Committee 3 861 Mussadar and Qurvan families 232 Haqf Department 4 097 Teachers - Jabalia elementary school, Gaza 219 Teachers and students - Nuseirat elementary 'A' girls school, Gaza 258 Teachers - Rafah preparatory girls school, Gaza 201 Teachers - Beit Hanoun elementary 'B' girls school, Gaza 288 Sundry donors 483 Germany, Federal Republic .2.!. Daimler - Benz AG 1 263 Hirsch, Dr. H. 206 Sundry donors 97 -83- Table 17 (continued) Contributor (United states dollars) Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation 130 000 Union of Ja?an Pharmacy Group 63 Jordan Jordanian citizen 1 424 Municipal Council, Qalqilia 733 Anonymous 917 Sundry donors 94 Lebanon American Mission 2 856 Greek Orthodox Community 2 237 Heirs of Saadeddin Shatila 4 475 Mneimneh and Bohsaly 5 034 Syrian Lebanese t1ission 6 712 Refugees, Hia !-Ha Camp, Saida 7 062 Ne"r Zealand Council of Organizations for Relief, Rehabilitation f: f and Development (CORSO) Inc. 29 201 i h NOTVray ¥I· t Domestic Centre of Workers Union 297 F i Norwegian Refugee Council 327 095 Redd Barna 70 159 Saudi Arabia Arabian American Oil Company (ARAl1CO) 180 000 Sundry donors 50 Sweden Swedish Committee for Palestine Refugees 69 Swedish Save the Children Federation (Radda Barnen) 547 717 Landstrom, Mr. B. 100 Sundry donors 81 -84- t. Table 17 (continued) j i ------_._------I 'j Contributor (United States dollars) I ------'I Switzerland ~ Caritas 12 969 . Ciba - Geigy Ltd. 954 Comite Internationale de la Croix Rouge 3 845 Essex Chemie AG Lucerne 767 Houtermans, ~'tr. Arno 121 Kappeler, ~~. J. 202 Krbec, Hiss Eva Marie 1 223 Sandoz Pharmaceutical Division Ltd. 8 175 Sundry donors 6 Syrian Arab Republic Syrian local authorities 3 317 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Lady Rennie 100 Brune Park County HiBh School Gosport 135 Evans Hedi.ca.L Ltd. Liverpool 100 Hirian Carey Estate 5 500 OXFAM' 167 36, Save the Children Fund 3 661 UNIPAL 450 Sundry donors 80 United States of America American Near East Refugee Aid Inc. (ANERA) 6 850 AMER Division of ANERA 47 062 Brittain, t~. Robert 1 000 The Estate of Ina Hargaret McAu1ay 500 Jedlica Junior High School 150 NAJDA (American Women for the Middle East) 700 Moes, Mr. J. Douglas 500 Hullins, Mr. David 140 Noble, Miss Alberta 270 Quaintance, t~. Charles 150 Sundry donors 102 -85- Table 17 (continued) I 1 f,f Contributor (United States dollars) f' I' I'r- International organizations Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs: Canada 545 Finland 100 New Zealand 220 Switzerland 700 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 70 United States of America 436 Church World Services 47 400 National Federation of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Association of Japan 180 National Federation of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Association of the Netherlands 5 000. Near East Council of Churches 1 293 Pontifical Mission for Palestine 88 078 Miscellaneous Palestine Liberation Organization 62 Total 1 769 365 -86- Table 18 Direct assistance to Palestine refugees ~/ dollars) (1 July 1979-30 June 1980) H.B. All data shown in the table beLcv were provided by the Governments concerned and are expressed in United States dollars computed by applying the Agency's accoun~ing rates of exchange, which are ~ased on official or free market rates, as appropriate. Syrian Arab Egypt Israel Jordan Lebanon Republic Education services 27 000 000 5 980 000 7 471 382 'E..! 22 627 300 Social welfare services 1 500 000 986 700 6 004 000 58 427 1 282 000 Medical services El 6 279 000 616 916 - 'E..! 1 153 800 Housing 2 840 500 383 306 277 679 1 661 021 Security services £! £! 427 452 El 3 846 000 MiscellaneouA services s..! £! 17 265 801 g..! 55 716 6 384 677 Administrative costs 70 210 000 3 259 000 3 288 462 if 198 772 3 846 000 98 710 000 19 345 200 35 457 319 590 594 40 800 798 a/ This assistance was rendered direct to the refugees and in addition to contributions to UNRWA (see table 16). k/ No figure provided. £! Security and miscellaneous services are included in administrative costs. ~ Includes expenditure for displaced persons. -87- Table 19 Voluntary agencies which have operational programmes for direct assistance to UlTRlTA-registered refugees ,~ (1 July 1979-30 June 1980) American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), Arab Relief Fund (Jordan), Arab Women's League (Lebanon), Arab Women's Society (Jordan), Association for the Development of Palestine Camps (Lebanon), Baptist Mission, CARITAS, Catholic Relief Services, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Commonwealth Save the Children Fund, Holy Land Christian Mission, International Committee of the Red Cross, Islamic Society (Jordan), Lutheran World Federation, Mennonite Central Committee, Near East Council of Churches, World Council of Churches, Pontifical tussion for Palestine, Terre des Hommes, World Alliance of YMCAs, Young Men's Christian Association, Yotmg Women's Christian Association. ,I H i , al This assistance was rendered direct to the refugees in addition i I to contributions to UNRWA (see table 17). I ! r' le L Table 20 I' ----- UNRWA manning table posts as at 30 June 1979 and 30 June 1980 International posts Local Grand Date posts ~I total Occupied by Occupied by UNRWA staff Loanec staff '!2..! Total June 1979 16 579 E./ 88 25 113 16 692 E:.I June 1980 16 729 88 25 113 16 842 ~I Virtually all local posts are occupied by Palestine refugees. bl These posts are occupied by staff on non-reimbursable loan from other United Nations organizations. cl Owing to computer error this figure was erroneoue.Iy reported to be 16,562 in the previous annual report. dl Owing to computer error this figure was erroneously reported to be 16,675 in the previous annual report. -88- '.~ ~.-. ---~ "" ._-.- ..- .•...'"_ .•.,._~_.. _,_ ... ,. '. ~~~~_._-_.~_.__._- ANNEX II Pertinent resolutions. reports and other documents of the rordan) , General Assembly and other United Nations bodies lociation I, I'. If Pertinent General Assembly resolutions: ian jY Resolution Nc. Date of adoption Resolution No. Date of adoption I 194 (III) ica.L 11 December 1948 2252 (ES-V) 4 July 1967 , Young 212 (Ill) 19 November 1945 2341 (XXII) 19 December 1967 302 (IV) 8 December 1949 2452 (XXIII) 19 December 1968 393 (V) 2 December 1950 2535 (XXIV) 10-December 1969 513 (VI) 26 January 1952 2656 (xxv) 7 December 1970 idition 614 (VII) 6 November 1952 2672 (XXV) 8 December 1970 720 (VIII) 27 November 1953 2728 (XXV) 15 December 1970 818 (IX) 4 December 1954 2791 (XXVI) 6 December 1971 916 (X) 3 December 1955 2792 A to E (XXVI) 6 December 1971 1018 (XI) 28 February 1957 2963 A to F (XXVII) 13 December 1972 1191 (XII) 12 December 1957 2964 (XXVII) 13 December 1972 1315 (XIII) 12 December 1958 3089 A to E (XXVIII) 7 December 1973 1456 (XIV) 9 December 1959 3090 (XXVIII) 7 December 1973 1604 (XV) 21 April 1961 3330 (XXIX) 17 December 1974 1725 (XVI) 20 December 1961 3331 (XXIX) 17 December 1974 1856 (XVII) 20 December 1962 3410 (XXX) 8 December 1975 1912 (XVIII) 3 December 1963 31/15 A to E 24 November 1976 2002 (XIX) 10 February 1965 32/90 A to F 13 December 1977 2052 (XX) 15 December 1965 33/112 A to F 18 December 1978 2154 (XXI) 17 November 1966 34/52 A to F 23 November 1979 Grand total 2. Reports of the Director (Commissioner-General) of UNRWA and special reports of the Director a~d the Advisory Commission to the General 1 Assembly: 1950: Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Session. Supplement No. 19 (A/1451/Rev.l) ; 16 692 !1/ 1951: Ibid., Sixth Session, Supplement Nos. 16 and 16A (A/1905 and Add.l); 16 842 1952: Ibid. , Seventh Session. Supplement Nos. 13 and 13A (A/2171 and Add.1); 1953: ~., Eighth Session, Supplement Nos. 12 and 12A (A/2470 and Add.l); -om other 1954: Ibid., Ninth Session. Supplement Nos. 17 and 17A (A/2717 and Add.l); 1955: Ibid., Tenth Session. Supplement Nos. 15 and 15A (A/2978 and Add.l); to be 1956: Ibid., Eleventh Session, Supplement Nos. 14 and 14A (A/3212 and Add.l); to be 1957: Ibid., Twelfth Session. Supplement No. 14 (A/3686 and Corr.l); and A/3735; -89- 1958: Ibid., Thirteenth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/3931) ; and A/3948; f i 1959: Ibid. , Fourteenth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/4213) ; [ 1960: Ibid. , Fifteenth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/4478); 1961: Ibid. , Sixteenth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/4861) ; 1962: Ibid., Seventeenth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/5214); 1963: Ibid., Eighteenth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/5513); .on 1964: Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/5813); E 167 ! 1965: Ibid., Twentieth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/6013); 168 169 1966: Ibid., Twenty-first Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/6313); 170 no 1967: Ibid., Twenty-second Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/6713); A/6723 and Add.l )70 and Add.l/Corr.l. For the printed text, see Official Records of the ~71 .\ Security Council, Twenty-second Year, Supplement for April, May and ~71 June 1967, document S/8001; and ibid., Supplement for July, August and 172 September 1967., document S/8001/Add.l; 172 173 !~ 1968: Ibid., TvTenty-third Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/7213); ~73 .'. ~ 174 1969: Ibid., Tvrenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/7614); 174 175 1970: Ibid., Twenty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/8013); 176 977 Reports by the Commissioner-General on UNRWA operations in Jordan 978 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fifth Session, Annexes, 979 agenda item 35, document A/8084 and Add.l); 1971: Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/8413); 1972: Special report of the Commissioner-General on the effect on Palestine refugees of recent operations carried out by the Israeli military authorities in the Gaza Strip (A/8383 and Add.l); 1972: Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/e713 and Corr.l and 2); 1973: Ibid., Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/9013); 1974: Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/9613 and Corr.l); 1975: Ibid., Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/I0013 and Corr.l); 1976: Ibid., Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/31/13 and Corr.l); 1977: Ibid" Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/32/13 and Corr.l); -90- 1978: Ibid., Thirty-third Session. Supplement No. 13 (A/33/13); A/3948 ; 1979: Ibid., Thirty-fourth Session. Supplement No. 13 (A/34/13 and Corr.l). 3. Reports of the Working Group on the Financing of UNRWA: 1970: Official Records of the General Assembly. TwentY-fifth Session. Annexes, agenda item 35, document A/8264; 1971: Document A/8476 and Corr.l; 1972: Ibid., ~lenty-seventh Session. Annexes, agenda item 40, document A/8849; 1973: Ibid. , Twenty-eighth Session. Annexes, agenda item 43, document A/9231; 1974: Ibid•• Twenty-ninth Session. Annexes, agenda item 38, document A/9815; 1975: Ibid. , Thirtieth Session. Annexes, agenda item 54, document A/I0334; l/6723 and Add.l 1976: Ibid. , Thirty-first Session, Annexes, agenda item 53, document A/31/279; 'ds of the May and August and 1977: Ibid., Thirty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 55, document A/32i278; 1978: Ibid., Thirty-third Session, Annexes, agenda item 54, document A/33/320; 1979: Ibid., Thirty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 50, document A/34/567. 4. Economic and Social Council resolution 1565 (L) of 3 May 1971 5. other documents: Jordan :sion, Annexes, 1949: Final report of the United Nations Economic Survey Mission for the Middle East (28 December 1949) (A/AC.25/6, parts I and 11); 1949: Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to Palestine refugees (Official Records of the General Assembly. Fourth Session. Ad Hoc Political Committee. Annexes, vol. 11 (1060), p. 14); l Palestine 1959: Proposals for the continuation of United Nations aSEistance to Palestine .litary refugees: document submitted by the Secretary-General (Official Records of the General Assembly. Fourteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 27, document A/4121 and Corr.l); 1967: Report by the Secretary-General under General Assembly resolution 2252 (ES-V) and Security Council resolution 237 (1967) (A/6787 and Corr.l). For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-second Corr.l) ; Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1967, document s/8l24; 1969: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 2452 A (XXIII) of 19 December 1968 (Official Records of the General Assembly, . Corr.l); Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 36, document A!7665): Return of displaced persons; dCorr.l); -91- 1970: Reports by the Commissioner-General on ill~R~~~ operations in Jordan (Official Records of the General ~ssembly, Twenty-fifth Session, Annexes, agenda item-3~ocument A/8084 and Add.l); 1971: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 2672 D (XXV) of 8 December 1970 (Official Records of the General Assembly, !.' Twenty-sixth Session, Annexes, agenda item 41 C, document A/8366): Return of displaced persons; Special report of thp Commissioner-General on the effect on Palestine refugees of recent operations carried out by the Israeli military 1; authorities in the Gaza Strip (A/8383 and Add.l); Joint Appeal by the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General (A/8526); 1972: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 2792 E (XXVI) of 6 December 1971 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-seventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 40, document A/8786): ); Return of displaced persons; r8 ; Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 2792 C (XXVI) of 6 December 1971 (Official Records of the General Assembly, ); Twenty-seventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 40, document A/8814): Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip; >7 ~ 1973: Report of the Secr~tary-Genera1 under General Assembly resolution 2963 C (XXVII) of 13 December 1972 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Annexes, agenda item 43, document A/9l55) Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip; Report of the Secretary-General under General Assembly resolution 2963 D (XXVII) of 13 December 1972 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Annexes, agenda item 43, document A/9l56) Return of displaced persons; ~ 1974: Report of the Secretary-General under General Assembly resolution 3089 C (XXVIII) of 7 December 1973 (Official Records of the General le AssemblY, ~Tenty-ninth Session, Annexes, agenda item 38, document A/9740): ls Displaced persons; 1975: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 3331 D (XXIX) of 17 December 1974 (Official Records of the General Assembly, (ES-V) Thirtieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 54, document A/l0253): Return ,e of displaced persons; ~ 1976: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of ' resolution 3419 C (XXX) of 8 December 1975 (Official Records of the General Assembly, I) Thirty-first Session, Annexes, agenda item 53, document A/3l/240): Displaced persons; 1977: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 31/15 D of 23 November 1976 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 55, document A/32/203): Population and refugees displaced; -92- - .,..... -~ -_.._.._-_._-~._---_._-,~.~._. ,"-- ~'~---_.._---_.~._--_.,- ,_.~_._---- . ,. "- .,'-.' -_.. ._-" -." .-' :..::..:..::.-==----=-=~~""""W"'=f'\ll ,I ~ in Jordan Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 31/15 E of ~ Session. Annexes, 23 November 1976 (Official Records of the General Assembly c Thi'r-ty-second'" S,~s,s,i~nJ_~nexesJ acenda iter;;'55-~-doclLrnent'A/32/264and Co"rrol and Add.l): Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip; Lon 2672 D (XXV) ~mbly, 1978: Report of the Secretary·-General in pursuance of resolution 32/90 C of lt A/8366): 13 December 1977 (Official Records of the General Assembly? Thirty,-third Session; Annexes, asenda item 54 0 document A/33/285): Palestine refugees in't~GazaStrip~ ~ on Palestine ~ military Renort of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 32/90 E of 13 December 1977 (Official Records of the General Assembly" Thir~y-third Sessio~.2- ~nexes 0 ae;enda 'it-em-54-:-'document'A/337286); Return of displli;ed Id the persons " Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 32/90 F of .on 2792 E (XXVI) 13 Der:ember 1977 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty·third ~mbly , .S~sEion Jl.nnexes, a!i:endli-iteIl1~-54-;-do-c'wnent""A73-3!287) : Scholarships a~d' It A/8786): e;rants < 1979: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 33/112 C of .on 2792 C (XXVI) 18 December 1978 (Offi.cial Records of the General Assembly J Thirty-fourth ~mbly , Sessio!2.2..Annexeso agenda item"'5-0-;'document A/34/480): Offers of Lt A/8814): scholarships and grants for higher education for Palestine refugees: Report of the Secretary· General in pursuance of resolution 33/112 E of -eso.Lutdon 18 December 1978 (Official Records ~f the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth the General Session, Annexes) agenda item 5-0',,- doc~ent A/34/517): Palestine refue;ees l, document A/9155): I~the- Gaza Str{p; Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 33/112 F of 'esolution 18 December 1978 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth the General ,Session" Annexes., aE;'endli-item5'0) docu1nentj~?34r5i8'): Population and ., I, document A/9156): refugees displaced since 1967, 'esolution the General document A/9740): on 3331 D (XXIX) embly, ,0253) : Return on 3419 C (XXX) mbly, A/31/240) : on 31/15 D of ly, A/32/203) : -93- ~Il""~l ..:..IJ~ ~ J.,.-ll 4 l..., J-I.: .}l <,:(.]1.:,. 4'-" ~I . ~WI .l..; I ~ ; ~D(iiJWlJ{i~~[jIIfjMi1t n €;-~1lJ.I& l'tJll:~iIt l\!-ltlt!tJ',J 4!J;!i'!O!.it!J~l$)fl HOW TO OBTAIN UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS United Nations publications may be obtained from bookstores and distributors throughout the world. 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