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Report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST 1 July 1981-30 June 1982 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY·SEVENTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.13 (A/37/13) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1982 I NOTE L R Symbols of United Natbu documents are compoaed ofcapital letters combined with filureL C Mention of ..ch a I'/mbol indicatua reference to a United Nations document. (l\ In the preleJlt report.the temt"Welt Bankttrefers to the occupied Welt Bank of thr. Hallhemite Kin&dom oflcm1an and the term "lordan·· refers to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan excludinl R the OC4;Upied Welt Bamc. wherever it is neceaary to differentiate between theae two Fields of the AJency·. area ofopt'll'atiou. I [Originala Arabiq/English/French) [16 September 1982) O)NTEN'rs Paragraphs Latter of ~ransmittal Q..................................................... vii Letter from the Chairman of the Advisory Conunission of the United Nations Relief anil Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to the Oommi.81oner-Genera~. ••••••••••• G ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ix l'ORBWARD BY THE <XJIlMISSIONER-GEN8RAL ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• xi REPORT 01' THE COlolUSSIOlfBR-GENERAL ............................. 1 217 1 I. SlIoIMARY 01' THE REOORT • •••• ~ ••••••••••••••• o ••••••••••••••• 1 - 27. 1 lIe SURVEY OF DEVEIDPMEN'l'S IN UNRWA ' S AREA OF OPERATIONS, 1 JULY 1981-30 JUNE 1982 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 28 80 5 A. t.banon •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• a ••• " •••••••• 28 36 5 1. lmpact of financial crisis •••••••••••••••••••••••• 28 5 2. Continuing hostilities in Lebanon ••••••••••••••• , 29 - 34 5 3. Comprehensive survey of remuneration •••••••••••••• 35 6 4. Assistanc:e from the Palestine Liberation Organization ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~.......... 36 6 B. Syrian Arab Republic •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 37 - 45 6 1. Comprehensive survey of remuneration 37 6 2. Impact of financ:ial crisis ........................ 38 39 7 3. Health care ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 40 41 1 4. Impact on UNRWA of local political tensions ••••••• 42 - 44 7 5. Assistance to refugees in poverty ••••••••••••••••• 45 8 ~ c. Jordan ••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••• 8 •••••••••••••••••• 46 52 8 ., 1. Impact of threat to school programme ••• 0 ••• Cl •••••• 46 - 48 8 " 2. Assistance to refugees in poverty ••••••••••••• Q ••• 49 8 3. I4edical care •••••••••• 11' •••••••••• e ••••••••• 0 Cl •••• ~ 50 --51 9 4. Response to Israeli invasion of south Lebanon ••••• 52 9 -iii- .~ WNTENTS <continued) ParagrafhS D. west Dank . 53 - 66 9 1. Staff laatters .................................... 53 9 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Cl • 54 55 9 3. hc'Irlty •••....• e •••••••• o •••••••••••• e •••••••••• 56 - 60 10 4. ~prgye..nt8 in camps •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 61 10 s. Healtll . 62 11 6. Effects of financial crisis ...................... 63 11 7. Oo~.truction projects •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 64 - 65 11 8. Help for disabled ••••••••••• Cl ••• e •••••••••••••• It • 66 11 B. Gaza Strip ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 67 - 80 11 1. The security' situation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 67 - 69 11 2. ~lations with the Israeli occupation authorities _••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 70 - 74 12 3. Withdrawal from the Sinai ........•..•..........•. 7S 13 4. III~rOVeJDent8 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 ••••• 76 13 5. He.ltll ••••••••••••••••••• Cl ••••••••••••••••••••••• 77 - 78 13 6. lbu81ng •••••••••••••••• e ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 79 14 7. Supply and transport ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 80 14 Ill. RB1'OkT OH '.tHE OPERATIONS OF ~~ AGENCY, 1 JULY 1981- 30 JUNK 1'82 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 81 196 15 education and training services •••••••••••••••••••••• 81 100 15 1. General education •••••••••••••• * •••••••••••• 8 •••• 84 90 lS 2. VOcational and technical education ••••••••••••••• 91 - 93 17 3. ~acher training ••••••••••••••••••• ~ ••••••••••••• 94 98 17 4. University 8cholarship~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 99 - 100 18 B. Health ••rvices •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 101 134 19 1. Medical care • •••• ~ ••••• o ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11;3 - 108 19 -iv- OONTEN'l'S (continued) Paragraphs 2. Control of communicable diseases . 109 113 20 9 3. Maternal and child health 114 - 120 20 9 4. Nursing services •••••••••• e •••••••••••••••••••••• 121 21 9 s. Environmental health ......................•••.•.. 122 128 22 10 6. llltrition, including sup,plementary feeding ••••••• 129 131 22 10 7. Medical and para-medical education and training •• 132 134 23 11 ~ 161 24 c. Relief services • ••••••• 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• 135 11 1. Eligibility and registration ••••••••••••••••••••• 142 25 11 2. ~tions •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 143 147 25 11 3. Camps and shelters ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 148 156 27 11 4. Welfare It ••••• 157 161 28 11 D. Personne~ and administrative matters . 162 - 176 29 12 1. Location of UNRWA Headquarters . 162 29 13 2. Joint Inspection Unit study of UNRNA •• e •••••••• ~. 163 164 30 13 3. Changes in the staffing table ..0 ··.·· 165 168 30 13 4. Implementation of IQ)C cOllUllOn system job classification master standards •••••••••••••••••• 169 32 14 5. Pay administration ••••••••••••••••••••• ~ ••• ~ ••••• 170 171 32 14 6. Threatened termination of teachers . 172 173 32 15 7. Staff-management consultations ..............••.•. 174 175 32 15 8. sex discrimination . 176 33 15 Legal matters •••••• M ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• •• •• 177 190 33 17 1. Agency staff ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 177 181 33 17 2. Agency services and premises •••••••• ~............ 182 = 195 34 18 3. Refugee shelters ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 186 34 19 4. Lebanon •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• e ••••••••••• 187 188 35 19 5. Claims against Governments ••••••••••••••••••••••• 189 -.190 35 -v- _-------------~-~-~'~ii2iillfiiOI-~...... CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs F. Pinancialoperations •••••••••••••••••••••••..•••••..• 191 196 35 I:.v. 8UDGE'l' FOR 1983 AND REVISED BUDGET FOR 1982 197 217 40 A. Budget provisions ••••••••••••• a •••••••••• a ••••••••••• 197 - 214 40 B. Budget estimates ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 215 43 c. Financing the budget - 1982 and 1983 ••••••••••••••••• 216 - 217 43 Annexes I. Statistical information •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 46 lIe Pertinent records of the General Assembly and other united Nations bodies ••••••••••••••••• : •••••••••••••••••••••• ~.............••••••••• 72 Ill. Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works lIgency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East e •••••••••• e ••••••••••••••• ,................ 74 I -vi- LETTER OF TRANSMIT'l'AL 27 August 1982 35 Sir, 40 I have the honour to submit my annual report to the General Assembly on the work of the united Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the 40 Near East (UNRWA) for the period 1 JUly 1981 to 30 June 1982, in compliance with the request in paragraph 21 of resolution 302 (IV) of 0 December 1949 and 43 paragraph 8 of resolution 1315 (XIII) of 12 December 1958. 43 In the fOi7ew.;ard to the report, I have made some preliminary observations on the emergency situation in Lebanon, which has become the foremost of our preoccupations. The period of the lreport covers only the initial weeks of the crisis, following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon on 6 June. I shall treat the impact on UNRWA's operations of that invasion and its aftermath in a separate 46 report to the Secretary-General. UNRWA's financial difficulties have been exacerbated by the cost of the 72 emergency operations, and I have found it necessary yet again to focus on them in the foreward. General Assembly decision 36/462 of 16 March 1982 was helpful in pointing to measures which might alleviate the difficulties. But the Agency must 74 still look to Governments for generous additional assistance. The main qody of the report begins with a summary of the three sections which follow. The first of these presents the principal developments in the Agency's area' of operations, field by field, the second describes the education, health and relief programmes and the support services; and the third presents the revised budget for 1982 and proposed bUdget for 1983, for consideration by the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session. The three annexes provide statistical data on UNRWA's programmes and f inanciny, pertinent records of the General AsE;embly and other United Nations bodies, and the text of General Assembly decision 36/462. In preparing the final text of the report, I have consulted the UNRWA Advisory Commisson, which consiered the draft at its meeting on 26 August 1982. I have taken into account membere' opinions, although it should not be assumed that all of the Governments represented on the Commission necessarily subscribe 'to all of the views I have expressed. The Committee's advice is embodied in the Chairman's letter to me of 26 August, of which I enclose a copy. I The President of the General Assembly United Nations New York I -vii- I have d...d it appropriate al.o to llUlintain the practice of showil,g the draft to repre.entative. of the Government of Israel and to give consideration to their co_nt., given that a _jor part of the ~ency's operations continues to be conducted in ar.a. occupied by Israel since 1967. Accept, Sir, the a••urances of ay highest consideration. (Signed) 010f RYDBECK Oommissoner-General I -v111- 19 the LE'l'TER FROM THE CHAIRMAN
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