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Report of the Commissioner-General Of • REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL p OF THE UNITED NATIONS II RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST 1 July 1974 - 30 June 1975 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 13 (A/10013) UNITED NATIONS RJEPOltT OF THE COMMISS>IONER-GENERAL OF THE UNI1fED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST 1 July 1974 - 30 June 1975 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFr'CIAL RECORDS: THIRTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 13 (A/10013) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1975 Let. Let ReI '!\ .. INT NOTE ...; Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. The names of countries listed in this document are those used during the period covered by the present report. .~ '; Cha • {Original: Arabic/English/French/ CONTENTS L " I Letter of transmittal ••••• . .. .... v Letter from the Chairman of the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ••••• •• vii Paragraphs Page , INTRODUCTION s • • • • .. •• 1 • ... Finance and management • 7 - 17 4 General operations • 18 - 30 7 Health •••• . 31 - 35 10 Education .., •••••• 36 - 38 11 Relations with other organs of the United Nations system • 39 - 43 12 Assistance from voluntary agencies and 0ther non-governmental organizations . 44 - 46 12 Conclusion ••••••••••••. 47 13 Chapter I. REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE AGENCY FROM 1 JULY 1974 TO 30 JUNE 1975 ••••• 48 - 194 14 ~ 01 A. Relief services 49 - 77' 14 Eligibility, registration and basic rations 50 - 56 14 Camps and shelters " •• 51' - 70 16 Welfare ...... .0 ••• .. • 71 - 77 19 B. Health services .. .. 78 - 112 20 Control of communicable diseases ••••• 85 - 88 21 Maternal and child health •• 89 - 99 22 Environmental health •••••.• 100 - 103 24 Nutrition including supplementary feeding 104 - 110 25 Medical and paramedical education and training • . III - 112 26 C. Education and training services lit •• • .. 113 - 154 27 General education •••••• 115 - 138 27 Vocational and technical education . 139 -. 14~~ 30 Teacher training ••• •. .•• • 145 - 153 31 University scholarships ..••• 154 34 D. Common services and general administration . 155 - 166 34 -iii- • ~ I\1 CONTENTS (continued) ,-1 ,,-'1 Chapter Paragraphs Page E. Legal matters · · · ···· ·· ·· 167 - 180 37 The Agency's staff · 167 - 173 37 The Agency's premises and refugee··· shelters 174 - 175 38 Claims against Governments and other legal matters··· · 176 - 180 38 Si 'i 181 39 i F. Financial operations - 195 . il · · · · ·· · · · · · • ~ ~ 11. BUDGET FOR 1976 AND REVISED BUDGET FOR 1975 196 - 244 45 wo Ne ~ J A. Introduction · ·· · · · 196 206 45 re · · of Recurrent expenditure ·· 201 - 202 47 Non-recurrent expenditure· · · · 203 47 General . ·· · · ··· · · · · 204 - 206 47 to · it B. Budget estimates (tables A, B and C) 207 - 242 48 re an Relief services 208 - 217 52 re · · · · ··· · · · 54 Health services " 218 - 223 op · ·· · · 1 Education and training services 22 J. - 231 55 co Common costs · · ···· · 232 - 242 56 C. Financing the budget - 1975 and 1976 243 - 244 58 de Annexes Ge 1. Tables 1-20 . · ·· · · · ····· ·· · · · · · · · · · · ·· ·· · 60 11. Resolution WHA28.35 adopted by the Twenty-eighth World Health va Assembly on 28 May 1975 91 re ······ · ··· · · · · ·· ·· · · · re. Ill. Extract from resolution No. 1.141 adopted by the General Conference an of the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Co: Organization 93 ab · · · · ··· · ·· · · · ············ · re. IV. Opinion of the Legal Counsel, United Nations on the authority of • the Commissioner-General to reduce services as a consequence of financial stringency- 94 ar ···· · · · · ·· · · · · ··· · · · ·· I ad Go I Th Un Ne -iv- 37 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 37 38 12 September 1975 38 Sir~ 39 o to I have the honour to submit my annual report to the General Assembly on the 45 work of the United Nations Relief and Horks Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the period 1 July 1974 to 30 June 1975 in compliance with the 45 request in paragraph 21 of resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 and paragraph 8 of resolution 1315 (XIII) of 12 December 1958. 47 47 The introduction to the report again invites the General Assembly's attention 47 to the Agency's recurring financial difficulties and their serious implications for its work for the Palestine refugees. It refers also to a proper assignment of 48 responsibility for ensuring that adequate funds to maintain services are available and for deciding what should be done if funds are inSUfficient. As usual the 52 report gives some account of the political and economic environment in which 54 operations were carried on and the problems encountered~ notably those arising from 55 commodity shortages and from outbreaks of violence. 56 Chapter I of the report describes the Agency's programmes and how they 58 developed during the year which ended on 30 June 1975. Chapter II presents the Agency's budget for 1976~ for consideration by the General Assembly at its forthcoming session, and the revised budget for 1975. 60 Of the four Rnnexes to the report, the first contains statistical data on various aspects of the Agency's work, and the second~ third and fourth reproduce, 91 respectively~ resolution WHA 28.35 adopted by the World Health Assembly~ a relevant extract from resolution 1.141 adopted by the UNESCO General Conference~ and an opinion given by the United Nations 1egal Counsel~ at the request of the Commissioner-General~ as a result of a question raised in the Advisory Commission 93 about the proper authority to determine the level of th2 Agency's services in relation to its resources • • The Advisory Commission of UNRWA examined this report in draft and its views are set forth in a letter dated 4 September 1975 from its Chairman, of which I attach a copy. Although in drafting the report I have had the benefit of the advice of the members of the Commission, it should not be assumed that the Governments represented on the Commission necessarily subscribe to all the views I have expressed. The President of the General Assembly United Nations New York -v- Since a major part of the Agency's operations during the past year has been conducted in areas under the control of the Government of Israel, I considered it appropriate to continue the practice of showing the report, in draft, to its represGntatives also and I have taken their views and comments into account in preparing the final text. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my· highest consideration. (Signed) J. S. RENNIE Commissioner-General -vi- tS been iered it Lts lt in LETTER FRm1 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMISi::~JN OF THE UNh'ED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FG:'\ PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST 4 September 1975 leral Dear Sir John, At its meeting on 4 September 1975, the Advisory Commission of UNRWA -, \I carefully reviewed the draft of the annual report which you propose to submit to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session. The Commission considers that the report accurately describes the activities of the Agency during the period 1 July 1974 to 30 June 1975. Tne Commission hopes that the Commissioner-General will take into consideration the remarks made on behalf of the Arab hostc:'~iJtries when preparing the report in final form. The Commission wishes to commend the efforts of the Agency in ca -ing out its activities in spite of financial and other difficulties '1d hopes ",nat the r Agency ".,ill be able to maintain and improve its Hctivities arid service ,. The Commission wishes to express its deep anxiety concerning thE deficit for the current financial year. It strongly recommends that ways and means should be explored to find a more stable basis for financing the Agency, and commends your statements made in paragraphs 1, 15 and 16 of your draft annual repor~ to the attention of the United Nations Secretary-General and the General Assembly. Yours sincerely, (Signed) Walid SALAH Chairman Advisory Commission Sir John Rennie Commissioner-General United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Beirut -vii- •• INTRODUCTION 1. ~h~ General Assembly, by resolution 3331 of 17 December 1974, at ite twenty..ninth session 11 extended. the mandate of UNRWA 2/ for a furthertw:oee years !I Other pertinent General Assembly resolutions: 194 (III) of 11 December 1948; 212 (Ill) of 19 ~ovember 1948; 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949; 393 (V) of I.'-f 2 December 1950; 513 (VI) of 26 ..Tanuary 1912; 614 (VII) of 6 November 1952; 720 (VIII) of 27 November 1953; 818 (IX) of 4 December 1954; 916 (X) of 3 December 1955; 1018 (XI) of 28 Feoruary 1957; 1191 (XII) of 12 December 1957; """ 1315 (XIII) of 12 December 1958; 1456 (XIV) of Si Dec~~mber 1959; 1604 (XV) of 21 April 1961; 1725 (XVI) of 20 De(~ember 1961; 1856 (XVII) of 20 December 1962; 1912 (XVIII) of 3 December 1963; 2002 (XIX) of lO February 196;; 2052 (XX) of 15 December 1965; 2154 (XXI) of 11 Novembe~ 1966; 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967; 2341 (XXII) of 19 December 1967;2452 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968; 2535 (XXIV) of 10 December 1969; 2656 (XXV) of '1 Deeem"ber 1.970; 2672 (XXV) of 8 December 1970; 2728 (XXV) of 15 December 1970; 2791 (XXVI) and 2792 A to E (XXVI) of 6 December 1971; 2963 A to F (XXVII) and 2964 (XXVII) of 13 December 1972; and 3089 A to E (XXVIII) and 3090 (~/!II) of 7 December 1973. 2/ The Agency headquarters is located in Beirut, Lebanon and the five Field Offic;s are in Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, east Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. References in this report to Fields refer to these geographical areas.
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