REPORT OF THE COl\1MISSIONER-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST
1 Joly 1983-30 June 1984
GENERAL ASSEMBlY
OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY-NINTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 13 (A/39/13)
UNITED NATIONS REPORT OF THE COl\1MISSIONER-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST
1 Joly 1983-30 June 1984
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY-NINTH SESSION
SUPPLEMENT No. 13 (A/39/13) i
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In the present report, the term "West Bank" refers to the occupied West Bank of the Hashemite Kingdom ofJordan and the term "Jordan" refers to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan excluding the occupied West Bank, wherever it is necessary to differentiate between these two fields of the Agency's area cf operations. r
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CONTENTS
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LETTER FROM 'l'HE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND wORKS AGEI>X:Y FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST TO THE COMMIS SIONER-GENERAL •••••••••••••••••••• "...... vii
FOREWORD BY OLOF RYDBECK, OOMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF UNRWA ••••••••••••••••••••• ix
Chapter
REPORT OF THE COMMIS SIONER-GENERAL
1. EMERGENCY OPERATION IN L EBANON •••••••••••••••• 1 ~ 39 1
A. The operational context ••••••••••••••••••• , ••••••••• 1 - Il 1
B. Emerqency relief measures ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 - 16 2
C. Restoration of reQular services ..•...•••.••••.•••••. 17 - 21 3
D. Rehousinq the refuqees 22 - 23 4
E. Repair of UNRWA installations and ~econstruction •••• 24 - 29 4
F. Protection of the refuqees •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 30 - 32 5
G. Co-ordination of the relief prOQramme 33 - 36 6
H. Evaluation of the emerqenc operation 37 - 39 6
II. REGULAR OPERATIONS OF THE AGENCY •••••••••••••••••••••••• 40 - 192 7
A. OrQanization and manaqement of UNRWA operations ••••• 40 - 45 7
B. Bducation and tra Ln.i no services ••••••••••••••••••••• 46 - 47 8
1. General education c. e ••• 48 - 58 8
2. Vocational and technical education •••••••••••••• 59 - 63 Il
3. 'IEacher traininq o ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 64 - 72 12
4. University scholarships ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 73 - 74 13
c. Health services . 75 13
1. Curative medical care •.••..••••...••...••.•..... 76 - 83 14
2. Control of communicable diseases 84 88 15
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3. MaternaI and chiLd health •.•••••..•.•••.•••••••• 89 - 97 16
4. Nursinq services •.••..•.••••.•.....•.•.•••.••••. 98 - 100 17
5. Environmental health ••••..•.••••.••.•••.•••••.•• 101 - 108 18
6 • Nu tr i t ion . 109 - 113 19
7. Medical and para-rnedical education and traininq • 114 - 117 20
D. Re lief services 118 - 122 21
1. Eliqibility and reqistration ...•.•...•.••.•...•• 123- 125 22
2. Ra t ions ct 0 li ••••••••••••• 126 133 22
3. Camps and shelters •••••..•..•••.••.•...•••••.••• 134 - 143 24
4. Welfare e •••••••••••••••• c 144 - 150 25
E. Personnel and administrative matters •..••••.•••••.•• 151 - 163 27
1. Chanqes in the staffinq table •.•.•..••..••••.••• 151 - 154 27
2. Local staff pay administration 155 - 161 28
3. Staff traininq and development 162 - 163 30
F. Leo a L matters ••••.••..•..•...... ••.•....••..•••• 164 - 192 30
1. Aqency staff . 164 - 175 30
2. Aqency services ana premises .•••••..•.••.••••••• 176 189 32
3. Claims aqainst Governments ...••....••.•••••••.•• 190 - 192 35
II 1. FlNAN:ING UNRWA OPERATIONS ••.•••.•..•••.••••.••...•.•••• 193 - 217 36
A. Reqular financia1 operations 1983 .•...••••..•••••.•• 193 36
B. Financinq the Lebanon emerqency relief operation 194 36 i i' C. Lebanon emerqency reconstruction proqramme.
pha se l CI .. D .. 195 - 196 37
D. Revised reqular budqet for 1984 •••••.••••••••••••.•• 197 38
E. Proposed requ1ar budqet for 1985 .•••••.•••..•••••••• 198 - 214 38
F. Summary of reqular budqet estimates. 1984 and 1985 ....•...... " . 215 41
1.-f' • t:~ 1 G. Fundinq the reqular budqet , 1984 and 1985 ..••••••••• 216 - 217 45 l'"le ' ~' . t~ . -iv- CONTENTS (continued)
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31 Aucust 1984
17 l have the honour to submit my annual report to the General Assembly on the work cf the United Nations Reliet and Works Aqency for Palestine Refuqees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the period l July 1983 to 30 June 1984, in compliance wi th 18 the req~est in paragraph 21 of resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 and paraqraph 8 of resolution 1315 (XIII) of 12 December 1958.
It has aqain been incumbent upon me to focus in the foreword to the report on the serious financial difficulties faced by the AQency. In past years, the lack of funds to cover budqeted expenditure could be met to a certain extent by cuttinq proqrammes of lower priority and by postponing much-needed construction and maintenance. FUrther cuts would now endanqer the Aqency's operations. The support of Governments will therefore be determinant for the AQency's future activities.
Chapter l of the report qives a detailed account of the Aqency's emerQency operations in Lebanon. Chapter II reports on the reQular education, health and reliet operations and the support services. The third chapter treats the financinq of the reqular operations and the Lebanon emerqency relief and reconstruction proqrammes. It also presents the Aqency's proposed budqet for 1985, for consideration by the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session, and the revised budqet for 1984.
The two annexes supply statistical intormation on UNRwA's proqrammes and finances and references to the pertinent records ot the C~neral Assembly and other United Nations bodies.
The Advisory Commission of UNRWA examined this report in draft. Its views are set forth in a letter dated 30 Auqust 1984 from its Chairman, of which l enclose a copy.
l have deemed it appropriate to maintain the practice of showinq the draft to representatives of the Government of Israel and to qive consideration to their comments, qiven that a major part of the Ao ency ts operations is c onduct.ed in areas occupied by Israel in 1967 and thereafter.
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my hiqhest consideraton.
(Siqned) Olof RYDBECK Comrnissioner-General
j', f,i 1.' ,r;:" 1.' !:·m Ij The President of the General Assembly I~ United Nations '~ New York t"~ L';~ [.Î ,1 -vi- 1 ___t._ - LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADV ISORY CXlMMlSSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGi::ES IN THE t 1984 NEAR EAST Ta THE CDMMISSIONER-GENERAL
30 Auqust 1984
:>0 the Dear Mr. Rydbeck, in the e with At its meetinQ in Vienna toàay, the Advisory Commission of UNRWA considered the draft report on the ~ency's operations cur i nq the period 1 July 1983- 30 June 1984. which is to be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session. spor t; on = lack of The Commission reaffirms to the international community the importance of the ttinq ~ency's fulfilment of its obliQations to the Palestine refuqees until a just j solution to their problem is found, in accorClance with United Nations resolutions. = support lt further considers that the continued existence of the lQency contributes lties. effectively towaras easinq the situation in the Near East and in providinq the minimum stability needed in that reQion. iencv 1 and Realizinq and understandinq the financial straits of the Aqency and V'le .Lnancd no scarcity of resources available to it, the Comnlission urqes vou ana the ~orkinq lon Group to continue your efforts to obtain additional cont~ibutions. lt appeals at the same time to aIl Member States of the UniteCl Nations General Assembly to revised contribute sufficiently qenerously to UNRWA to enable it to continue to carry out its tasks, particularly in health and education, and to recommence ration distribution to aIl refuqees throuqhout the area of operations. md Id other ln view of the continued sutferinq of the Palestine refuqees in Lebanon, the threats to the lives of the refuqees and the destitution which they face because of their inability to leave their camps in search of work, the Commission considers it 'iews are necessary that the Aqency continue to provide aIl services. includinq rations, to icIose a the Palestine refuqees in Lebanon. The Commission shares your concern for the secvrity conditions under which the Palestine refuqees live, especially those in south Lebanon, as a result ot the lsraeli invasion, and for the attacks, raft to kidnappinqs and killinqs to which they and the Aqency's locally-recruited and .ei r international staff are exposed. lt requests vou to pursue your efforts and n areas representations to put an end to these practices.
The Commission also notes with deep concern the arbitrary practices to which the refuqee camps, particularly those in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, are exposed. It appeals to Vou to make the necessary r~~resentations to the authorities concerned wi th a view to puttinq an end tu those practices. DBECK r-General Recallinq the General Assembly resolutions requestinq you to reunify your headquarters in its former site in Beirut, as soon as practicable, the Commission asks that you keep this in mind as a matter of priority. The Commission also notes the ofter of the Government of the Hashemite KinqClom of Joràan to host the headquarters in Amman, until the return to Beirut becames possible.
Mr. Olof Rydbeck Commissioner-General ot the United Nations Relief and Works Aqency for Palestine RefuQees in the Near East r, r , -vii- [ \ I: ' t L - The Commission thanks the Arab heat Governments for the valuable services which they continue to provide to the Palestine refuqees in addition to the AQency's proqrammes. The Commission is also qrateful to aIl Governments which continue to make annual contributions to the AQency. The Arab host Governments also hope that the AQency will continue to co-ordinate its prOQramme with them. 1. will The Commission thanks the United Nations SecretarY-General for his support and the efforts which he personally exerts to tacilitate the AQency's mission. 2. 302 ( Finally, the Commission expresses its deep appreciation to you for the by th truitful efforts which you have made throughout the period of your office and for that the couraceous stands which y ou have taken.. Likewise, it thanks aIl the staff of UNRWA. 3. beqan Yours sincerely, relie 1948 later numbe (Siqned) Ghaleb BARAKAT Pales Chairman Gaver of the Advisory Commission the s
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-viii- • - 0 FOREI'i'ORD m t BY OLOF RYDBECK, COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF uNR~A 8 a 1. In 1985, when the united Nations celebrates its fortieth anniversary. UNRWA t will have been in existence for 35 years. l Y 2. The Aqenc:y was created by the General Assembly on 8 Decernber 1949 (resolution 0 302 (IV» and beqan operations in May 1950. Its oriqinal mandate has been renewed r by the General Assembly 13 times, the last time in December 1983 for three years, that is until 30 June 1987.
3. UNRWA is thus only five years younqer than the United Nations itself. It beqan as a temporary aqency charqed with the task of providinq the most basic relief to hundreds of thousands of destitute Palestinians who. as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, had lost their homes and means of livelihood. New, 34 years later, it is an institution dispensinq services to a reqistered refuqe~ population nurnberinq 2 million people (almost half of the presurned total nurnber of Palestinians), livinq in five territories administered by four different Governrnents - services which woula norrnally be provided by national qovernrnents in the spheres of education, health and welfare.
4. UNRWA has becorne an established institution in its area of operations and plays a central role in the lives of the Palestine refuqees reqistered with it. 10 Most of them depend on it socially and ernotionally, a tact that has ernerqed clearly UN durinq the past two years. Ta the Palestine refuqees, UNRwA is not only an aqency la which provides valued services. It is also, and, above aIl, the symbcl of international cornrnitment to their welfare and to a just resolution of their pliqht. Il in 5. UNRWA is a strictly humanitarian institution. However, it is important to it recall that aIl General Assembly r~solutions extendinq the Aqency's mandate, me Th includinq the latest one, have stipulated that the extension iB made without po prejudice le paraqraph Il of resolution 194 (III) ~ that is, without prejudice to pl the riqhts of the Palestine refuqees to r et.urn to their homes or receive hi compensation if they so prefer. The rescl1utions have also r ecuLarLy expressed reqret over the fact that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine 12 has failed to make proqress towardS realizinq those riqhts. an ho 6. Thus, from the very outset, the mandate of UNRwA has been linked to the political dimension of the Palestine question. Pendinq a political solution. the Aqency has periodically 'been requested to continue its services to the refuaees. Because of the refuqees' perception of UNRWA as a token of international commitment to their cause, and because of the nature of the services it renders. in particular to hundreds of thousands of Palestine refuqee school children, the Aqency has become an important factor in the overall Middle East political contexte It promotes stability. 13. a c 7. UNRWA's ability to continue to play this role is, however, seriously 198 threatened by the increasinq difficulty it faces in financinq its reqular me proqrammes, even at the present level. In pa~t years, the lack of funds to cover budqeted expenditure could be met to a certain extent by cuttinq proqrarnrnes of 14. lower priority, in particular the basic ration proqrarnrne, and by postponinq Uni much-needed construction and maintenance. However, the ration proqrarnme is now let reduced to the minimum needed to care for the destitute, and if construction and maintenance are postponed rnuch lonqer the consequences will be such as to endanqer
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operations. It should be noted, too, that the welfare, construction and 15 maintenance proqrammes nowadays represent only a dwindlinq share of the Aoency's total expenditure.
8. Costs have been relentlessly pushed up by the orowth of the school population and by inflation. In the five years throuqh 1983, the AQency added 16,500 students to its education system. Tbward the end of that period, the rate of increase levelled off, most noticeably at the elementary level. Bor the 1984/85 school year, it is estimated that 150 additional teachers will be required. As with any other service orqanization, the effects of inflation show themselves above aIl in risinq staff costs, which now account for 71 per cent of UNRWA's expenditure. Most UNRWA employees are teachers and the education proqramme in 1984 accounts for 64 per cent of the total budqet.
9. Education takes up such a larqe proportion of the budqet that, if proaramme cuts have to be made to meet a major shortfall of incarne, they will have te be made in that proqramme. The qrave consequences of such a possibility were demonstrated in the s~rinq of 1981, when the financial outlook was such that l had to make preparations for the closure of schools in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic. The repercussions amonq staff and refuaees were shatterinq and, althouqh last-minute contributions made it possible to avoid school closures, this crisis reverberated for a lonq time afterwards. If UNRWA is to remain a factor for stability in its area of operations, everythinq possible must be done to avoid a recurrence.
10. AlI of this does not relieve the Commissioner-General of his dutY to see that UNRWA is fully able to meet its financial obliqations, in the event that 17. large-scale staff cuts are forced upon the Aaency. mad the Il. At the beainninq of each year, an estimate has to be made of whether cash a income will be sufficient to carry the Aaency throuqh to the end of the year. If 10 it is found that expected cash incarne will not cover essential expenditure, measures should be taken to reduce proarammes and to meet existina commitments. The fact of the matter is, however, that the Commissioner-General is not in a position to make an accurate estimate of income early in the year, because of late pledainq of the voluntary contributions which rnake it up. He therefore has to base himself on assumptions which may or may not turn out to ~e correct in the end.
12. l have considered it to be extremely important to avoid, if at aIl possible, any action by the Aaency which would cause distress. to the retuqees and harm to the host countries, and which would add fuel to the flames in the Middle East. After careiul consiaeration, l therefore decided at the beqinninq of 1984 that l should take the risk ot assuminq that cash then available. toqether with the payment of outstandinq and new pledqes~ would carLY the Aoency throuah to the end of the year, provided it cut out $17 million of planned capital expenditure (mostly construction) and continued the process of qeneral belt-tiqhteninq. l was prepared to accept that the cash reserve at the end of the year would be close to zero.
13. The cash situation is closely monitored. At the end of the reportinq period, a careful examination of the cash flow indicated that - provided aIl pledaes for 1984 were paid durinq the year - the Aaency would end the year solvent, but with a mere two weeks of operatinq funds in the bank.
14. This is a danqerous situation and one we can contemplate only because the United States of America has aqreed to make its contribution in the form of a letter of credit on which we can draw immediately from the beqinnina of the year.
-x- ..1 15. Thus l believe that the Aqency will narrowly qet throuqh 1984 and the early months of 1985. l would be less than frank, thouqh, if l did not express my qrave concern about 1985 and the years beyond , The Aqency's buâqet requirements for 1985, based on minimal proqrammes , an expected small increase in the school population, recent salary increases for area staff and sorne inflation. will be about $260 million. If one deducts certain deferrea costs (prirnarily separation benefits payable in the event of the Aqency's closure), and if contributions in kind are eliminated, budqeted cash needs will approximate $230 million. That is a qreat deal of money for an orqanization that expects to receive cash contributions of less than $170 million in 1984. The sharp increase trom 1984 levels to 1985 requirements is primarily in staff costs, and by far the larqest sinqle item is school teachers' salaries.
16. l should underline that UNRWA is a fair but not overly qenerous employer. Our salary scales are based on "prevailinq rates" in the areas in which we operate, not the "best prevailinq rate" which is the normal United Nations standard. We are facinq a more than normal increase in staff costs for 1985 because a recently conducted survey by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) concluded that UNRWA staff benefits were substantially lower than "prevailinq rates", Salary survey is not an exact science and, to the dismay of many of our hara-workinq employees, l did not accept the ICSC's recammendations in full. l did conclude. nonetheless, that sorne substantial increases were in order. Since many thousands Qf employees are involved, those increases will add about $21 million annually to staff costs. we have sorne reason to hope that the rates of increase in the years beyond 1985 will be more modeste
17. l referrea earlier in this Foreword to the link which the General Assembly has made between UNRWA's mandate and the riqhts of the Palestine refuqees to return to their homes or be compensated. My staff and l look forward eaqerly to the day when a political solution to the Palestine question is found and m~RwA's services are no lonqer neeaed. But, until that day arrives, l appeal aqain to the international community to ensure that the ~ency is supplied with the resources it must have if it is to carry out the will of the General Assembly.
(Siqned) Olof RYDBECK
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Et>'lERGENCY OPERATION IN L EBANON
A. The operational context
1. The aftermath of the Israeli invasion in June 1982 continued to dominate UNRWA's operations in Lebanon. The emerqency operation described in the Commissioner-General's last annual report continued weIl into this reportinq periode In addition, intra-Palestinian and intra-factional conflict wrouqht further death, destruction, distress and dislocation on the Palestine refuqees throuqhout the country. Planned priorities for the relief and reconstruction operations had to be chanqed.
2. In July, fiqhtinq between Palestinians in the Beqa'a Valley provoked an exodus of PLO fiqhters and their families to north Lebanon, where sorne of them took refuqe in Aqency schools in Nahr el Bared and Beddawi camps.
3. In Auqust/September, factional fiqhtinq which accompanied the withdrawal of Israeli forces to positions south of the Awali river caused death and destruction in and around the Beirut area. Most AQenc~ staff were unable to reach the Field Office in the first week of September. On two occasions durinq the lO-day period, when the Field Office area came under fire, international staff with a handful of remaininq area staff were forced to vacate the buildinq and to continue workinq from offices in the Central WaLehouse.
4. The withdrawal of the Israeli Defence Force left the coastal road between 8eirut and Saida uncie r the control of the Lebanese Forces. The road became virtually inaccessible to Palestinian staff and was frauqht with danqer for other staff as the Lebanese Fbrces exchanqed fire with their Proqressive Socialist Party (PSP) antaqonists in the Chouf mountains overlookinq the coast. Because of the danqer to communications between Beirut and the south, the AQency reopened its alternative supply line to south Lebanon from its Field Offices in Jerusalem and Gaza, and Lebanese drivers were hired to maintain transport on that route.
5. Part of the Aqency's Siblin Traininq Centre, which is located in a strateqic position in the Chouf overlookinq the coastal road, was occupied by forces of the PSP. They had not been withdrawn by the end of the reportinq period, despite representations to the PSP leadership. Nor was it possible to conduct traininq in the Centre, which suffered considerable damaqe and losses durinq the fiqhtinq and occupation (see also para. 186).
6. From Auqust onwaras, there was a build-up of forces and sporadic clashes in north Lebanon. The lqency expressed its concern over the danqer to the refuqee civilian population of the area to the PLO loyalists and dissidents involved; to Governmerts considered to have influence; and in public. On 4 Nbvember, intense fiqhtinq broke out in and around Nahr el Bared and Beaàawi camps ana Tripoli town. The lqency mounted an emerqency operation to assure essential services and alleviate sufferinq as soon as it had access to the refuqees, in sorne cases while fightinq continued. The conflict in the north died down in December.
-1- .. ~ ..~. : ... - 7. In the Beirut area, clashes continued intermittently. The fighting which most f atfected the refugees between September and December erupted when the Lebanese Armed Fbrces moved into the Shatila camp area in December. During this operation, f the Lebanese arrested 35 refugees, of whom 31 were released almost immediately.
8. On 4 January, an Israeli air-raid on a building near wavell camp in Baalbek k illed 15 refugees and wounded 125, destroyed the accommodation of seven refugee families in the former barracks and 52 individual shelters, and damaged 66 refugee shelters. Agency installations in the camp, includiny two schools, were damaged.
9. In Eebruary, heavy fighting broke out onee again in the Beirut area and again the Lebanon Field Office premises had to be closed, with operations controlled from the Agency's Central Warehouse. During this fighting, non-essential international staff in the Lebanon Field Office were evacuated for a brief peri od , AlI have sinee returned, and the international staffing in Iebanon has actually strengthened. A serious consequence of this fighting was the canplete breakdown of commumcatIons , except by radio and telephone, between south Iebanon and the rest of the country for nearly three weeks. The coastal road was cut, and the tenuous route through the mountains which was subsequently established involves a long and often frustrating journey for UNRhA vehicles. An added burden has thus been placed 1 on the Agency's programmes, including the reconstruction programme. 10. In June, f ighting among the various Lebanese factions great1y aggravated the security situation in and around Beirut. There was heavy shelling towards the middle ot the month during which hundreds of persons were reported to have been killed and ~ounded. In addition, accounts of individual violence and general lawlessnesE increased in Beirut. Several Agency staff members were robbed, two Agency cars and a bus were stolen and the lives of two of the Agency' s international staff were threatened in such a way that, in accordance with the advice of the United Nations designated official responsible for security, they were evacuated from Beirut and replaced. The situation became so threatening that \ . the Agency started to prepare contingency plans for a possible withdrawal of its Field Office from west Beirut. However, towards the end of the month the security situation showed signs of improvement.
Il. Throughout the reporting periOd, refugees in Lebanon lived in an atmosphere of fear. Many killings, woundings, kidnappings, disappearances, forced evictions and threats were reported. The situation was so disturbing that the commissioner General several times felt constrained to alert bath the Governments of Lebanon and Israel and other Governments considered to be influential. He aIse drew public attention to the alarming state of affairs. These efforts seemed to have helped alleviate the problem somewhat, but at the e l.M.:! of the reportiny periOd there continued to be serio~s threats to the security of Palestine refugees living in the south.
B. Emergency relief measures
12. The emergency relief measures reported last year continued during most of the reporting periode During the fighting in north Lebanon, 36,085 emergency rations, 9,080 blankets, 678 kitchen kits and 1,682 mattresses were issued. li
13. Emergency food rations were distributed to aIl displaced refugees through the winter and were then phased out in March, except for issues to the destitute, of
-2- )st wham there are about 24,000. The daily meal served under the supplementary feeding programme is still being extended beyond the normal age limit of 6 years to l, you1'l9sters of up to 15 y ears ,
14. The discontinuation of the emergency rations has caused consternation among the refugees, many of whom are living in extreme hardship, unable to find steady work and eut otf from other sources of incarne. They demonstrated against the 1 1 decision and in the Tyre area refused for a time to aceept any ~ency services. By 'j the end ot June, assistance ta the special hardship cases was still being refused n in Tyre and Saida, although other services were being provided normally. The Agency believes, however, that the resources available for continued relief om measures should be directed to specifie needs. The expanded welfare programme, l described in last yearls report, is continuing. Other measures are described in the paragraphs which follow. t of 15. The economy of Lebanon, which had hitherto been remarkably resilient, has ~ deteriorated critically in recent months. Unemployment is widespread, and it bas q d affected the Palestine refugees severely. Apart from the overall shortage of work, i the refugees suffer more than other groups from the Governmentls restrictions on ! ed the employment of foreigners, and are the targets of hostile attitUdes and acts. The ~ency has therefore embarked on a prograwne of self-support and .! incarne-generating projects with the co-operation of the Norweg ian people 1 s Relief .,r Association. It is also working closely with others, such as the Young MenIs .;.1 Christian Association (Y.MCA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), who are running or funding short training courses. As the programme develops, the Agency may seek additional financing from Governrnents and invite partnership from other non-governmental organizations in specific work schemes. In the continued absence of many of the men, and in response to their own demands, many of these projects will be directed to the needs and skills of women .l:efugees~ t 16. The Agency continued to 9 ive priority to environrnental sél.nitation, 'i particularly to ensuring an adequate supply of potable water and provision of essential sanitary facilities (see paras. 102-105) • Jf :l C. Restoration of regular services
Id 17. Despite the turmoil in I.ebanon, the normal education, health and welfare programmes were carried out to the extent that circumstances permitted. These are covered in chapter II of the present report. le 18. The additional measures taken by the Department of Health, and reported upon last year, continued. The regular budget of the Field Health Department was increased, particularly for the hospitalization of refugee patients. The difficulty of travel in I.ebanon campelled UNRWA to change sorne of its arrangements for hospitalization. For example, patients from north I.ebanon and the Beqa la Valley, who in normal circum.stances would be referred for more advanced treatment to the American University Hospital in Beirut, were sent to the Syrian Arab Republic. Patients in south I.ebanon could not be referred out of the south, but had to be treated at private hospitals subsidized there hy the Agency. The intermediate health care unit for Saida, mentioned in last yearls report, was opened by the International Rescue Committee on 9 January 1984 J and the ~ency and the Norwegian Refugee counc i I have agreed to an extension of the jointly operated
-3- - rehabilitation centre in ~re for a further year, until 31 March 1985 (see also ling para. 82) • 19. Most schools were able to operate tor much of the 1983/84 school year, ~ although their reopening was delayed in the north and in Beirut. The various disruptions to the programme because of fighting are reported in paragraph 52. In the Beirut area, the school day was prolonged, classes were held on six rather than '1, f ive days a week from che end of Apr i 1 and the school year was extended from the 1 ,1 end of June to mid-July to conpensate for the lost time. Attendance fell from By 1 34,078 at the end of January to 32,050 at the end of the school year. d 20. Atout 4,000 students eligible for J'geney schooling are unable to take advantage of it because they live too far away from a school. FOr most of them, ~ the only alternative is private schools, which are expensive. In recognition of this difficulty, the Agency has decided to increase the small grant paid to such ·j students so as to cover atout 10 per cent of the cost to parents. 1 I'1 21. The Siblin Training Centre, closed for vacation on 20 August 1983, has been 5 ;1 unable to reopen since (see paras. 5, 60 and 186). The J'geney has, however, been rk , i 1 able to use other premises in Iebanon to run rive vocational training courses for 118 trainees and a teacher-training course for 34 trainees. Twenty-two other trainees have been transferred to the Damascus Vocational Training Centre. Where possible, the staff have been temporarily employed in other posts in the field. f
D. RE:housing the r e ruçees
: \] 22. Since the autumn ot 1983, supplementary cash grants have been given to refugees whose shelters had been damaged or destroyed as a result of the invasion. ',·1 d~naged '1 The programme was expanded to cover those whose shelters were or destroyed 3ds '1 ,1 as a result of fighting or bombing in the Beqa'a Valley, the north and the Beirut ~ ! area or as a result of demolition in the south. By the end of June 1984, the ',!',1 J.\gency had paid out almost LL34 millicn in cash grants to 15,058 refugee families. " : It should be reiterated that, although this programme has an important practical ! value and has boosted the morale of the refugee community, it still leaves many 1 1 refugees unsatisfactorily housed, particularly as it cannot be applied to refugees living outside camps or to those who were living in camps but whose homes were destroyed before 1982, as for example in Nabatieh, where local opposition to reconstructing the camp continues.
23. The Government of Lebanon has recently indicated that it should be asked for :e specifie authority before shelters are reconstructed, though such reference is not ~- . ',i required if only repairs are made. This introduces a qualification to the assurances given by the Director-General for the Administration of the Affairs of Palestine Refugees on 1 March 1983, and conf irmed by the then Prime Minister of Lebanon on 17 May 1983 at a meeting with the Commissioner-General, that UNRWA may restore the refugee camps to the state they were in before the Israeli invasion. :s
E. R€fair ot UNRWA installations and reconstruction
24. The continuing clashes and turmoil over the year have interfered with the orderly programme of repair and reconstruction for which the Commissioner-General d ?I "1 '1 1 -4- JI"r o appealed for $13 million in June 1983. sa far $10.23 million have been received in 1· response to that appeal. t: 25. In addition, i t has proved necessary to repair other Agency facilities damaged during the year which could be put back into service, or to rebuild or relocate In those which could note After the fighting in north Iebanon, repair to Agency than installations and camp infrastructure there was estirnated at more than LL252,000. f he Moreover, the Agency's Area Office in Tripoli town was so badly damaged that control of operations during the fighting was transferred to a ternporary office in r!f.·... ' a hotel in a safe area. After the fighting, alternative premises had to be .leased at a substantially increased rente f n, 26. In the area ot Beirut, despite the sporadic clashes interspersed with major ~ )f battles, damaged installations were repaired or alternative premises found so that ~h the provision of sarvfces could continue, and refugees were helped to repair or rebuild shelters that had been hit. 1 sn 27. The cost ot damage to Agency installations and to refugee shelters in Wavell ~n camp resulting from the Israeli air-raid on 4 January was estirnated at LL235,500. Eor Replacement ot furniture and textbooks destroyed duriny the air-raid was estimated [ at $9,482. ,i ~re r 28. In the south, Agency installations were restored to usable condition and r assi stance was 9 iven to refugees to repair or rebuild shelters damaged or destroyed r by bombing or demolition. The Siblin Training Centre, which had suffered loss and damage in the early rnonths of the Israeli invasion, was largely rehabilitated in r~:\ 1983 with funds given for t~e emergency operation. The cost of repairing the more [ recent damage to the Centre", and of repair or replacement of equipment damaged or .on. stolen during the occupation by RiP, cannot yet be assessed • lYed 'ut 29. In carrying out the repair and reconstruction programme, the Agency is li endeavouring to ensure that the labour ernployed is drawn from among the Palestine ~. ~ .es. refugees, and that more of them are equipped with the necessary basic skills• f Il ~. r j iees F'. Protection ot th~ retugees r: 1 30. The palestine refugees in Iebanon are the victims of violence. Much of it ! affects them and Iebanese citizens indiscriminately. But in many instances, they are the specific target. f: 'or f ~. not 31. The civilian population in the Beqa'a Valley and the north, swollen by displacernent from the south as a result of the invasion, were vulnerable during the of fighting between rival factions of PLO. In October 1983, before the fighting intensified, the Commissioner-General expressed to the factions involved and to ! ay Governments which he felt had influence in the area his grave concern over the 1. consequence of f ighting in the north. These expressions of concern had little or no effect and scores of innocent c ivilians are estimated to have been k illed and \ wounded during that fighting. l'.··.·.······.····V'·.... ~: 32. It is in south te banon, though, that the safety of Palestinians continues to ~' cause special concerne In the past year, the Iebanon Field Office has reported the •...•.-.•.i al following serious incidents in south Iebanon: 25 violent deaths, 71 woundings, I•.. ' 199 arrests, 13 kidnappings, 7 disappearances, 22 evictions in the face of threats, r -5- 1 i ;ii ~'~...
and 74 explosions or cases of arson. It cannot be assumed that this list is ved in exhaustive. on several occasions, the commissioner-General has made public announcements to draw attention to the lack of security for Palestinians in the south, as well as making representations to the occupying power. The Agency has amaged pointed out that, under the Eburth Qaneva Convention of 1949, the occupying power te has re~onsibility for safeguarding the welfare ot the civilian population) and the Israeli Government has acknowledged this responsibility. )00.
:e in G. Co-ordination of the relief programme :ased 33. The fragmentation of the Lebanon Fi~ld continues to c.cuae problems of canrnand and control. UNRWA continued to reinforce its staff in south Lebanon (including jor sorne international members) and in the Bega la valley. It also strengthened the that staffing of the Field Office itself in Beirut, again including the international )r staff canplement. Further reinforcements are contemplated.
34. Ta ensure a continuous flow of foodstuffs and other relief goods, the supply lell lines into south rebanon from the Gaza and West Bank Fields and into north Lebanon iOO. and the Bega la Valley from the Syrian Field have been maintained, although towards nated the end of the period under review support from other Fields was no longer necessary on a large scaLe , The ability of the llgency 1 s Field Office in Beirut to canrnunicate with the various area offices was greatly enhanced by the use of a radio network based on freguencies allotted to other United Nations organizations, :royed and the Agency is indebted to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 1 and for its invaluable assistance in setting up this network. in more 35. UNR~ continued to co-ordinate its relief work with other United Nations t or organizations involved in Lebanon. There was close contact wi th the International Committee of the Red Cross, particularly on questions of protection and security.
36. The J\gency is grateful to the many no n-qovernmenuaL organizations that have ,ine continued to respond so generously and flex ibly to the needs of the Palestine refugees in Lebanon. A consultation meeting, co-sponsored by UNRWA and the International Council of voluntary Agencies in June 1984, examined ways in which co-operation could be enhanced, especially to serve the needs of the refugees in Lebanon. t hey H. Evaluation of the emergency operation
37. Last year I S report described the Lebanon emergency operation as having been the most difficult in l1NRWA ls history because of the political and military 9 the canplexities. Ta those two characteristics must now be added a thirds the duration of the crisis. o 38. over the past year catastro~e has been campounded with each new event, and or the J\geooy staff have had to react to fresh outbreaks of violence throughout nd Lebanon. That they have been able to maintain services to the refugees and embark on reconstruction at all is a credit to their capabilities and devotion to duty.
to 39. UNRWA continues to derive valuable insights trom the emergency operation in j the Lebanon and to apply those lessons in Lebanon itself, in headquarters and in the other fields, so that it may continue to irnprove the delivery of services to the :ats, Palestine refugees entrusted to it by the international ~ommunity.
-6- CHAP'lER Il - 1 REGULAR OPERA'IIONS OF 'lHE AGENCY 1 the 1 , has 1 power i A. Organization and management of UNRWA operations 1 and the ~ ,~- i 40. UNRWA's operations are administered from its headquarters in Vienna and Amman, 1 five Field Offices in Jordan, Iebaoon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza strip, and Liaison Offices in New York and Cairo. ~ (See annex l, chart 4 for organization chart.) .onmand 41. The commissioner-General is the chief executive officer of the Agency, Iding responsible to the General Assembly for the management of its affairs. He is the assisted by the Deputy <.:ommissioner-Ge neral, who serves both as deputy ch ief onal executive and as chief administrative officer.
42. The Field Office Directors are responsible to the ConlIdssioner-General for the upply direction, co-ordination and control of Pgency operations in the five Fields, in ebanon accordance with approved policies, programmes and procedures. Headquarters owards Department Heads are responsible to him for professional and technical advice on and supervision of policies, programmes and procedures, and for the direction and rut to :a control of designated central services and facilities. Collectively, the Field tions, Office Directors and Headquarters Department Heads, together with the Director of INIFIL) UNRWA Liaison, New York and the Deputy Commissioner-General, advise the Commissioner-General on Agency policy.
43. In his dealings with Member States of the United Nations, inter-governmental .5 bodies, other organizations of the United Nations and other agencies, the tional Commissioner-General is assisted by the heads of the Liaison Offices and the Field rity. Office Directors, in the locations to which they are assigned, and generally by the Divisions of External Relations and public Information at the Vienna headquarters. have e 44. UNRWA's experience in lebanon in recent years has convinced the Commissioner-General of the need to strengthen the international staffing in the hich Field Offices, in the interests of the Pgency's operations, of the refugees who are 5 in served and of the international cammunity which funds the Agency. ~ The first steps have been taken in this direction, and further measures are envisaged. One additional post has been established in each Field~ to improve administration and management in Gaza ",nd Jordan, relief services in Iebaoon and the West Bank, and both administration and relief services in the syrian Arab Republic. At the same been time, the number of headquarters posts has been r educed, The Increasec international presence permits more frequent surveillance of Agency 'facilities, and in Iebaoon has been important for the protection of the refugees (see paras. 30-32). The Agenoy efforts to reinforce financial control in the area of operations include upgrading the international finance officer post, ta 9 ive the officer greater authority and to reflect a higher level o r qualifications. The and emergency operation in Iebaoon has required supplementary international staffing, which the Agency hopes will be temporary (see para. 33). smbark uty, 45. At the Vienna headquarters, there has been a reorganization with effect from l January 1984 by which the commissioner-General has delegated to the Deputy n in Commissioner-General increased responsibility for internal co-ordination and the management. In recognition of this (and following his own upgrading in the
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January 1983 to Under-Secretary-General), the Commissioner-General upgraded the post of De putY Commissioner-General to Assistant-Secretary-General from May 1984, after consultation with the secretary-General of the United Nations. In addition, the World Health Organization (WOO) and UNESCO have upgraded the posts loaned to UNRWA of Director of Health and Director of Etiucation respectively, from Dl to D2.
B. Bd ucation and tr aining services unsa 46. Onder an agreement between UNRWA and the United Niitions Ed ucational, sch SCientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO is responsible for the professional and aspects of tiie education programme, which includes general education at elementary admi and preparatory (lower secondary) levels in Agency schools) vocational and addi pre-service teacher training at Agency centres) Lri--aerv Ice teacher training) and a were university scholarship programme. The curriculum followed in Agency schools is and tbat prescr Lbed by the host Government in each Field (and by the Jordanian and contr Egyptian authorities for the west Bank and the Gaza Strip respectively). Thus, furn· with sorne assistance from the Agency, many retugee children are able to continue mate their education at the upper-secondary level in government or private schools. In and 1983, expenditure on education and training amounted to $125.5 million and accounted for 64.2 per cent of the Agency's total expenditure on its regular 52. progr anmes. of pla 47. In addition, the Departments of Health and Relief Services organize programmes month you~h of pre-school education, activities, adult training in crafts, and medical date. and paramedical education and training, descr ibed elsewhere in this report. Val! disp 1 thoug 1. General education oper to be 48. The general education progr amme strengthened i ts position as the largest Sept single Agency activity in 1983/84. In OCtober 1983, a total of 342,245 pupils, the c 6,038 more than in 1982/83, were enrolled in the 653 Agency elementary and Agf'n ~yrian preparatory schools in Lebaron, the Arab Republic, Jordan, the West Bank and in Le the Gaza Strip, served by a teaching force of 10,027. A further 98,044 refugee the t pupils were known to be enrol1ed in government and private elementary and secondary Sibli schools in the same areas, and about; 45,100 non-eLfq Lhl e children were in Agency En roI schools (see note È! in table 3, annex 1). whom func 49. It is UNRWA's policy to accept aH eligible refugee children who seek admission to its schools. The growth each year in the school-age population, with together with inflation, accounts largely for the annual increases in budgeted opera expenditure. Given the funds, the Agency would construct purpose-ctesigned total buildings to accanmodate the schools. But i t has 'not been possible to build erough 53. schools, with the result that the children and teachers of two separate schools opera usually have to share one building, taking morning and afternoon shifts. Such e1~me double-shifting in 1983/84 involved 489 schools, 75 per cent of the total. displ 1,278 50. Double-shifting is not an uncanmon practice in other education systems. invol Nevertheless, it is generally recognized as detrimental to the child's repla development. Given the lack of recreation facilities in palestine refugee camps, Akrad the much shorter school day also makes life more difficult for mothers, Canad particularly as in many cuses children from the same tami1y attend different syri a shifts. In UNRWA sc~ools, doub1e-shifting means that periods are reduced from
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L - 45 to 40 minutes and that sorne subjects prescribed by the host GOvernment curricula 54 cannot be given the attention specified. Triple-shifting, especially where schools no lack adequate heating and lighting, is not to be contemplated except as a temporary an emergency measure. This did happen as a result of damage to schools in Iebanon but Do was eliminated during the year. The school construction programme accords first 12 priority to the building ot classrooms to avoid triple-shifting. t we 51. Lack of funds for capital expenditure generally limited school construction to , nu the minimum necessary to avo';'1 triple-shifting and to replace only the most UN unsatisfactory school premi sc a, During 1983/84, over aIl Fields, five entire school buildings were constructed (camprising 75 class and administration rooms) and work has begun on seven school buildings (compri sing 12 7 class and administration roorns and 13 special-purpose r ooms) , At existing schools, an additional 20 standard class and administration rooms and 22 special-purpose rooms were constructed, and ,work has begun on a further 12 class and administration rooms and 19 special-purpose rooms. Sorne of this work has been made possible by special contributions from Governments and others, who e Lso provided funds for school furniture and other equipment. The refugee cornmunity itself, wi th sorne help in materials from the Agency, a Lso built two classrooms and six special-purpose rooms, and began work on a school comprising 20 class and administration roams.
52. In Lebanon, military and political Events inevitably disrupted the functioning of the school system. The reopening of the schools after the summer vacation was planned for 12 ~eptember, but the disturbed conditions prevailing throughout that month meant that only 44 out of the 86 schools actually reopened on the scheduled date. By September, the intra-palestinian conflict had moved from the Beqa la Valley to the Tr ipoli area, where 10 of the 16 schools were pronptly occupied by displaced refugee families. By November, families were occupying al! the schools, theugh by January they had aIl been vacated, repaired and put back into normal 56 operation again. Fighting in Beirut caused the r e openinq of the 26 Agency schools no to be postponed for a few weeks after the end of the summer vacation. From late Eh September until early in February they were able to function, but heavy fighting in 46 the city caused the suspension of operations in aIl Beirut schools, including do Agf'ocy schools, until late April. overall, the number of Agency schools operating Th in Iebanon fluctuated from as low as 44 in September 1983 to 84 in January 1984, of clë the total of 86 schools. (The two schools unable to operate were attached to the roc Siblin Training Centre (see para. 60) and in the Nabatieh camp (see para. 22).) thi Enrolment in Agency schools in Lebanon totalled 34,920 refugee pupils, 24,516 of mi] whom were in the elementary cycle and 10,404 in the preparatory cycle. The 84 roc functioning schools camprised 680 elementary and 310 preparatory class sections c with a total of 1,210 teachers, and of these, 51 schools with 568 class sections operated on double shift. Prescribed textbooks for llgency schools in Iebanon totalled 186, aIl but one of which have been approved by UNESCO.
53. In the Syrian Arab Republic, UNRWA schools started on 10 September and operated satisfactorily throughout the year. In aIl, 50,904 pupils attended the 70 elementary schools and 45 preparatory schools, including 1,036 refugee pupils displaced from Iebanon since the June 1982 Israeli ;i.n-.'asion. The schools comprised 1,278 class sections served by 1,514 teachers. one hundred of these schools, involving 1,165 class sections and 46,838 pupils, operated on double shift. TC replace unsuitable rented premises, new schools are to be built in Mazareeb and Akrad with the llgencyls general funds and in Qabr Essit with a donation from the Canadian Q:>vernment. Of the 115 textbooks cùrrently prescribed for schools in Syria, 69 have been approved by UNESCO.
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L - ._.;".- 54. In Jordan, the 213 hJency schools also started on la September and operated normally throughout the year. The total enrolment was 134,527 in the elementary ar and preparatory cycles, comprising 3,340 class sections ser~ed by 3,805 teachers. Pr Double-shifting was necessary in 196 schools, involving 3;126 class sections and 126,494 pupils. six school buildings are currently being constructed in Jordan, 58 th two of them with help fram the canadian Q:>vernment and one at the expense ot a wealthy Palestinian whose contracting firm is undertaking the wor k, The total gu number of textbooks prescribed in Jordan is 142, of which 108 have been approved by ob UNESro. ex Go 55. In the West Bank, Ag ency schools were scheduled to start the school year on re 2 September but, by order of the Israeli authorities, the reopening of all sch~)ls re in the area, i ncluding the Ag ency's 98 schools, was deferred for one month. On al 2 Novernber: ~he occupying authorities ordered the closure of the two Ralandia Girls' Schools because of stone-throwing incidents, until concrete walls two metres high wi th wire fences had been erected between the school and the road, The school was allowed to reopen on 13 December. On 15 November, the two Jalazone preparatory schools were ordered closed tor similar reasons and allowed to reopen on 9 Decernber 59 (see para. 179). During October, l'bvember and De~em.ber, curfews in various camps closed sorne schools briefly. UNRWA schools in generé,l operated normally for the remainder of the school year. Enrolment totalled 39,593 pupils, in 778 elementary and 334 preparatory class sections served by 1,281 teachers. Fifty schools with 582 class sections and 21,229 pupils operated on double shift. Construction of a new girls' school at SOurif is complete and two new schools are being constructed at Doura. The 142 textbooks prescribed for Jordan are a Lso the prescribed textbooks for the West Bank. Of the 108 approved by UNESCO, the Israeli authorities have refused irnport permits for nine. 60 20 56. In the r~~za Strip, the 1gency schools started on l September and operated th normally throughout the school year apart fram sorne miner scattered disturbances. vi Enrolment totalled 82,301 pupils in 143 schools, comprising 1,320 elementary and of 469 preparatory class sections with a teaching force of 2,217. There was ne double-shifting in 92 schools involving 1,141 class sections with 52,794 pupils. Da There were many irnprovements in school facilities, including the construction of 18 classroorns to avoid triple-shiftin9J 16 science laboratoriesJ 12 multi-purpose 61 r oomaj and 14 toilet uni t s, The help of the Canadian Q:>vernment has made much of Ga this possible. The refugees have helped to maintain schools, to convert two old wh milk distribution sheds into teachers' rooms, and to provide two administration ce roams, a library, two scl~ol canteens, and five large covered areas in school ti campounds to protect pupi Ls from rain or sun. They have a Lso helped with the fu re-roofing of sorne 300 old, damaged classroams, and the erection of verandas be alongside about 50 classrooms. The total number of textbooks prescribed by the st E);yptian Ministry of Etlucation was 1201 of these UNESCO bas approved 81, of which to the occupying authorities have permitted the importation of 70 and disallowed the en importation of Il. Ce f 57. Of sorne 4,350 registered refugees stranded on the Egyptian side of the border to re-established between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai in 1982, 1,213 are of elementary and preparatory school age. (These are included in the Gaza school population figure cited in para. 56.) As a temporary measure until the situation of these refugees is resolved, more than 40 Agency teachers who are also stranded are providing schooling for these children in a government school building made available for the purpose. Two supervisors from the Gaza Strip make monthly visits to the school. Through the co-operation of the Israeli and E);yptian authorities,
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58. The quality of the school education progranune has continued to imp.rove, through curriculum enrichment and continuous irrservice teacher tr aini nc:J which are guided by the Etlucation Department 's biennial work plan (see also para. 71). The. objective evidence of this irnprovement is to be seen in those fields where state examinations are he Lds UNRWA pupils not only consistently outperrorm pupils in Government schools, but have continued to widen the performance gap. Palestine refugee children's motivation to learn is remarkable; so are the support they receive from their parents, and the dedication of the teachers (themselves almost all Palestine refugees).
2. Vo~ational anâ technical eâucatio~
59. The number of training places available to palestine refugees in the vcx:ational and technical courses conducted in UNRWA training centres was 3,720. (Details of the capacity of the training centres in 1983/84, by trëde group, centre and sex are given in table 4 of annex I. The kindergarten teachers' course is now classified under teacher training rather than vocationa1 training, and the number of places at the siblin Training Centre in Lebaoon has been redueed because of poor employrnent prospec t ss ) In addition the Agency sponsored the vocationa1 training of 43 refugees in private institutions.
60. The 5iblin Training Centre in Lebanon functioned normally until 20 August 1983. During the month's vacation which f0110wed, armed militiamen of the Lebanese progressive SOcia1ist party entered the centre and have remained in virtua1 occupation sinee (see para. 186). In an effort t~ cornpensate for L~e 10ss of the facilities UNRM has r un classes for many of the Sib1in trainees in neighbouring Saida and in Beirut; and sorne students have been transferred to the Damascus vocational Training Centre in the Syrian Arab Repub1ic.
61. The vocational training cencres in the Syrian Arab Repub1ic, Jordan and the Gaza Strip functioned normally throughout the year. In Jordan, the only country where a straight comparison can be made with Q>verrunent centres, the two Jlgency centres had success rates significant1y higher than the national average. At the time of reporting it seems as if a prob1em which has serious1y affected the functioning of the two training centres in the West Bank is well on the way to being resolved. The centres suffered during the year through the resistance of the students, in canmon with students in COllununity Colleges in the West Bank generally, to the General Comprehensive Examination set by the Jordanian œverranene , By the end of June, almost all the e1igible students in the Ramallah Women's Training Centre had registered for the Comprehensive Examination and paid the required fees. The academic year was extended by periods ranging from three to four months to conpensate for time lost due to disturbances.
62. Work opportunities for graduates of the Agency's vocational training centres exc1uding the 5ib1in Training Centre, for which emp1~ent figures are ineomplete because of the continuing crisis in Lebanon - continue to be quite good. A total of 1,238 found jobs, representing 81 per cent of the 1982/83 grëduates. There is a continuing high demand for places in the Age,ncy's centres from eligible palestine refugees, but not more than 20 per cent of the qualified applicants can be accepted
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63. To ensure that the vocational training courses reflect the current needs of the labour market in the Near East, the Agency regularly surveys technological developments and the requirements of employers. A number of courses are consequently being upqraded or replaced. Aluminium fabrication is being incorporated into relevant existing courses in aIl the vocational training centres. An electronics course will begin at the Damascus vocational Training Centre and One is planned for the Amman Training Centre. At the Kalandia and Wadi seer vocational Training Centres, materials testing laboratories are being installed. More modern equipment has been introduced into the electricians' course at the five centres where it is offered. And the machinist/welder course at the Siblin Training Centre is being replaced by a maintenance/fitter/machinist course.
3. Teacher training
64. The teacher-training programme aims primarily at providing qualified teachers for UNRWA ScllOOls. The Agency's training centres accept Palestine refugee candidates wbo have successfully completed 12 years of general schooling, and prepare them through a two-year professional training programme to teach at the elementary school level. Graduates of these centres are given priority for Agency appointments. If further teachers are needed, the Agency employs university or hiqh-school graduates. usually this group lacks professional qualifications, and the Agency therefore arranges basic in-service teacher-training courses for them through the Institute of Education, which forms part of the Department's Teacher and Higher Education Division.
65. At the beginning of February 1984, enrolment in the Institute in-service courses was 871,' of whom 130 were in the basic two-year course for unqualified elernentary teachers, 176 in specialized courses for unqualified preparatory teachers, 219 in courses designed to meet curricular changes, 76 in courses for key education per&onnel, and 270 in refresher and ad hoc courses. In october 1983, 49 trainees graduated from the basic two-year course and 115 trainees from the specialized two-year preparatory courses. These 164 graduates were recognized by UNRWA as professionally qualified teachers and were graded accordingly.
66. Pre-service teacher training continued to be provided at three Agency centres, one in Amman and two in Ramallah (west Bank). The four th centre, in Siblin (Lebanon), has been occupied by militia units since September (see para. 60). However, in mid-December arrangements were made for the teacher trainees to resume their training on the premises of an Agency school in Saida. Enrolment totalled 1,340 (609 men and 731 women) •
67. Because of an oversupply of teachers in Lebanon, it has been decided to phase out the teacher-training section at Siblin and to replace it by a kindergarten teacher's course when the Centre is able to function again.
68. Operations at the Amman Training Centre were satisfactory, but the West Bank centres suffered disruptions provoked by the highly charged political situation in the area and by trainees' resistance to the Jordanian Government Comprehensive Examination, although the latter problem now seems on the way to being resolved. (see also paragraph 61 in respect of the West Bank vocational
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1. training centres.) The two Rarnallah Training Centres were closed by the Agency for a month in FebruarY/March, following strikes; and the Ramallah Menis Teacher Training Centre was again closed, following a further strike on 26 March, until 20 May. The academic year was extended to compensate for time lost and in an effort to assure minimum training standards.
69. Of the 268 second-year teacher trainees of the Amman Training Centre who sat for the General Comprehensive Examination in July 1983, 241 (90 per cent) passed. Second-year trainees at the two Ramallah centres declined to sit for this examination, which was to have been held in the West Bank for the first time in 1983.
70. At the end of the 1982/83 training year, 624 teacher trainees (317 men and 307 women) graduated from the pre-service teach€r-training centres. By 30 June 1984, 143 of them were employed in Agency schools and 120 were known to have found employment outside the Agency. Excluding the Siblin Training Centre in Lebanon, for which employment figures are incomplete, this represents 63 per cent of the 1982/83 graduates.
71. The Education Development Centres continued their efforts, in co-ordination t~ with the Institute of Education, to improve the quality of education in UNRWA r schools in their respective Fields. They do this through in-service training t courses and by enriching the curriculum with teaching aids and supplementary l, materials to promote a variety of approaches to teaching and learning. tE ~ 72. Eighteen senior Palestinian staff members were awarded fellowships for overseas study aimed at improving their professional competence. Of these, nine 1 k were awarded by UNESCO, three by UNRWA, one by the Australian Government and five ~. by voluntary organizations.
l"••.•...•..• 4. University scholarships I~ 73. During the academic year 1983/84, UNRWA awarded 346 scholarships to palestine ~1 refuqees for study at Arab universities; 271 of the awards were continuing ff scholarships and 75 were new. The UNRWA scholarships, partly funded from special F contributions, are awarded for one year, but are renewable from year to year for l the duration of the course of study, provided the student passes the end-of-year f. university examinations and is promoted to the next stage of his course (see 1 table 5, annex 1). r 74. In its resolution 38/83 D of 15 December 1983, the General Assembly appealed, l' m inter alia, to all Member States and united Nations agencies to rnake special !.•. ' allocations, scholarships and grants to Palestine refugees and requested UNRWA to ~ receive, hold in trust and award them to qualified palestine refugee candidates. The SecretarY-General describes the response in detail in his report to the General Assembly (A/39/375).
C. Health services
75. Under the professional guidance of the WOrld Health Organization (WHO), UNRWA provides medical services to sorne 1.7 million eligible Palestine refugees. The emphasis is on preventive care, through maternal and child health clinics, school
-13- - health and health education programrne~, supplementary feeding to assure satisfactory levels of nutrition, and environmental sanitation in the refugee camps. Outpatient services, preventive and curative, are delivered through the Agency's 98 health units and by special arrangement at one clinic run by a voluntary agency and 22 run by governments. The Agency also operates 27 dental clinics, three central laboratories and 24 clinical laboratories. It runs a small hospital at oalqilya, in the west Bank, and, jointly with the local Public Health Department, a tuberculosis hospital in Gaza. Other hospital and specialist services are subsidized at government, university and private health institutions. In Lebanon, the health services have been further strengthened to meet the emergency needs of the refugees, and additional hospital beds are being subsidized in locations where facilities which had been available before June 1982 are unable to function.
1. Curative medical care
76. Curative medical care, both in-patient and out-patient, continues to be delivered at about the same levels as in previous years. Newly constructed clinics replaced unsatisfactory premises at Ein el-TaI in the Syrian Arab Republic, Hebron in the west Bank and Maghazi in Gaza. The Jerash health centre received three badly-needed extra rooms. Five maternaI and child health sub-centres were built in the Gaza Strip. The 4,350 refugees stranàed on the Egyptian side of the re-established border between the Sinai and the Gaza Strip receive basic health services from Gaza Field health staff living there, helped by frequent visits of staff from the Rafah health centre and the Field Office in Gaza Town. (Statistical data in respect of the out-patient care directly provided by the Agency are given in annex l, table 6.)
77. The Agency continues to increase and strengthen its specialist clinics, where patients with degenerative and chronic diseases or malnutrition are seen by appointment and proper follow-up is ensured. With the changing demography of the refugee population, there is now a higher incidence of the degenerative diseases, notably diabetes mellitus. AS this problem has not been well-defined, a three months' prospective study was conducted between November 1983 and January 1984, basad on data obtained from two diabetes clinics in each of the five Fields. The initial analysis of the data suggests that incidence is highest among obese, middle-aged women who have borne more than one child, and that early recognition and intervention could allow for effective treatment. The Department of Health is therefore seeking the services of a consultant to advise on improvements to the diabetic service.
78. A rudimentary dental service has formed part of the general out-patient services for many years, but at a level largely limited to extractions and pain relief. Only one in 30 refugees is treated by an UNRWA dentist each year. The Department of Health is working to develop the service into a properly balanced programme which emphasizes preventive and restorative dental care and oral hygiene, and in which treatment will be more generally available. As a preliminary step, a new dental team was formed this year to serve two new dental clinics at Jabalia and Nuseirat health centres in the Gaza Stripi and one dental team and unit each were also established in Jordan, the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon.
79. Laboratory facilities and equipment were further improved, in part with the financial help of UNICEF. The Agency administers three central laboratories in n -14- "il ;1 Gaza, Amman and Jerusalem, and 24 clinical laboratories at its larger health centres, where simple tests are carried out. In Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic, subsidized private laboratories provide the services normally performed by an UNRWA central laboratory. UNRWA continues to administer a small cottage hospital of 36 beds in oalqiliya (west Bank)~ nine camp maternity wards, the l majority in the Gaza Strip) and, jointly with the public Health Department in Gaza, a tuberculosis hospital with 70 beds in Bureij camp.
80. The Agency also subsidizes in-patient facilities in government and private hospitals, with a daily average of 1,388 hospital beds (see annex l, table 6). The d continually rising cost of medical services entailed substantial increases in the e subsidies, particularly for the emergency in-patient care of refugees in Lebanon. In addition to their use of the subsidized facilities, an undetermined number of refugee patients independently seek admission to government hospitals at nominal cost.
81. In Jordan, the Ministry of Health continued to collect fees from refugee patients referred to its hospitals by UNRWA medical officers. The Agency's scheme to refund the cost of hospitalization at government hospitals to those who are c, members of destitute families or to whom the cost causes financial hardship has not, on the whole, been accepted either by the refugee community or the Government of Jordan. Discussions with the Government on ways of improving the hospitalization of refugees are in progresse In the Gaza strip, a similar refund scheme for refugee patients hospitalized in governrnent institutions in Gaza or Israel continues. al 82. There is a persistent shortage of hospital beds in Lebanon, since many of the hospitals are still inaccessible to Palestine refugees. consequently, many cases have continued to be referred to the Medical Centre of the American university of Beirut or, for sorne time, to 'the Makassed hospital there or to private hospitals in Saida, Tyre and Ba'albek, at high cost. The problem has partly been resolved in the Saida area, with the establishment in January by the International Rescue Committee of an intermediate health care unit, where patients are admitted for 24 to 48 hcars for investigation and urgent treatment. Since April, the terms of hospital contracts have been reviewed and strict controls imposed on admissions to subsidized hospitals, especially in south Lebanon, to reduce excessive costs.
83. The Agency provides to a limited extent for the medical rehabilitation of crippled children in specialized institutions, as weIl as for the fitting of orthopaedic devices such as artificial limbs. contributions from voluntary agencies usually help to meet the cost of appliances. A rehabilitation clinic in Tyre, run with the professional and financial assistance of the Norwegian Refugee council, continues to treat war injuries and polio victims.
2. Control of communicable diseases
84. The prevention and control of communicable diseases is, as it has always been, one of the Agency's main concerns.
85. Infants and young children attending the maternaI and child health clinics are immunized against tuberculosis, diphtheria, .tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis and measles. Reinforcing doses of vaccines are given when the children enter school. UNRWA health staff work to improve environmental conditions. They plan
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r emphasis in health education activities (particularly at schools and clinics) on personal and food hygiene. And they administer specific chernotherapy and chernoprophylaxis. They maintain close co-operation with the government health authorities in disease surveillance and control.
:a, 86. Two cases of cholera occurred arnong refugees in the Gaza strip. Bath received treatrnent and were cured. Ten cases of cutaneous leishrnaniasis were reported: five in the West Bank, mostly in the Jericho area, and five in the Syrian Arab Republic (Aleppo area) • 'he 87. The following diseases occurred less frequently than in the previous years: chicken pox, diarrhoeal diseases, infectious hepatitis, measles, mumps and trachorna. But there were more reported cases of typhoid fever (mainly in the Syrian Ar.ab Republic) poliomyelitis and respiratory tuberculosis. There was no significant change in the incidence of other communicable diseases. (Further details ~re given in the annual report of the Director of Health.)
88. The Agency operates a comprehensive tuberculosis programme, including case detection, hospital and home treatment, and follow-up of cases and their contact~· The incidence of respiratory tuberculosis continues to be less than one case in .t 10,000 of the population eligible for health services in spite of an increase of reported cases this year.
3. MaternaI and child health
e 89. AlI 98 of the Agencyis health units provide maternaI and child health care supported by specialist and hospital referral services. A nurnber of government institutions and voluntary agencies supplemented Agency services, especially in in Amman, Damascus and Jerusalem. Data on maternaI and child health services are presented in table 6 of annex 1.
90. pre-natal care includes regular health supervision and the issue of extra rations and iron-folate tablets. The nurnber of deliveries in hospitals is steadily o increasing, and less than half the nurnber of deliveries reported took place at home, attended by Agency-supervised dayahs (traditional birth attendants). In Gaza, which has six maternity wards attached to the UNRWA health centres, just over one quarter of the deliveries took place in these wards, one quarter at home and alrnost haIf of them in two oovernment hospitals.
91. Family planning is an integral part of the maternaI and child health programme in Gaza, where also a special programme on "health and family life" is included in the school curriculum for girls in the third preparatory classes, jointly conducted by the Departments of Health and Education. Four health centres in the Syrian Arab Republic offer family planning services, in co-operation with the Ministry of Health. In Jordan, limited family planning activities are carried out in three health centres. n, 92. Regular health supervLs10n and immunization is provided in child health clinics for children up to three years of age. Their nutrition is promoted through re the provision of nutritionally-balanced meals at the Agency's feeding centres. Dry s milk is distributed to aIl children from six rnonths to three years of age.
-16- on 93. Early and effective treatment with oral rehydration for children suffering from diarrhoea continues to be an important service in the child health clinics. h Children up to the age of five who are in need of special care receive it in the nutrition/rehabilitation clinics established in most of the health centres throughout the five Fields. ceived : 94. The data collected last year for the retrospective study of risk factors b connected with infant deaths among the entire camp population in the West Bank are now being analysed. AS part of the prospec~ive risk studies in the West Bank and Gaza, systematic recording of birthweight was introduced for all deliveries, rss including those attended by Agency-supervised dayahs at home. Portable spring scales are used for this purpose and all the dayahs have been trained in their e use. The data have been tabulated by each Field on its micro-computer and analysed no with the help of the WHO consultant, who made two follow-up visits during the year. Children at risk of becoming malnourished were trealed in the special care clinics in the west Bank, in accordance with the recommendation of the WHO Consultant in his previous study on risk factors connected with infant deaths and se malnutrition. This study was a precursor to the present risk studies. act~, in 95. As planned, the school health services were reorganized frcm the beginning of of the school year 1983/84, with the aim of developing an effective programme to monitor the health of pupils throughout the school cycle. A healthy school environment is stressed and teachers are e~pected to take an active part in health education in the schools. Joint 'committees of health, education, welfare and engineering staff in each field carried out surveys of school sanitary facilities and began carrying out plans for renovation and construction of school toilets. ce nt 96. Health education workers collaborated with camp health committees and other in Agency staff in health centres, schools and welfare centres, to promote good health e practices. In particular, they gave a course for women attending sewing centres. World Health Day was celebrated Agency-wide with exhibitions and meetings. i 97. The involvement of health and education staff together in the promotion of eadily health education is being encouraged through training programmes. Teachers in the t Lebanon, Jordan and Gaza fields participated in one-week experimental summer Il courses. Selected teachers in the Jordan and Syrian fields are being t over systematically trained to become tutors in health education in their respective md schools. Training in oral health, sponsored by the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) of WHO, started at the Demonstration, Training and Research Centre for Oral Health, namascus, with a two-week course for 10 teachers and five health
~rarnme staff from the Damascus area. This programme will be repeated for teachers and ed in health staff in' the other Fields. iucted i Arab 4. Nursing services
98. Nursing staff contribute to both the curative and preventive health programmes but rnainly to the maternal and child health services, in which reqistered nurses, midwives, practical nurses and traditional birth attendants (dayahs) all irouqh participate. Dry 99. Senior nursing staff conducted programrr~5 of in-service training for their junior colleagues in their respective fields. Two senior staff nurses were sent on courses to further their professional education. An 18-month basic midwifery training course began in Gaza in March (see also para. 117).
-17- 19 100. It rernains difficult to recruit and retain the services of weIl qualified is , nursing personnel, particularly as the Agency has so far been unable to approve the :he up-grading of staff nurses.
5. Environmental health
: are 101. The environrnental health services comprise mainly the provlslon of potable and water, sanitary disposaI of waste, storm-water drainage, latrine facilities and control of disease-carrying insects and rodents. A total of 746,800 refugees and displaced persons living in camps (or in temporary refuge in various places in Lebanon) benefited from the services. Host Governments, local councils and llysed municipalities, who co-operate increasingly with the Agency in the delivery of services, have given a high priority to the improvement of environrnental health iare conditions in the camps. Through the self-help efforts of the refugee communities and with the sustained support of the local authorities concerned, essential work and was carried out during the year, as described below.
102. Subsidies amounting to more thë , $US 1.5 million were provided by the Agency ,9 of in cash or kind to self-help schemes. A major portion of the funds was used for repair and reconstruction in south Lebanon. Refugee communities paved pathways, constructed surface drains for the disposaI of rain water, laid sewer lines, alth improved water-supplies and reconstructed family latrines in camps which were hit by the fighting. The substantial community effort to restore waste-water disposaI ies systems and reconstruct latrines in the south Lebanon and Beirut areas did rnuch to ,. prevent epidemics.
er 103. In aIl Fields, most of the camps took advantage of the Agency's aid to carry ealth out community programmes. The scheme also prompted refugees to improve their es. family shelters, which are typically not only overcrowded but poorly insulated against the sometimes extreme climate.
f 104. The Government of Jordan has provided aIl shelters in the Talbieh camp with the indoor water taps. In the Syrian Arab Republic, Khan Eshieh camp has been linked to a municipal water supply network, and a scheme to provide indoor water taps at the Khan Dannoun, Sbeinch and Ein el-TaI camps is nearing completion. Nuseirat, e Maghazi and Bureij camps in the Gaza Strip have been connected to a regional water onal distribution system recently installed by the Israeli authorities. The Aqency re plans to subsidize self-help schemes to provide indoor water taps for the camps of lth Deir Ammar (~st Bank)u Rashidieh and Ein el-Hilwéh (Lebanon). Additional public d water points have been installed in the Jerash and Marka camps in Jordan to meet a growing need. And water chlorination systems have been further improved by the Agency in Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic.
105. The sewerage network in Ein el-Hilweh camp (destroyed by the war) has been largely restored, and work should be completed soon. In the Syrian Arab Republic, ammes additional sewers and sturdy cast iron man-hole covers were provided to improve the es, efficacy of sewerage systems in four camps. In the West Bank, the surface drainage of Am'ari camp has been linked with a municipal terminal sewer, and a self-help sewerage scheme is planned. with the help of the municipality concerned, a sewage pumping station is about to be installed, at a cost of $202,000, at the Ramallah t' WOmen's Training Centre, where the disposaI of waste water has become an acute nt on problem. The Government of Jordan, in co-operation with the Agency, plans to execute sewerage schemes at Baqa'a, Zarka and Irbid ca~ps. Efforts are also
-18- :ied continuing to start self-help sewerage Hchemes in the Rafah and Jabalia camps in 'rove the the Gaza Strip. In agreement with the R~fah Municipality, the Agency is making substantial contributions to a sewage disposaI scheme which includes the drainage of a hazardous waste water pool in the Rafah camp. Unfortunately, the work, which commenced a year and a half ago, is proceeding very slowly: it was expected that the pool would be drained by the spring of 1983, but it still exists. Garbage from the large Beach and Jabalia camps had to be transported by hired trucks at :able substantial costs to the Agency because the dumping area had been moved several and kilometres away by the Israeli authorities. For about one month previously, the ~es and authorities had prevented the Agency from dumping garbage at the former site, in causing considerable difficulties.
of 106. Skip-lift trucks and matching refuse containers are being obtained to improve alth the refuse collection system in the Jabalia and Beach camps. If money can be nities found, the Agency plans gradually to replace all of its slow-moving tractor-trailer 1 work units with more efficient equipment at the remaining six camps in the Gaza Strip. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the municipalities concerned for the removal of refuse from Marka and Zerka camps in Jordan and the Nairab camp in Agency Syria. Efforts are continuing to make similar arrangements for the Irbid camp in d for Jordan, and the Arroub and Kalandia camps in the West Bank. ways, 107. In collaboration with WHO, UNRWA has launched a programme to train sanitary re hit engineers to meet the Agency's needs for this kind of technically qualified staff. isposal Six civil engineers are being considered for WHO fellowships, while one from Gaza much to is already following a course in the United Kingdom. Chronic financial problems make it difficult for the Agency to augment its sanitation labour force to the extent justified by the increase in the work-load as camp populations grow, and as carry the physical ability of senior workers diminishes. ir ted 108. A serious problem of rodènt infestation in Gaza is being satisfactorily tackled by the Gaza Municipality with the co-operation of the Agency. An annual campaign carried out in the town and Beach camp, to which UNRWA has contributed with $3,000 towards.the purchase of rodenticides, has given encouraging results. It is linked hoped that the local authorities will extend the programme to the entire Strip. As aps at an integral part of the leishmaniasis control programme, rodent control is also in irat, progress in the Jericho area of the West Bank. 1 water ncy arnps of 6. Nutrition public rneet a 109. One of the main objectives of UNRWA's health programme is to combat the malnutrition among the refugees most at risk: children, pregnant and nursing women, tuberculosis patients who are not in hospital and the destitute. The data collected through routine surveillance of the growth and development of children been under five years of age who attend the child health clinics show that they are in public, good condition as far as feeding is concerned: cases of third-degree malnutrition rove the have virtually disappeared, while second-degree cases are very rare now. On the drainage other hand, the Department of Health is concerned that six-to-eight year olds may help not be adequately fed, and would extend the supplementary feeding programme to this sewage age-group if the funding were available. allah ute 110. The supplementary feeding programme provides mid-day meals and monthly to distribution of milk powder and extra rations to selected groups. At the 90 UNRWA D supplementary feeding centres and four voluntary agency centres, nutritionally
-19- balanced mid-day meals are served six days a week to chilCl=~n ü1J to the age of six, deg aIl of whom are eligible to receive them, and on medical q~ounds to older children, san sick adults and the destitute. In Lebanon, the authority give~ in 1982 to issue at mid-day meals to any Palestine refugee children up to the age of 15 years has been sho maintained, and about 7,500 children receive meals in addition b.:> the beneficiaries tou of the normal programme. Da cou Ill. A special high-protein high-calorie diet is also available daily to infants fro and children suffering from diarrhoea and malnutrition. vitamin A and D capsules corn are issued with the meals. Whole and skim milk powder are distributed to on non-breast-fed infants up to six months and to aIl children from 6 to 36 rnonths chi attending the child health clinics. Almost 72,000 children benefit from this suc programme (see annex l, table 7). Ta improve the standard of hygiene of the milk Col distribution operation, the Agency has installed three machines to pack milk powder. a 2 deg 112. In Jordan, as in previous years, the Agency has provided, on behalf of the Uni Government and against reirnbursement, milk and mid-day meals for persons displaced in 1967 (other than UNR~-registered refugees) who live in camps.
113. In collaboration with WHO, UNBWA conducted a nutrition survey in Jordan, the west Bank and Gaza. The survey covered about 8,000 children ~nder three years of 118 age, pregnant women and nursing mothers, and includea anthropom~tric, clinical and the bio-chemical examinations. The data are now being anâlysed by WHO headquarters. re the reh 7. Medical and para-medical educatiqn and training ass
114. The Agency maintained and further developed its progra~~e of education and 119 training in the field of health. in n move 115. In 1983/84, 129 refugee students held UNRWA medical university scholarships fac' (see annex l, table 5) and 206 refugee trainees were enrolled in courses for oper laboratory technicians, public health inspectors and assistant pharmacists in pres Agency training centres. Of these, 23 university students and 90 trainees either successfully completed their courses of study or were expected to pass their 120. qualifying examinations. past 28 w 116. SCholarships for basic university education are funded from donations re~eived from voluntary agencies for the ~urpose. While the need for nursing staff in UNRWA 121. is very great, ~~e Agency has no means of providing basic nursing training itself and relies entirely on outside sources. It is becoming more and more difficult to fill vacant posts with properly qualified staff (see also para. 100).
117. Intensive in-service training was carried out by the Department of Health for itA own staff in the various disciplines of the programme. Within the framework of a WHo-sponsorerl training and fellowship programme for health personnel, six pri f.elJ.owshipi~ were granted by WHO/EMRO in the academic year 1983/84 ~ two to medical betw officers (one each from Lebanon and Syria), to pursue a one-year post-graduate The training course leading to a Master's degree in community health at the university stil of Liverpool in England~ one to the area sanitation officer of the Hebron Area in conc the West Bank, to pursue a 22-month course in community health at the Bethlehem serv university~ one to a camp sanitation officec from Gaza, to pursue a nine-rnonth course in sanitation at Khartoum University~ one to the field sanitation officer, 122. Jordan, to pursue a one-year training course in public ?ealth leading t~ a Master's prov
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;( f r • degree at the University of Dundee, SCotland; and one to the assistant field r"".,; sanitation officer (\~~ter), Gaza, to pursue a course in public health engineering s at the Imperial College of SCience and Technology, London. WHO/EMRO also granted r short-term fellowships to the headquarters health educator for a two-week study ! h tour in school health education at the Demonstration Training and Research Centre, l d Damascus; and to 5 health and 10 teaching staff from Syria for a two-week training ~ a course in oral health at the same c~ntre (see also para. 97). A graduate nurse o from Gaza, on a one-year WHO fellowship for public health nursing, successfully G completed her training in Cairo in November. A medical officer from the west Bank, f on a WHO fellowship, successfully completed his 17-month training in maternaI and P child health in London in December 1983. A senior staff nurse from Jordan successfully completed a one-year post-basic midwifery training course at the College of Nursing, Amman in March. And a medical officer from Lebanon was awarded a 25-month Australian Government scholarship to pursue his studies towards the degree of Master of Public Health at the Commonwealth Institute of Health, 1 University of Sydney. 2 f
D. Relief services 1 e 118. The Agency's relief services comprise assistance to the destitute, including i the provision of basic food commoàities, blankets, clothing, shelter repair or reconstruction and cash grants; and, for aIl eligible refugees, welfare case-work, l the organization of youth and women's activities, adult training courses and r f rehabilitation OT Che disabled. In addition, a small measure of humanitarian assistance is still provided for persons disp12ced as a result of the June 1967 war. s o 119. The continued occupation of south Lebanon, the fighting in and around Tripoli c in north Lebanon and the general unrest in the remainder of the country resulted in P movements of the refugee population, damage and destruction to property and A e facilities v and unemployment among the refugees. The greatly increased relief operation described in the last report thus continued throughout most of the present reporting periode It is described in more detail in chapter I.
120. In the West Bank, the relief services cont.i.nued to be interrupted over the past year by local unrest, as a result of which one refugee was reported killed and 28 wounded by Israeli soldiers or armed Israeli civilians.
121. The position of the 4,350 refugees who were left stranded in the Egyptian sector of Rafah as a result of the re-establishment in April 1982 of the border between the Sinai and the Gaza Strip remains unchanged. The majority are unemployed and living in hardship. with the co-operation of the Egyptian and Israeli Governments, food and blankets are distributed to these refugees and they receive sorne schooling and health care. But these are interim measures which cannot continue indefinitely. The Agency understands that, within the accords 12 prior to Israel's withdrawal from Egyptian territory, an agreement had been reached between Egypt and Israel that the refugees should be relocated in the Gaza Strip. The agency further understands that this is one of a number of bilateral issues still outstanding between the two Governments, which the Agency is anxious to see concluded so that the refugees again have free access to UNRWA's facilities and services.
122. General Assembly resolution 38/83 C and its predecessors request the Agency to provide humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, on an emerqency basis and
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as a temporary measure to persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities but who are not registered with UNRWA as refugees. The relief operation in Lebanon was extended to non-registered palestinians who sought help. At the request of the Jordanian Government, the Agency has continued to distribute rations in Jordan on the Government's behalf to sorne 193,000 persons, and to provide schooling, supplementary feeding, milk, and medical, sanitation and other camp services to those residing in the post-1967 refugee camps. The Government reimburses tlle Agency for the cost of supplies used in the supplementary feeding and milk programmes and the cost of distributing basic rations to displaced persons ,
1. Eligibility and registration
123. The number of refugees registered with the Agency on 30 June 1984 was r u 2,034,314, compared with 1,957,061 on 3D June 1983. The eligibility of refugees for Agency services is continually monitored to the extent possible. a t
124. There are two categories of registration for refugees: one for those who are l eligible for aIl Agency services and the other for those who, mainly because of b income, are eligible for very few services. a 125. In 1982, the Agency decided to provide aIl refugees with individual l reqistration cards. previously, registration cards were issued to the head of the w family only. The individual cards are intended to reassure the refugees that the c suspension of the basic ration in the autumn of 1982 will not somehow deprive them q of their recognition by the international community as Palestine refugees, with s certain rights acknowledged by General Assembly resolutions. There are also m practical considerations: when two or more family members simultaneously need r4 Agency services at different places, they can use their personal cards to prove q eligibility, rather than taking turns to use a single family cardo Between té OCtober 1983 and June 1984, more than 283,000 of the 410,745 registered refuqees in d: the Gaza Strip requested an individual card and received one. In the Syrian Arab Republic, cards had been given to more than 50 per cent of the reqistered refugee cc population when the Syrian Government requested the Agency to cease issuing them. The Jordanian Government made strong representations to the Agency aqainst issuing 1.:: the cards in east Jordan and the West Bank. No cards have been given to the bE refugees in either place, and only a few Agency staff members in Jordan. No attempt has been made so far to issue the cards in Lebanon, because of the security situation there.
2. Rations
126. In its decision 36/462 of 16 March 1982, the General Assembly, inter alia, called upon Governments and organizations making contributions in kind to UNRWA either to give cash instead or to allow UNRWA to sell the contributions for cash. The Agency would continue to solicit contributions of foodstuffs sufficient to meet the needs of the hardship cases, the supplementary feeding programme and catering at the residential vocational and teacher-training centres; but the basic ration programme, which offered only a token food supplement mostly to persons who, Th anyway, were not hardship cases, ~ad the lowest priority among the Agency's ex programmes and could be phased out if cash resources were correspondingly increased Aq for higher priority services. mo
-22- 127. The need to conserve food stocks to provide aid to the refuqee victims of the war in Iebanon accelerated this development, ana trom September 1982 the klency ceased te distribute the basic ration everywhere except to beneficiaries in Lebanon.
128. General Assembly resolution 38/83 F of 15 December 1983, which also called upon aIl Governments to offer the necessary resources, requested the Commissioner-General "to resume on a continuinq basis the interruptea qeneral ration distribution to Palestine refuqees in aIl fields". Given the efforts to implement General Assembly decison 36/462 and the lack of sufficient resources, it has not been possible for the Aqency to comply with this resolution.
129. The klency nevertheless continued to provide emerQency food aid to sorne 158,750 reqistered and non-reqistered Palestine refuqees in Lebanon and to reqistered refuqees from Lebanon who were displaced in the Syrian Arab Republic until the end of March 1984. A further 36,085 reqistered refuqees who were affected by the fiqhtinq in and around Tripoli were qiven foOd aid for a periOd of two months at the end of 1983.
130. In addition, an averaqe of 24,000 refuqees in Lebanon who were considered to be in special need were treated as hardship cases and received foOd aid and other assistance throuqhout the reportinq periode
131. Food rations continue to be distributed to the hardship cases, which include widows, orphans, the aQed, the physically and mentally handicapped and the chronically sick. They also receive blankets. clothinQ. token cash aid. cash qrants for self-support projects, assistance in the repair or reconstruction of shelters and preferential access to vocational and teacher ttaininq. Needy persons must apply for this assistance, which is Qiven after verification (and periodic re-verification) by klency staff, followinq strict criteria, that the family has quite inadequate means. The level of AQency support still leaves haraship-case tamilies dependent on relatives and neiqhbours. After the qeneral ration distribution was suspended, the Aqency maae a public commitment to develop its assistance to the destitute, but the extent to which it will be able to make that commitment qood depends Larqe Ly on additional resources becominq available.
132. Ely the end of June 1984, the prooramme ot assistance to hardship cases was benefitinq 97,213 destitute persons AQency-wide~
Percentaq e of Number of reqistered haraship Number refuqee case families of persons population
Gaza 5 981 22 540 5.49 West [\rjj')k 5 089 20 788 5.93 Jordan 3 746 17 579 2.25 Syrian Arab Republic 4 973 12 413 5.28 Lebanon 6 247 23 893 9.33
The relatively hiqh percentaqe of destitute refuqees in Lebanon is readily explained by the ravaqes ot war and devastation of the economy. In Jordan, the AQency believes that the very much more favourable economic situation has enabled most refuqees to find work and support themselves.
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Cooking Skim milk Field Flour Rice Sugar oil Burghol powder
(kilograms per year)
Gaza 120 12 12 9 2 west Bank 119 13 12 9 1 1 Jordan 113 19 12 7.5 1 12 Syrian Arab Republic 76 Il 8.3 6 1.5 8 Lebanon 117 15 12.6 10 5 12
3. Camps and shelters
134. The population of the 61 'refugee camps has increased from 733,270 ta 763,773 since June 1983. The registered refugees living in camps represented 35.23 per cent of the registered refugee population, varying from 55.25 per cent in the Gaza Strip ta only 25.45 per cent in the West Bank. UNRWA provides services ta Palestine refugees whether they live in camps or note
135. The camps were constructed on Government land or on private land made available (with one or two minor exceptions) by the hast Governments, which remain responsible for the maintenance of law and arder and similar governmental functions as part of their normal responsibilities towards the population within their borders. It is desirable to distinguish between three categories of buildings in camps: installations const~ucted or rented by the Agency (~or example, schools, clinics and stores)f which are in the possession of the Agency and used by it for the purpose indicated; sheltsLs (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 themJ and houses and other buildings constructed and occupied or otherwise used by refugees (or others), for sorne of which the Agency might at most have given sorne assistance at the time they were constructed. It should be noted, too, that sorne camps contain large nurnbers of persons who are not registered refugees or even registered camp inhabitants. The camps established on the edges of towns have in the course of time ten~ed to merge with the towns and to be indistinguishable from other parts of them.
136. Absolutely essential maintenance of Agency buildings and installations continues to be done, but much important maintenance work (for example, external painting and road repair) has not been carried out because of lack of funds. This postponement adds to the problems in the following financial year, when the maintenance required might well be more serious and costs have risen.
137. The Agency assisted 328 families registered as special hardship cases in repairing or reconstructing their camp shelters during 1983 at a cost of $130,018.
138. Many self-help projects were completed, with the Agency contributing part of the cost and the refugee cornrnunities, municipalities o~ other local sources contributing the remainder in the form of labour, materials or cash. The
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Governments of Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic carried out various work r projects to improve living conditions and facilities in the camps (see paras. 104 !: i and 105). i l' 139. In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli authorities dernolished the shelters of 1 35 families (211 persons) on the borders of the Beach camp (see para. 184). Sorne of the families had built their shelters here after their original shelters were ll' r dernolished by the authorities in 1971 (see para. 140). The Agency has made r . representations to the authorities on behalf of these families on humanitarian 1 grounds, in an effort to obtain accommodation for them, but so far to no avail. l' 140. Details of the housing situation of the 2,554 refugee families whose shelters were demolished by the Israeli occupation authorities in the Gaza Strip ln 1971 are given in the SecretarY-General's report to the General Assembly (A/39/457). Sorne of these refugees are arnong those who have moved into new housing projects 1 developed by the Israeli authorities. Other refugees have purchased plots of land in these housing developments and built their own homes. But UNRWA is concerned i for the families still living in unsatisfactory conditions, many of whom were ~' reported last year (para. 117) to be in real hardship. After lengthy discussions with the authorities, the Agency was asked to provide up-to-date information on f these 88 families and a comprehensive review of their living conditions has been f ~ carried out. The survey found that 23 families were living in wretched l? accommodation, 18 families were unsatisfactorily housed, 37 were in satisfactory circumstances, nine had purchased land and built houses in government projects, and one family had died. The authorities have agreed to try to do something towards rehousing the remaining hardship cases, but maintain the position that they have no further obligation towards the other families.
l, 141. In the year under review, according to UNRWA records, 748 refuqee families (4,594 persons) moved to 550 plots of land in Israeli Government-sponsored housing projects, which they had purchased or (in the case of eight of the families) received as compensation. The Agency acknowledges that the accommodation provided in the projects is superior to the shelters in which these families were formerly living, and therefore supports voluntary moves, although it is disturbed that sorne refugees may be motivated by apprehension (see para. 184). Moreover, the overall shortage of housing for refugees in the Gaza Strip persists, partly because families rnoving from camps into the housing projects are required by the Israeli authorities to demolish the rooms they previously occupied. In the year under review, 1,063 rooms were dernolished for this reason and were therefore not available to rehouse families living in over-crowded conditions who do not have the financial means to move into the housing projects.
142. The punitiye demolition by the Israeli authorities of refugee shelters in the west Bank and south Lebanon is reported in paragraphs 178 and 187. i:
143. Hardship has been caused to the refugee population in the West Bank, particularly the aged and the very young, by the curfews imposed by the Israeli authorities on camps and by the barricading of entrances (see also para. 177).
4. Welfare
144. There are now 26,036 families registered with UNRWA as hardship cases, comprising 97,213 persons. Small cash grants totalling $267,190 were given to
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66,203 persons, while assistance in other forms was given to 50,381 persons. r Welfare workers helped solve individual and family problems through counselling and 1i 1· guidance. Artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices were given to 612 handicapped refugees, while 32 destitute persons, 153 old people and 43 orphans I- were placed in institutions, most of them free of charge. voluntary agencies donated 100 tons of used clothing to UNRWA for distribution to refugee welfare cases. And 253 destitute families were helped to repair or reconstruct their l,- shelters (not including Lebanon, on which see chapter 1). l f. f f.. 145. Pre-school activities for children are directed to the particular needs of the three- to six-year-olds and aim to develop their potential through play periods t supervised by trained teachers. There are 51 centres serving 4,816 children. The American Friends' Service Committee obtained funding for 16 UNRWA-operated centres ~ in the Gaza Strip, including one in the E9yptian sector of Rafah (see para. 121); the Holy Land Christian Mission finances and operates seven in the West Bank; and r the united Kingdom Save the Children Fund runs three in Lebanon. The remaining ~ centres are financed either by local groups or other voluntary agencies. ~ 1: . 146. Youth activities are carried out in co-operation with the world Alliance of 1 ~ Young Men's Christian Associations in 38 refugee camps. OVec the past year, 13,654 young refugees participated, including 1,334 boys under 16 years of age who f took part in self-improvement projects and recreational programmes. TWelve /; self-help projects were completed in camps by the members of youth activities r centres. In the west Bank, five of the centres were closed by the Israeli authorities, four of them throughout the reporting period, and in the Gaza Strip one of the centres was also closed, in both cases for activities regarded as 1 hostile (see para. 181). In the west Bank, the Agency itself closed the Centre at 1 r Jalazone for the entire year under review and the Fava'a centre from 12 February, bec~use of internaI disturbances. But at other centres there has been increased interest in the youth activities programme. In the Arroub camp in the west Bank, 1 refugee youngsters have constructed a new centre, which will soon be ready for use; ! and three new centres have been established under the Agency's auspices in Jordan r (prince Hassan Quarter, Sukhneh and Madaba). In the West Bank, the Agency also 1 i runs three carpentry centres where 48 young refugees who otherwise would not i .~ receive further education or training are equipped with basic skills during a 1 ; l.il . ·it one-year course• '~ ! " 147. Many of the refugee girls and young women, who are unable to complete formaI =~o~~;g':~~rn~:~~:;e:dk;:~s:a ';:~i~~a~~~~~So;h~tvi~~~l :~:h~:e:;~s~a:~~de 1, ri 1 i~ activities, embroidery and sewing centres are popular for this reason. The 1 t~ 16 women's activities centres offer a varied afternoon programme of, instruction in 1 !...•.•. ~~.~ crafts, health education and child care, literacy classes and cultural and sporting t '~ activities. Two new centres were opened in the Gaza strip in the past year, while
:.•..••.•.•••••.•.•.•~...' ~o~:r:a~o::;~no~:_;:a;x~~~:;~ni:oO;f::;~da~U~:t~~P::w~~g ~:n~:~:e~~ ~~::~~;~~~:: '.. embroidery and knitting, by hand and machine. At the end of the course, which over l. the past year was followed by 874 young women, the successful qraduates are awarded • a diploma which helps them obtain employment. In LebanOtl, the demand from women 1...... •1....•...·. for training which will enable them to make money has greatly increased with the 1 loss of normal sources of income (see para. 15). i ~1
:1f~t 1) 1 -26- d 148. Special training was provided for 133 disabled refugee children to integrate r them into the life of their conununity. FOrty-nine of them attended the Centre for the Blind in Gaza, which is operated for refugees by the Agency and financed by the 5 i pontifical Mission for palestine, and the others were trained at sirnilar l specialized institutions in the area. t 149. A new progranune was introduced in Jordan to help hardship cases to becorne self-supporting. Funds totalling JD 8,786.540 were granted to 17 farnilies to start t e carefully-studied projects. Five of these farnilies have already been removed frorn the hardship rolls.
150. A pilot project run with the co-operation and financial support of OXFAM, with the aim of showing the Suf camp community in Jordan how the disabled can be assisted in the conununity by the conununity, has been making slow but steady progresse The Agency is now seeking among voluntary organizations a partner to co-operate in a sirnilar scheme in a neighbouring camp whose inhabitants have requested it.
E. Personnel and administrative rnatters
1. Changes in the staffing table
151. OVer the year there was an increase of 140 posts in the staffing table:
30 June 1983 30 June 1984
(a) International posts
(i) UNRWA 110 103 (ii) UNESCO (fi11ed on non-reimbursable r loan) 21 Y 20 l' 1: (iii) WHO (filled on non-reimbursable i{ loan) 5 6 136 129 ~' 1 (b) LOcal posts 17,193 17,340 ~. s/ " 17,329 17,469
y Inc1uding one post reimbursed by the Japanese Governrnent.
ÈV See annex l, table 8, for details of the distribution of local posts.
152. The total number of staff occupying these posts is presently 16,931. Wornen represented 14.6 per cent of international staff and 35.1 per cent of local staff, cornpared with 18.4 per cent and 34.6 per cent respectively a year ago.
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30 June 1983 30 June 1984 >r (a) International staff :he (i) UNRWA 102 99
Men 83 85 lrt Women 19 14 >m (H) UNESCO 18 18
Men lth 16 16 women 2 2
(i ii) WHO 5 6
Men 3 4 Women 2 2
(b) Local staff 16,655 16,808
Men 10,890 10,912 Women 5,765 5,896
Cc) Total staff 16,780 16,931
:4 Men 10,992 11,017 women 5,788 5,914
153. Of the 103 UNRWA international posts, 6 are funded from the AQency's own budqet and 5 by non-qovernmental orqanizations (the Norweqian Refuqee Council, Redd barna ana the United Kinqdom Save the Children FUnd). The latter posts were established to assist with the emercency operation in Lebanon and they (and their incumbents) will be phased out as operations in Iebanon return to normal.
154. The marginal increase in the number of local posts was aue primarily to the employment of additional teachers to match the qrowth in the school population.
2. Local staff pay administration
155. with the participation of representatives of the staff ana administration, the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) conducted comprehensive pay surveys coverinq aIl local staff in the Syrian Arab Republic, the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the teachinq staff in Jordan. The ICSC Panel recommended increases in salaries, dependency allowances and interim social security supplements which would have increased the AQency's staff costs by about $23.9 million per annum. Other :ts. ICSC recommendations concerninq workinq hour differentials, health insurance and revised eliqibility for dependency allowance would have further increased the Aq ency's staff costs by an additional $6.1 million, brinqinq the total annual estimated increase in staff costs to $30 million. The recommended salary increases alone (incluainq the incorporation of the existinq cost-of-livinq allowance into the salary scales) would have cost over $21.6 million•.
-28- 156. The Cornmissioner-General expressed serious concern to the Commission that its recommendations did not appear to give sufficient consideration to prevailing conditions of service in the public sector of the local labour markets, despite the fact that the vast majority of employees in these markets who perform jobs similar to those in UNRWA are found in the public sector. The Commissioner-General recognizes that the Agency's staff are its most valuable asset and must be treated fairly and equitably. However, he could not justify to the Agency's contributors or the refuqees remuneration levels substantially higher than those applicable to most other employees in the outside local labour market who do similar work.
157. A further analysis of the survey data, made by the UNRWA administration with the assistance of the ICSC secretariat, resulted in revised pay lines which give more appropriate consideration to the public sector. The estimated annual cost of the salary scales constructed from these pay lines is $16.7 million - $4.9 million less than the scales recommended by the ICSC Panel.
158. On the basis of the ICSC panel's recommendations and the UNRWA administration's further analysis of the survey data, the Commissioner-General is convinced that significant improvements in conditions of service are both justified and necessary, to maintain comparability with the prevailing conditions of service in similar occupations in the local labour markets. He has therefore authorized increases in salaries, dependency allowances and Interim social security supplements which will cost $18.8 million per annum ($5.1 million per annum less than the estimated $23.9 million cost of the ICSC panel's recommendations). In response to the other ICSC recommendations, the Agency has adjusted working hours to reduce the impact of working hour differentials and has deferred consideration of revised health insurance premiums and eligibility for dependency allowances. This has reduced the estimated annual cost for these items from $6.1 million (the cost of the ICSC recommendat~ons) to $2.2 million. In total, the increases authorized by the commissioner-General will cost about $21 million per annum, i.e. sorne $9 million less than the ICSC recommendations. Redd 159. Because the Agency could not have made improvements of this magnitude in 1984 eir without substantially reducing services and staff, the commissioner-General decided to introduce pay increases in two instalments. The first instalment was included in the June 1984 payroll, back-dated to l November 1983, at an estimated annual he cost of $12 million. The second instalment will be introduced on l January 1985, at an estimated additional cost of $9.4 million per annum.
160. The Agency's staff unions and ICSC have been critical of the Commissioner General's decision to set improved conditions of service which do not fully reflect the recommenda~ions of the ICSC panel) and ICSC has informed the , the Commissioner-General that it can no longer conduct salary surveys for UNRWA. ~s Nevertheless, the Commissioner-General is satisfied that his decisions will result ttip in the staff being paid at the rates prevailing in the labour markets in which the Agency operates. ~ould 161. In addition to these comprehensive pay surveys! the Agency has engaged the consulting actuaries to the united Nations Joint staff Pension Fund to make a detailed study of social security systems in the Middle East to determine what modifications, if any, might be appropriate.to the Agency's separation benefits
~~s package to maintain overall conditions of service for UNRWA's locally-recruited :0 staff which reflect the prevailing conditions in the local labour market. The consultant's report is expected in mid-August 1984.
-29- t its 3. staff training and development te the 162. OVer the past year, increased attention has been given to staff developm~nt milar through training. With the assistance of consultants on loan from the Canadian Government, an assessment has been made of the skills required for greater eated effectiveness in middle and senior management positionsJ in-house courses are being tors held in the application of supervisory and work simplification techniquesJ and more e to staff have been sent on selected management courses offered by other institutions~ A number of locally-recruited staff are receiving EnQlish language training. rd th 163. Additionally, training in specifie professional areas is given to teaching and ive medical staff of the Departments of Education and Health, with the help of UNESCO st of and WHO fellowships, and to welfare staff of the Department of Relief Services. llion Staff members generally are encouraged to study for higher academic and professional qualifications, particularly where these are of direct relevance to the Agency's work, in which case financial assistance may be provided in the form of scholarships and special leave with paYe l is tified rvice F. Legal matters ~ed 1. Agency staff sas [n 164. The number of staff members arrested and detained by the local authorities in iurs the period under review il was somewhat smaller than in the previous year, but was :ion nonetheless cause for concern, particularly where no charge has been brought: .•• (the west Syrian Arab Gaza Bank Jordan Republic Lebanon
Arres~ed and released without charge or trial 3 9 10 4 14 1984 !cided Charged, tried and Ided sentenced 1 l 0 0 0 Il 185, Still detained without 0 0 0 0 0 charge at 30 June 1984 '- !flect 165. In November 1983, the Israeli Defence Force in Lebanon released most of the staff in their custody, although there have since been a number of arrests (and rearrests) and releases. At present, there are three staff in dete~tion, two of !sult whom have been in detention for over two years and removed from Lebanon ta Israel. 1 the In UNRWA's view this action of the Israeli authorities is contrary ta the Convention on the privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946, and the Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949.
166. With the exception of certain of the employees held by the Lebanese authorities, the Agency has had no success in obtaining access to its staff members :s while they are in detention. Nor do Governments or the other authorities concerned d provide adequate and timely information on the reasons for 'the arl'ast and detention of Agency staff. AS has been reported in previous years, in the absence of sufficient information, the Agency is unable to ascertain whether the staff
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)m~nt Immunities of the united Nations, 1946, and UNRWA's pertinent regulations are given lian proper effect.
~ :e beLnq 167. Last year's report (para. 158) referred to the request by the md more Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Government of Israel to reconsider ltions., its position that it was, in effect, for the Government itself to determine whether a charge against a staff member related to an official or unofficial act on his part. The SecretarY-General had reaffirmed the Organization's own right to ting and determine this. There has been no response to the request. JNESCO :es. 168. On 29 March 1984, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, without g1v1ng any reason, required the Director of UNRWA Affairs in the Syrian Arab Republic to Ioner-ece-vere re to leave the country within 48 hours. The commiss L immediately protested against the action as being contrary to the provisions of the United Nations ~ form Charter, the Convention on privileges and ImmunitieE of the united Nations, 1946, and the exchange of letters in August 1967 between ~e Minister for Foreign Affairs of Syria and the Secretary-General; and called upon the Government of Syria to reverse the decision and to give the reasons for its action. Tc date no response has been received. The Agency's Field Director left Damascus on 31 March 1984. The Secretary-General of tne united Nations has conveyed to the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic his deep concern and has expressed the earnest hope that the ies in Syrian authorities will give the most serious consideration to the issues raised in ut was this case. ,. 169. The difficulties in securing full recognition of first arrivaI privileges for expatriate area staff in Jordan (referred to in paragraph 160 of last year's ,ebanon report) ~ have still not been resolved. 170. The Agency has continued to face problems in Jordan as a result of Agency 14 staff being calIed upon to perform military service. One staff member was sentenced to a month's imprisonment ~or his failure to do so. The Agency has reiterated that its staff are exempt from military service, but the Government has o responded that aIl Jordanian citizens must comply, without exception. o 171. There has been no progress over the removal of the restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities on the dutY travel of UNRWA staff to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip~ mentioned in paragraph 161 of last year's report. ~ The Agency has pursued with the Syrian authorities the matter of their denying entry and exit f the visas in the united Nations laissez-passers to 10cally recruited Syrian and and palestinian staff members in the Syrian Arab Republic who are required to undertake o of duty travel. No progress can he reported. sraeL, 172. The difficulties UNRWA has encountered with regard to the interrogation of the its staff members by the Israeli authorities in the West Bank have eased. On the other hand, the authorities' practice in the Gaza Strip (mentioned in paragraph 162 of last year's report) ~ of summoning some staff for interrogation on several consecutive days, often during Agency working hours, has continued. In the absence members of other information, UNRWA regards this practice as a punitive measure, quite ncerned apart from its disruptive effect on the Agen9Y's operations, and has on severa1 tention occasions conveyed its concern to the authorities.
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'73. The protection of staff in Lebanon continued to be a source of concern to the 180 Agency (as did that of refugees generally - see paras. 30-32). A senior area staff vio member, who had earlier been threatened by a group calling itself the "Front for ent the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners", had his apartment made uninhabitable as in a result of two successive attacks, in one of which an Agency vehicle parked nea outside was also destroyed. At each stage, the Agency called upon the Israeli ace forces t" investigate the matter, to preverrt further attacks and to ensure the int protection of United Nations personnel and property. the pup 174. In June 1984, two international staff members in Beirut received anonymous up :breats of death if they did not immediately leave the country. The threats could re not b~ ignored, and the staff members were evacuated. The Lebanese authorities lave been duly informed. The Agency views this matter with utmost concern, as its 181 ability to operate in Lebanon depends on aU staff, including international staff, ins being allowed ta function without intimidation. sin The 175. FOr the first time since its inception, the Agency has established a special act panel of adjUdicators under the terms of Area Staff Regulations Il.1 and Il.2, ta (se rule on appeals against administrative decisions or disciplinary action.
2. hJenc} services anô frernises
176. Curfews imposed by the Israeli authorities in the West Bank in the reporting period mostly lasted a few heurs with littl~ effect on the Agency's operations. The longest curfew was four days, from 13 to 17 November 1983 at the Dheisheh camp, where essential services were nevertheless rnaintained.
177. However, further serious hardship has been caused to camp residents in the West Bank - and to the Agency in carrying out its services, especially in the removal of garbage and the voiding of septic t.anca - because entrances to the 183. Arroub, Dheisheh and Kalandia camps have been blocked with bricks and cement by the clea Israeli authorities. In July, the barricade previously constructed at the main mon entrame ta the Kalandia camp was strengthened. A road newly opened by the Agency is b at Dheisheh camp was closed from Novernber until the end of May. Some of the pat. s faci ta the main streets in JalaZ0ne and Askar camps were also blocked, the latter until auth the end ot May 1984. These actions followed s tone-throwing incidents. The costs sour of the barricades at Askar camp have been imposed on the refugee families living othe nearby. foca loca 178. Rooms in eight shelters in Aida and Jalazone camps and part of one shelter sole unit in the E~lata camp were sealed by the Israeli authorities as punitive measures youn against families for hostile acts said to have been committed by one or other of the their members. The Agency has taken up these matters with the Israeli authorities. the auth 179. The military authorities responded to stone-throwing at vehicles by children have and trainees at Kalandia by closing the Ralandia Vocational Training Centre for whic 48 days from l Novernber 1~j83 and the Kalandia Girls' School for 60 days from 2 November 1983. Similar incidents resulted in closure of the Jalazone Boys' and 184. Girls' Schools for 25 days. Tb discourage such incidents, the Agency has increased Stri the height of the wall/fences of the Kalandia Vocational Training Centre and of the auth Girlz g School and other installations on the opposite side of the road at Kalandia 200 Camp. Because of further stone-ithrowtnq incidents in May and June, the J.lgency bui1 e~ected additional fencing and made othe~ reinforcernen~s around the schools and camp oth~r installations. It plans to do more during the summe~ vacation.
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181. Four youth activities centres in the West Bank are still closed at the instance of the Israeli authorities: Kalandia since 13 December 1981, Dheisheh since 16 April 1982, Balata sinee 24 February 1983, and Aida sinee Il March 1983. The centre at Fawwar reopened on 14 June 1984. In the Gaza Strip, the Rafah youth activities centre has been closed by the Israeli authorities since 18 August 1983 (see para. 146).
182. Difficulties which have arisen with the Israeli authorities in the Gaza strip as a result of their interference with the Agency's building activities have been reporteà in previous years (see para. 167 of last year's report) • 21 The Israeli authorities have invoked local legislation of 1960, relating to the clearance of s constr uction projects. The Ag eney has argued that this leg islation is not B applicable to UNRWA, a position explicitly confirmed by the Government of Egypt, l which introduced it. The question of principle has not been resolved, although c there has been progress through practical arrangements by which the Agency R co-ordinates new construction projects with the Israeli authorities, without a subordinating its operationsto outside control. l 183. Wh ile the majority ot construction projects are now going ahead, however, the r clearance of 24 classrooms to avoid triple-shifting has been outstanding for three SI months, even though the Israeli authorities have assured the Agency that the matter T is being viewed favourably. Various other projects, mainly community-fuooed school a facilities and work at youth activities centres, are still being held up by the c authorities, who have given two reasons for their objections. One relates to the source ot r unds; -.... hich they believe is the Palestine Liberation or çaru ea t rcm the l other is their dislike of youth activities centres, which they regard as potential w focal points for political activity against them. The Agency believes that the D Loca I cc:...mmunity should be encouraged to fund school proj ects rather than rely 9 solely on UNRWAJ and that youth activities centres are among the few places where s young men can channel their energies into healthy pursuits rather than drift around a the streets of overcrowded camps. Funds for the latter projects are provIded from t the Agency's headquarters at Vienna. Discussions are continuing with the Israeli w authorities on these areas of current disagreement. Meanwhile, contracts which t have been stopped by the authorities have given rise to claims by contractors, u which UNRwA in turn has referred to the Israeli authorities. t a 184. There has been considerable apprehension in the refugee community in the Gaza p Strip over the demolition of shelters, heightened by the demolition by the Israeli a authorities of 73 private rooms in Beach ca~p belonging to 35 families of over a 200 persons. The authorities claim~d that the constructions were contraventions of b building regulations and that they had been built outside the boundaries of the camp, on state-owned land. In Rafah camp, the authorities marked for demolition a
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number of shelters a Lso alleged to be contraventions. During bulldozing, a ch~ld was killed and the deJlll..:>lition was discontinued. The à;;Jency has been informed by the authorities on several occasions, that new security roads were under construction, which would mean more shelters being scheduled for demolition. About 35 shelters in Nuseirat camp were marked with red for unknown reasons. AlI these and related press reports have provoked increased fears in the refugee conmunity. The SecretarY-G?neral's report on palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip (A/39/457) provides further details. (See also paras. 139-141.) J 185. paragraph 160 of last year's report 2/ r ezerrea "co an Agency s chool in Tyre whLch the Israeli forces had occupied after the invasion of south Iebanon in 1 June 1982, for the return of which the Agency had been pressing. In November 1983, the building was almost completely destr~ed by a truckful of explosives driven into the courtyard. The Agency is pursuing with the Israeli authorities the return of the site to the Agency and has also submitted a claim for the value of the building •
186. The Agency has had other problems a Lso with the occupation of its premises in Iebamn. For example, a school in Shatila camp was occupied f irst by a unit of the multinational forces stationed in Be ir ut-. and later by a unit of the Lebanese army. (Restoring the premises to a usable condition on their return has added to the Agency's expenses.) More critically, the Siblin Training Centre has been occupied since September by militiamen of the Iebanese Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). Bedding, kitOOen and other utensils were taken from the centre in October. Between 19 and 22 January, sorne 200 shells caused much damage to buildings on the lower campus of the Centre, which lies on a strategic hill overlooking the coast r oad , Representations have been made to the PSP leadership but without success. (See also paras. 5 and 60.)
187. As a punitive measure, the Israeli forces in south Lebanon demolished two retugee shelters in Burj el-Shemali camp and one in Ein el-Hilweh camp, in September. The demolitions also caused damage to the walls of adjacent shelters. The à;;Jency formally protested against these demolitions to the Israeli authorities, assisted the refugees to r econser uo t the shelters and presented a claim for compensation ta the Israeli authorities.
188. In May 1984, there were other serious incidents in the Ein el-Hilweh camp, when Israeli military personnel surrounded and searched certain refugee she1ters. During this operation, a demolition charge was exploded without warning, causing grave injuries to three refugees and minor injuries to several others. Eight shelters were serious1y damaged and 19 shelters slightly damaged. De~ite earlier assurances of prol~t access in such situations, UNRWA staff were frustrated in their ettorts to reach the Israeli military authorities. A senior Agency official was barred from entry to the Israeli Defence Force Liaison Office in saida, e nd was told that the officer on dutY had refused to see him. Agency officiaIs were also unable to contact the lOF Headquarters at the te1ephone numbers 9 iven to them for this purpose. This inability to Inake contact with Israeli military authorities in a situation of emergency is a matter of grave concern te the Agency, which has protested against these developments and callec1 upon the Israeli Government to take appropriate steps te ensure that rnmWA staff can have speedy access to the appropriate Israeli military officiaIs as the need arises. There has subsequent1y been sorne improvement.
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189. In Jordan, sorne Jlgency schools were used by the Q>verl'lllent as centres for ,,1 registration of voters and later as polling booths. The Agency has protested il, against auch use of its installations and is unable to accept by way of explanation il, that the Government was obliged to use the premises because of the no~availability of public buildings in the camps.
3. ClaiJtls asainst Governments
190. By resolution 38/83 l of 15 December 1983, the General Assernbly called upon Israel to conpensate the Agency for the loss and damage caused to its property and facilities resuhing from the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. A claim is now OOing presented to Israel in the amount of $4 ,381,867~ Concurrently, another claim is also being presented to Israel covering loss and damage caused to the Agency in the course of Israeli military action in Iebaoon before June 1982, in the amount of sis 4,9 01.
191. The Agency has not aucceeded, despite continuing efforts, in obtaining from the Government of Israel an indication as to whether it has cornpleted examination ot the Agency's claims lodged in 1969, arising out of to1.e 1967 hostilities.
192. Nor is the Agency able to report any progress wi '1 regard to ~lairns against the Jordanian Glvernrnent.
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CHAPTER III
FlNANCING UNRWA OPERATIONS
A. Reqular financial operations 1983
193. UNRWA's income and expenditure aQainst the 1983 reqular budqet is summarized below: §/
Thousands of US dollars Incane
Governments 130 793 Inter-qovernmental orqanizations 24 272 United Nations aQencies 7 710 l'bn-qovernmenta1 sources 3 509 Miscellaneous 3 268 Ekchanqe adjustments 4 915
Total i ncome 174 467
Expenditure Budqeted ktual Non- Total Recurrent recurrent Total
Etiucation services 131 523 114 341 Il 153 125 494 Health services 42 276 38 054 1 898 39 952 Relief services 21 204 lB 418 964 19 382 Other c osus 12 490 608 9 937 la 545
Total 207 493 171 421 23 952 195 373
Excess of expenditure and commitments over income 20 906 which was fundea by drawinq on Aqency assets
B. Financinq the Lebanon emerqency relief operation
194. The emerqency relief operation in Lebanon has been budqeted and accounted for separately trom the Aqency's reqular proqrammes. ~ number of special appeals were made to cover the costs involved. The followinq is a summary of the financinq of the operation trom June 1982 to March 1984:
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1 Thousands of US dollars
Appeals to date (excluding reconstruction)
Original appeal, June 1982 39 000 Revised appeal, November 1982 ($21.5 million for expenditure in 1982 and $21.9 million for 1983) 43 400 Appea 1 in Apri 1 198 3 for extension of emergency operations through winter 1983/84 9 135 North Iebaoon appeal, November 1983 1 246 Total 53 781
Income in response to appeals
Governments ana intergovernmental organizations 41 289 United Nations agencies 2 276 Non-governmental organizations 6 354 Total y 49 919
EKpenditure and commitments
June to December 1982 20 638 January to December 1983 37 067 January 1984 onwards 4 172 Total expenditure 61 877
y Excluding $256; 9 21 which represents part-pledges not received and now wr i tten off.
Th~ shortfall in incarne has been met by the diversion of stocks and cash from the Agency's regular programmes.
c. Lebanon E::merÇjen(;~·· reconstr uction k10gr amme, i'hase 1
195. On 24 June 1983, the commissioner-General launcheà an appeal for funds to finance the reconstruction of Agency installations and camp infrastructure and to enable refugees living in camps to rehabilitate their housing. In this phase, only work which the Agency expected to start immediately and hoped to complete over the tollowing months was included (see para. 177 of the 1982-1983 annual report). V
196. The following is a summary to 30 June 1984 of the financing of the programme, which has also been budgeted and accounted for separately from the Agency's regular operations;
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1983 1984 Total --(Thousands --of US dollars)
Incane
Governments 5 442 4 738 10 18o. Non-qovernmental orqanizations 45 45 5 442 .:1 783 10 225
Budqet F\mds committed (Thousands of US dollars)
Refuqee housinq 7 060 2 892 Camp infrastructure 2 620 l 152 Recons truction ot UNRWA installations 2 570 l 398 Equipment for reconstructed installations 380 Continqencies 370 13 000 5 442
(FOr information on the implementation ot the proqra~~e see paras. 24-29.)
o. Revised reqular budqet for 1984
197. The oriqinal budqet estimates for 1984 were presented in chapter III of the 1982-1983 annual report. 5/ As at June 1984, those estimates have been revised from $233 million to $235:1 million, an increase of $2.1 million. This increase results from the need to pay $1.1 million more than expected to locally-recruited staff (see paras. 155-160), as weIl as increased hospital subsidies (an additional $0.5 million) and miscellaneous rises in costs AQency-wide ($0.5 million) •
E. Proposed reqular budqet for 1985
198. The budqet proposed for UNRWA's reqular proqrammes in 1985 is $258.2 million, an increase of $23.1 million (10 per cent) over the 1984 bUdqet. This arises from an increase of $27.2 million in recurrent costs, which is partly offset by a reduction of $4.1 million in non-recurrent costs. 21
199. The budqet proposed for recurrent expenditure in 1985 is $231 million, compared with $203.8 million for 1984. The increase of $27.2 million provides for the followinq~ normal proqramme increases ($1.4 million, reduced to $0.7 million by savinqs) , mainly for education services as a result of the natural qrowth in school population; normal salary increments ($3.6 million)~ other staff costs ($18.5 million, of which $9.4 million is for the cost in 1985 of a second instalment of pay and other improvements for locally-recruited staff (see para. 159), and $9.1 million is a further consequence of continued inflation) : improvements in services ($2.5 million)~ and continued inflation in non-staff costs ($2 million, includinq increased hospital subsidies). On the assumption that there will be no siqnificant variations in present currency exchanqe rates, no material exchano e losses (or qains) are expeet ed to occur in 1985. 1lccordinqly no particular provision i s made for exchance losses in 19/?5, as normal day to day fluctuations in market rates can be absorbed, and the movements tend to cancel each other out.
-38- ~.-. -.(- r l 200. The budget proposed for non-recurrent expenditure in 1985 is $27.2 million, " compared with $31.3 million budgeted for 1984. It provides for the following~ 1 replacement of unserviceable vehicles and equipment ($1.7 million)J classrooms for ~ additional pupils (al million») urgently needed capital replacements, additions and improvements, particularly in education, shelter, medical and environrnental o sanitation facilities (aI9.3 million») and for increases in the provisions 10r f: 5 local staff separation benefits ($5 million, of which $2.3 million represent the 5 cost of outstanding ICSC recammendations on pay and allowances) and repatriation I~;; costs ($0.2 million) (see also paras. 211 and 212).
201. The provision for lncreased staff costs calls for a word of explanation. The greater part of the Agency's assistance to the Palestine refugees takes the form of r personal services, particularly those provided by teachers and health workers. FOr this reason, staff costs make up by far the largest item of expenditure in the l)ency's budget (an estimated 71 per cent in both 1984 and 1985). Consequently, the effects of high inflation on staff costs have a big impact on the total budget.
202. This apart, the Agency again foresees an increase in the number of staff, mainly because the growing number of school children requires more teachers and supervisors.
203. In 1985, education services will account for about 66 per cent of the total budget, compared wi th 22 per cent for health services, 10 per cent for relief services and 2 per cent for other costs. (Comparable figures for the 1984 budget are 64 per cent for education services, 20 per cent for health services, 10 per cent for relief services and 6 per cent for other costs.)
204. The recurrent budget for education services provides for continuation of the Agency's general education programme and the vocational, technical and pre-service Il teacher-training courses ~onducted in Agency centres, including an allowance for natural growth in the population -:-,~ 'ed by these programmes. some v ccaeronaf training outside UNRWA centres ana ..Jther minor activities are also budgeted under education services, as are scholarships at universities in or near the Agency's area of operations. The budget for non-recurrent costs provides for construction and equipment of classrooms to replace unsuitable premises and to avoid triple-shifting; additional multi-purpose rooms , school Hbraries and science m la::.oratoriesJ extraordinary maintenance and structural repairs to older schools and other buildingsJ and capital improvements at Agency training centres.
205. The proposed budget for health services, embracing the medical care, supplementary feeding and environrnental sanitation programmes, prov~des for sorne r improvement and expansion of existing services to cater for the basic needs of a slightly larger refugee population in 1985. The Agency has always tried to ensure that its health services do not fall below the level of those provided by host Governments for their own citizens. With the rapid increase in hospital costs and in the cost of supplies, utilities and staff required for UNRWA's own health centres, the l'gency continues to find i t extremely d ifficult to achieve this objective. The environmental sanitation progr emme allows only for the minimum ts expenditure needed to Inaintain essential community sanitation and water supply re services at reasonably safe levels in the refugee camps. 206. Staff and other health service costs are expected to increase in 1985, mainly because of inflationJ a few more staff will aIse be required. The budget provides ::h for the essential replacement of equipment in medical, supplementary feeding and
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camp sanitation installations, and for highl~l desirable improvements in facilities (including sewage disposal and water supply systems and construction of health centres and supplementary feeding centres). Camp sanitation improvement schemes ct also include self-help projects, in which the refugees take part with the Agency.
207. The budget for relief services, comprising shelter, assistance to the destitute and welfare progr ammes, foresees the continuation of services in 1985 at the same level as in 1984, except for a further modest expansion of the special hardship programme ($1.3 million). Given that staff costs will also rise, recurrent costs are expected to be slightly higher than in the previous year. If the Agency could afford it, it would give priority to improving its aid to the f destitute, which remains inadequate. r 208. The estimates for non-recurrent relief costs are mainly for improvements in housing and roads, replacement of essential equipment, sewing centre renovations and Ag ency contributions to self-help projects.
209. The overall support services and overhead activities which serve the operational programmes are grouped under canmon costs. These costs fall under three main headings as follows~
(a) Supply and tr ansport services, covering the procurement, control and warehousing of supplies and equipment, port operations, and passenger and freight tr ansport within the Agency 's area of operations;
(b) General administration, covering administration services a t hJency headquarters at Vienna and Amman, in the five Field Offices (including subordinate area and camp services offices), the Liaison Offices in New York and Cairo, and the public information services;
(c) Other internaI services, covering personnel and administrative services; translation, legal, financial and data processing services; internaI and external audit services; technical (architectural and engineering) services; and protective services.
210. The summary tables of the budget estimates, which follow paragraph 215 below, allocate these conunon costs to the three main categories of hJency services (education, health and relief) on the basd s of a detailed s tUdy of current Agency operations in aIl offices, from which they are extracted as weighted averages.
211. Other costs in the 1985 budget are estimated at about $6.2 million, compared with $13.9 million for 1984. Of this, $1 million will cover the recurrent staff costs still being incurred in the winding down of the basic ration programme. An estimated $5.2 million for non-recurrent costs comprises one-time adjustments in the provision for local staff separation benefits ($5 million in 1985 compared with $12.3 million in 1984) in line with pay increases, and an increase in the provision for the eventual return of local staff from Vienna and Amman to Beirut ($0.2 million).
212. Attention must be drawn to an under-provision in the budget. The growth of the separation benefits payable to its 17,000 staff bas out-stripped the Agency's ~j 1 ability to provide for these benefits. If the Agency suddenly stopped operations 1 'j for lack of incarne or any other càuse, aIl these staff wouId be entitled to receive " their benefits, presently valued at $70 million, foi which no funds have been set 1 'i aside to date.
-40- lities 213. In l"Î.ew of this burden on UNRWA's financial viability, the Conunissioner .th General :.... ~ 3gested during the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly that the .eme s contingent liability for separation benefits in the event of mass redundancies ency. should be placed on the regular budget of the United Nations. The Commissioner-G:!neral' s suggestion bas not been adopted. It is therefore clear that, in the evént of UNRWA's mandate not being extended or if the Agency ceases .985 at operations for some other reason, a special termination budget will be required and ial will need to be separately funded.
If 214. Attention must also be drawn to the existence of certain other material :he liabilities which are not included in these budget estimates;
Ca) The cost ot improvements in staff separation and other social security :s in benefits expeèted as a result of comparison of these benefits wi th the outside .ions market, in a review being conducted by consulting actuaries to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension li\1nd. As the consultants' report is still awaited, it is not yet possible to assess the costs involved. 1er (b) Provision for the purchase of annuities for the dependent spouses of staff members who die in service, at a cost not yet deterrnined but which could be $3 million for existing cases. md :eight Fe sUJl'rmaq' ot regular bud9~t estinlôtee., 1984 and 1985
215. The following tables present in sununary forro the budget estimates for the 1985 .d Lnate regular programmes together with comparative data on the revised budget fCl: 1984. and the :i Table A shows the estimates of recurrent costs, table B the estimates of ", non-recurrent costs and table C the estimates of total cosca , :vices) :ernal tective
below,
~gency
~s.
npared staff e. An ts in red with rovision
th of ,mcy's ations r€Ceive en set
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1985 1984 ~ proposed revised !s budqet budQet ~ and 1 e BiueatioJl services .j General education Elementary education 69 069 61 561 i, Preparatory education 44 590 38 716 Other activities 7 097 6 426 SUbtotal 120 756 106 703 :y Vocational and professional traininq 15 879 14 040 Share of common costs from part IV 15 973 14 049 Ina lOt 'fotal 152 608 134 792
Ile Health services Medical services 22 197 18 792 be Supplementary feedinq 12 492 11 542 En vironmental sanitation 9 207 7 940 Share of common costs from part IV 8 596 7 562
Total 52 492 45 836
1985 III. Belief services 4. Special hardship assistance 12 307 10 892 Belief and we1fare services 4 395 3 811 She1ter 627 606 Share of common costs from part IV 7577 6 664
Total 24 906 21 973
IVe Common costa Supply and transport services 10 520 9 280 Other internaI services 15 000 13 126 General administration 6 626 5 869
i" 'lbtal 32 146 28 275 J~ Costs e Ll.ocabed to proqrammes (32 146) (28 275) if V. Other costs Adjustment in provision for local staff separation benefits arisinq from pay increases .Mjustment in provision for local staff separation benefits payable if the h:)ency closes .Mjustment in provision for r.epatriation of local statf Windinq down of basic ration proqramme 978 1 213
'lbtal 978 1 213
Grand total 230 984 203 814 -42- -- Table B
k>n-recurrent costs (Thousands of United States dollars)
1985 1984 proposed revised budaet budaet 1. Education services General education E1ementary education 12 173 Il 091 Preparatory education l 975 l 503 Other activities 53 116 Subtotal 14 201 12 710 Vocational and professiona1 traininq 2 378 1 618 Share of common costs from part IV 699 481
Total 17 278 14 809
II. Health services Medical services 1 143 811 Supplementary feedinq 241 179 Environmental sanitation 1 245 l 071 Share of common costs from part IV 376 260
Total 3 005 2 321
III. Relief services Special haraship assistance 45 108 Relief and welfare services 530 580 Shelter 783 596 Share of common costs trom part IV 338 241
Total 1 696 1 525
IV. Common costs Supply and transport services 545 516 Other internaI services .704 443 General administration ----164 23 'lbta1 1 413 982 Costs a Lâocaced to proqrammes 1 413 (982)
V. Other costs Adjustment in provision for local staff separation benefits arisinq from pay increases 5 000 9 278 lldjustment in provision for local staff separation benefits payable if the ~ency closes 3 000 Adjustment in provision for repatriation of local staff 250 250 Lebanon Emerqency (continuation) 106
Total 5 250 12 634
Grand total 27 229 31 289 -43- --="--- .--:.~ F 1 ~ Table C :;! d 1 ·1 Total costs ! ,'1 (Thousands of United States dollars)
1985 1984 proposed revised budqet bude et; I. Education services General education Elementary education 81 242 72 652 Preparatory eàucation 46 565 40 219 Other activities 7 150 6 542 Subtotal 134 957 119 413 Vocational and professional traininQ 18 257 15 658 Share of canmon costs from part IV 16 672 14 530 Total ---169 e86 149 601 II. Health services Medical services 23 340 19 603 Supplementary feedinq 12 733 Il 721 Environmental senitation 10 452 9 011 Share of canmon costs trom part IV 8 972 7 822
Total 55 497 48 157
III. relief services Special haraship assistance 12 352 Il 000 Belief ana welfare services 4 925 4 391 Shelter 1 410 1 202 Share of common costs trom part IV 7 915 6 905
Total 26 602 23 498 T IV. Common costs i Supply and transport services Il 065 9 796 P Other internaI services 15 704 13 569 General administration 6 790 5 892 2 c Total 33 559 29 257 3 Costs a llocated to procremmee (33 559) (29 257) b V. Other costs b Adjustment in provision for local staff 0 separation benefits arisinq from pay i ncreases 5 000 9 '278 Ildjustment in provision for local staff separation benefits payable if the ~ency closes 3 000 Adjustment in provision for repatriation S ot local staff 250 250 Le banon Emerq ency (continuation) 106 Windinq down of basic ration programme 978 1 213
Total 6 228 , 13 847 L: l' j' Grand total 258 213 235 103
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~ " G. Fu ndI nq the reqular budqet, 1984 and 1985
216. UNRWA's budqet is made up of expenditure in cash and kind which relates to current operations and covers part of the qrowth in certain continqent liabilities on which expenditure can be deferred so lonq as there is no mass separation of staff. Deductinq the deterred cash costs from the AQency's budqet reduces the immediate fundinq requirement. The cash needs, after allowinq for expected contributions in kind and contributions from United Nations orqanizations, are as follows:
1984 1985 (Millions of United States dollars)
'Ibtal budqet estimates 235.1 258.2 Deferred cash costs (14.3) (S.3) Net annua1 requirements 210.S 249.9
Expected contributions in kind (15 .8 ) (17.0 )
Net cash requirements 204.5 232.9
Contributions fro~ the United Nations WHO and UNESCO (15.9) Y (7.5) Net cash fundinq needs 188.6 225.4
~ Of which $8.8 million represent a one-time contribution from the United Nations Emerqency Operations Trust FUnd. The balance, and the total shown for 1985, are for international staff costs.
These net cash needs indicate the leve1 at which UNRWA must appeal to the international community for voluntary contributions in cash to continue its proqrammes at existinq levels.
217. A further important factor determininq the Aqency's capacity to meet its current liabilities is the level of the cash balance at any time. As at 30 June 1984, the Aqency had received 46.8 per cent of cash income pledqed for 1984, alt.houqh by 31 December i t i s estimated that aIl but 3 per cent will have been received. Timely receipt of contributions is essential and the situation will be most critical in November ana December 1984, when a short term cash crisis could occur if contributions are not paid when expected.
Notes
1/ Bor further details, see the report ot the Commissioner-General to the Special Political Committee on 18 November 1983 (A/SPC/38/PV.34).
2/ The Director ot UNRWA Operations, Gaza, acts also as UNRWA Representative to Ek:lYpt.
21 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/38/13), para. 43.
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Note s (continued) 1
1 !/ See also the report of the secretary-General on respect for the 1 privileges and inununities of officiaIs of the United Nations and the specialized 1 r and related organizations to be submitted to the General Assembly under resolution 38/230.
5/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirth-eighth Session, Supplement No. 13 {A/38/13}. !/ UNRWA's accounts for 1983, together with the corresponding report of the Board of Auditors, will be submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session (see Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Supplement No. SC (A/39/s/Add.3}). In the present report, further details are given in tables 10-12 of annex I.
Il Recurrent costs include salaries, supplies, rents, subsidies and other continuing costs; non-recurrent costs include construction and equ ipment and other items not regularly incurred.
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STA~lS~lCAL INFQR~~~ION*
Table
1. Nurnber of registered persons (as at 30 June each year)
2. Distribution of registered population (as at 30 June 1984)
Chart 1: Age distribution of Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA (as at :he 31 December 1983)
3. Di stribution of refugee pupils receiving education in UNRwA schools (as at end October 1983)
Chart 2: Growth of UNRWA school population, elementary and preparatory cycles, 1950-1984 ter 4. Training places in UNR\\:A training cent-, (academic year 1983/1984)
5. University scholarship holders by facu.Lty and country of study (aCademic year 1983/1984)
6. Medical care services (as at 30 June 1984)
Chart 3: Communicable diseases Agency-wide, 1967-1983
7. Number of beneficiaries of UNRWA food aid programmes (1 July 1983 30 June 1984)
Chart 4: DNRWA organization (as at 1 May 1984)
8. Distribution of area and international posts (as at 30 June 1984)
9. International and le 11y-recruited staff (as at 30 June 1984)
10. Summary s tatement ot i ncane and expenditure (1 May 19 50 31 December 1984)
Il. Detailed statement ot incane (1 May 1950-31 December 1984)
* FUrther statistical information on UNRWA education and health programmes i s 9 iven in the followi ng UNRWA pu blications:
(a) UNRWA-UNESCO Department of Education Statistical Yearbook, 1982-1983
(b) Almual Report of the Director of Health, 1983.
For more detailed information on the financing of the Agency's programmes, see the audited financial statements fOi, the year ended 31 oecember 1983 and Report of the Board of Auditors, (Official Records ot the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, SUpplement No. SC (A/39/S/Add.3).
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12. Staternent of incorne frorn non-qovernmental sources for the year ended 31 Decernber 1983
13. Lebanon emerqency relief proqramme
(a) Statement of expenditure and commitments (6 June 1982-31 March 1984)
(b) Statement of incorne (6 June 1982-31 March 1984)
14. Reconstruction programme in Lebanon, Phase 1: Statement of income (24 June 1983-30 June 1984)
15. Direct Governrnent assistance to Palestine refugees (1 July 1983-30 June 1984)
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Table 1
Number of registered persons ~ (as at 30 June each year)
Field 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1984
Lebanon 127 600 100 820 136 561 159 810 175 958 196 855 226 554 256 207
Syrian Arab Republic 82 194 88 330 115 043 135 971 158 717 184 042 209 362 235 019
Jordan 506 200 502 135 613 743 688 089 506 038 625 857 716 372 781 564
West Bank - - - - 272 692 292 922 324 035 350 779 ....1 Gaza Strip 198 227 214 701 255 542 296 953 311 814 333 031 367 995 410 745 'fi
Total 914 221 BI 905 986 1 120 889 1 280 823 1 4251 219 1 632 707 1 844 318 2 034 314
~ These statistics are based on UNRWA's registration records which are updated continually. The number of registered refugees present in the Agency's area of operations, however, is almost certainly less than the population recorded. The Agency's budgeted expenditure is based not on the registration records but on the projected numbers of beneficiaries of its services. In 1983/1984, about 348,000 retugees enrolled in education or training programmes, 1.7 million were eligible for health care and 97,213 destitute persons received special hardship assistance. Additionally, temporary emergency programmes were mounted for about 180,000 retugees in Lebanon and 4,350 stranded in the Egyptian sector of Rafah fol10wing the re-establishment of the border between the Sinai and the Gaza Strip.
BI This total excludes 45,8ÙO persons receiving relief in Israel, who were the responsibility of UNRWA until June 1952. 1
Table 2
Distribution of registered population 1 (as at 30 June 1984) l' Percentage of Number Registereci registered of Total camp persons population not Field population camps population !I not in camps in camps
Lebanon 256 207 13 131 909 124 298 48.51
Syrian Arab Republic 235 019 10 72 416 165 355 70.36
Jordan 781 564 10 241 606 582 668 74.55
1 U1 West Bank 350 779 20 90 905 261 484 74.54 0 1 Gaza Strip 410 745 8 226 937 183 808 44.75
TOtal 2 034 314 61 763 773 1 317 613 64.77
!I The total camp population is made up as follows:
716,701 registered persons;
33,091 persons displaced as a resu1t of the June 1967 hostilities and subsequent fighting in'th~ Jordan Valley in early 1968 who are not registered with the Agency (see para. 122);
13,981 persons who are neither registered persons nor displaced persons. Chart 1
Age Distribution of Palestine Refugees Registered with UNRWA C.) CAs at 31 December 1983)
60+
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4
Ct) Tnese statlst/l:s oro based on the Ageney's reglltrotlon flcords whichdo not neelssarlly reflec:! the actual p'opulatlon due ta l'actors such as unrle0ritld blrthe and i:feiJthl and falle and dupllcate nlllletrail;;;,;;. l;: ~artlc ulgr, sorne parents do not reglster thelr ehlldren untll they flac:h scheel ag..
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Table 3
Distribution of refugee pupils receiving education in UNRWA schools !I (as at end OCtober 1983)
Number 'f of Number Total number UNRWA of Number of pupils in Number of pupils in of refugee Field schools teachers elementary classes b/ preparatory classes b/ pupils Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Lebanon 84 1 210 12 351 12 165 24 516 5 031 5 361 10 404 34 920 Y
Syrian ~ab Republic 115 1 514 11 168 16 889 34 651 8 521 1 126 16 241 50 904 Y
Jordan 213 3 805 41 290 45 521 92 811 22 008 19 108 41 716 134 521
1 West Bank 98 1 281 13 122 15 112 28 294 5 411 5 882 11 299 39 593 Ut N 1 Gaza Strip 143 2 211 32 282 28 617 60 959 11 099 10 243 21 342 82 301 ~
Total 653 10 021 122 813 118 424 241 231 52 082 48 926 101 008 342 245
.Y Excluding 98,044 refugee pupils attending elementary, preparatory and secondary government and private schools.
BI Including non-eligible children attending UNRWA schools, who now number 45,128. Of these, 11,950 are in the Gaza Strip, where al1 refugee children have always been regarded in practice as eligible for education services.
si 1,036 refugee pupils displaced from Lebanon are at present attending UNRWA schools in the Syrian Arab Republic.
~ In addition, 1,611 refugee children attend 16 pre-school centres served by 51 teachers.
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Chart 2
Growth of UNRWA School Population Elementary and Preparatory Cycle, 1950 -1984 360 . ; ; . : .
340
320
300
280
260 . : .X ~rat0!l . : .:.:.:. : l ...... : ..•. 'V)' "0 1:: 2110 C li) ~ 220 s:0 200 e--1:: U) 180 ~ ::J Q.. 160 '0
"-Q) 140 .0 E 120 ::J Z 100
80
60
40
20
0 ,lb 'b~
Proportion of Boys and Girls 1950-51 1983-84 ("2.000 Puplld (3"2,2"5 Pupill'
Boys 73.6%
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Table 4
Training places in UNRWA training centres (academic year 1983/1984)
syrian Arab Gaza Lebanon Republic Jordan West Bank Strip Ramallah l' Damascus Kalandia Ramallah Men's Gaza Siblin vocationa1 Amman waai Seer vocational Women's Teacher vocational Grand Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Total Total Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre MF MF MF M F MF MF MF MF MF A. Vocational and technical education 1. Post-preparatory level (a) 320 538 6 32 552 328 120 604 2 342 158 2 500 2. Post-secondary level (b) 189 43 135 41 136 225 91 192 168 741 479 1 220 Total 509 43 673 47 168 777 91 520 288 604 3 083 637 3 720
B. Pre-service teacher training 10 40 300 250 380 350 660 670 1 330
Grand Total 519 83 673 47 ;'00 418 777 91 520 668 350 604 3 743 1 307 5 050
!I Courses are offered in metal, electrical and building trades.
~ BI Courses are offered in technical, commercial and para-medical fields•
•1 Table 5
University scholarship holders by faculty and country of study (acadeaic year 1983/1984)
Syrian Arab West Grand Lebanon Republic Jordan Bdnk Egypt Others !I Total Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Engineering 15 2 13 3 94 8 39 7 8 - 3 - 172 20 192 Medical and para-medical -- 52 29 23 12 - - 6 3 3 1 84 45 129 Arts and sciences - 3 1 1 3 10 1 2 3 - 1 - 9 16 25 Total 15 5 66 33 120 30 40 9 17 3 7 1 265 81 346
~I In addition, during 1983/84 two scholarships from the World Intcllectual property Organization (WlPO) were awarded to refugees in response to an appeal by the General Assembly in its resolution 38/83 D of 15 December 1983. These scholarships were tenable outside the area of operations.
!I Other countries werel Algeria (1 male student), Iraq (1 male and 1 female students), saudi Arabia (2 male students), SOuth Yemen (1 male student), Sudan (1 male student) and Turkey (1 male student).
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Medical care services t ..... ,.. ., ~ •
Table 6
Medical care services (as at 30 June 1984)
Syrian Arab West Type of Service Lebanon Republic Jordan Bank Gaza Strip Total
A. Out-patient care
1. Curative services
Number of patients 174 669 106 589 289 713 113 874 110 969 795 814 Number of attendances: Medical treatments !I 654 353 400 990 892 666 671 116 1 093 656 3 712 781 Mental treatment 22 689 19 650 44 101 21 949 25 753 134 142
2. Maternal and child health care
pregnant women 668 912 2 656 1641 4 552 10 429 1 (average monthly attendance) U'I U'I 1 Children below 3 years 8 345 11571 28 730 15 221 30 322 94 189 (average attendance) ~
School children examined 5 076 14 306 12 335 16 958 11 719 60 394
Routine immunizations 47 616 40 851 105 439 45 489 100 288 339 683
,. B. In-patient care Hospital beds available 238 54 252 273 571 1 388
Number of patients admitted 22 899 3 310 901 12 070 28 543 67 723
Annual patient days per 1,000 503 73 15 237 297 174 population ratio
!I Includes attendance for medical consultations, injections, dressings and skin and eye treatment.
BI Consultations are monthly for age group 0-1 yearJ bi-monthly for age group 1-2 years, and tri-monthly for age group 2-3 years•
• K.#k~~,>-:J);;'Aj..#J'~~~"""i.~_:~::~~ ..:!iR<'"C'~~~~:-'"r~~~~f;'~-:'~;'c-~",";-,'-:----, "_'<":,""~C ... ~~tl·'t·~+, __ w", ...... ~..•.... ~..~~"~-'0~~ ...1 - Chart 3 Communicable Diseauts - Asency-Wide 1967 - 1983 TUIlERCUlOSIS O!ESPI!ATORY> 8 35 7 30 5 o87 68 611 70 71 72 73 74 75 75 77 76 79 80 !l1 62 B3 0 67 66 59 70 71 72 73 74 75 78 77 76 79 80 el 62 B3 y E A R YE A R TYPHOO F:VER 700 600 § 500 cr ~ 400 ~ ~ 300 ..b 200 100 .-56- !" ., • Table 7 Number of beneficiaries of UNRWA food aià programmes ~ (1 July 1983-30 June 1984) Arab West Gaza Lebanon Republic Jordan Bank Strip Total A. Supplementary feeding 1. Mid-day meal for beneficiaries below 15 years 12 832 4 918 7 707 7 940 8 063 41 460 2. Milk programme for beneficiaries below 3 years 6 403 9 661 23 652 9 879 22 201 71 796 3. Extra dry rations (a) pregnant and nursing women 831 Ê! 4 033 6 580 5 345 10 855 27 644 (b) TB out-patients 66 Ê! 20 118 226 167 597 1 ....VI 1 B. Basic ration programme s/ 33 154 c. SPecial hardship programme ~ 23 893 12 413 17 579 20 788 22 540 97 213 D. Emergency rations !I 153 260 5 490 - - - 158 750 !I The figures in this table are average monthly numbers, except for the mid-day mea1 programme, which ls an average daily number. Ê! Average for nine months only. s:I The basic ration programme ceased on 1 8eptember 1982 in Syria, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and on 1 November 1982 in Jordan. ~ As at 30 June 1984. !I Distributed in Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic to refugees displaced by the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in June 1982. The figures shown are an average for distributions over the year. In f ~ the immediate aftermath of the invasion, issues reachea a peak of 183,554. j' \-, IiiiiWmiWi_~~iiiiiJ-;::":-i;:~%ib.;;;;;:;r;;:7·:~1:;'~~~.~ ~';~'~~~~l;;;d~~~4L~i~d~~~~'5 W!'û§4 ..~~-~~~ .':; -_.. ·~~?t:~~~.~_ll~·:. 1 -;--~êï- i ~.-. '!"'C' ':~~~."...,~~,['._ '...M > .~'U. ",., .,.. >'0"". __"""",,,,1-' ...... - .- ...;J:.o;;.:..;:::;.GL"I il'i CIIIIn .. 1 '-OIlIMl_l. 1_,1_ ., CIlRQIISJ~ llIlPUI'I CllIIlIGIISJCIID-CJIRI1lW. '1 ~' 1 IX:~tW 1 1 1 LUI_ enlca , i DIYI8ItW CAlllO (2) !ll'l'IlIlIW. l r LIAISlIl ornez 1l!LA'l'I0IlS JmI YOM DIYISItW 1 l CRIEr AIIlINIS'1'IlATIVE OJ'FIClR (1) AUDI'l' l r SECRl!'1'ARIAT DIVISItW 1 l MAlt\GDIEII'1' DIVISIOIl 1 r- 1 1 D1!P1' 01" DI!P'l' 01" DI!P'l' 01" D!PT 01" D!P'1' 01" Jl'INANC! P!IlSOIIIl!L 1 LEGAL AJ'FAIRS l RELIEr SERVICES ] 1 mJCA'l'IOIl 1I!AL'l'B -r 1 "T ~ 1 1 BUDGET P!IlSOIlIlEL POLICY RELIEr SERVICES CURATIVE IIIDICIIlE DIVISION DIVISION DIVISION DIVISIOIl 1 1 H ] t Yt:RSOIIIlEL, SERYIeESl SUPPLY ~I~ MEnIC1- "CCOIlHTS DIVISIOIl DIVISION DIVISION DIVISIOII r 1 r1 ] PROCESSI1lG TECRNICAL VOCATIONAL & TECR- IIICAL mJCATIOII DIYISIOIl OJI'JI'ICE ] DIVISIOII TREr.SURY EllVIROIIŒIlTAL 1I!AL'l'B DIYISIOII ~ 5 FIELD 0JI'JI'Ie! DIIŒCTORS 1 JORDo\If, lIES'1' BAlIJ{, GAZA, S.A.H. & LmlANOll I!\JIlSING ~: 1 DIYISIOIl ~ (1) . Poet f'111ed ex-orr1eio by Deputy Ce-1ee1ll11e!'-General (2) Pan of IlNR"JA Repre.ntative, Egypt, f1Ued e...officio -58- by Field Office Director, Gue ~ ~ 1- 1 U) -Poat: t'Illet! ex-ot't'1e1O by Deput:y C.-iaaloner-General : (2) Post: of umrJA RepreMnhUve, Egypt:, fiUed e,..orticio -58- • by Field orfice Director, Gue J fIli!:E liiI Table 8 Distribution of area and international posts (as a t 30 June 1984) Headquarters Headquarters Syrian Arab Budget Heading (Vienna) (AmJIIan) Lebanon Republic Jordan West Bank Gaza Strip Total Ay I!?j A 1 A 1 A 1 A 1 A 1 A 1 A 1 Educntion services General 8 2 27 18 40 l 38.5 - 81 1 65 1 25 1 284.5 24 Teaching 2 - 25 .. 1 322 - 1 605 - 3 997 - 1 442 - 2 370 - 10 763 Manual -- - - 157 - 159 - 352 - 206 - 219 - 1 093 Subtotal 10 2 52 18 1 519 1 l 802.5 - 4 430 l 1 713 1 2 614 1 12 140.5 24 Health services General 12 3 3 3 162.5 2 167.5 - 271 - 225.5 - 241 - 1 082.5 8 Mailual - - -- 305 - 227 - 515 - 364 - 531 - 1 942 subtotal 12 3 3 3 467.5 2 394.5 - 786 - 589.5 - 772 - 3 024.5 8 Relief services General - 2 6 - 32.5 4 41 1 58 1 59.5 2; 69.5 l 266.5 11 1 Teaching 3 6 4 13 25 51 \II ------ID Manual 9 1 5 15 1 ------Subtotal - 2 6 - 35.5 4 56 1 62 1 "13.5 2 99.5 1 332.5 11 Common costa General 180 58 14 1 230.5 7 185 4 219.5 5 208.5 6 202.5 !Y 5 1 240 86 Manual - - 2 - 61 - 51 - 75 - 126 - 127 - 442 subtotal 180 58 16 l 291.5 7 236 4 294.5 5 334.5 6 329.5 5 1 682 86 Other costa General - - - - 7.5 - - - 18.5 - 8.5 - 6 - 40.5 Manual - -- - 17 - - - 62 15 - 26 - 120 Subtotal - - -- 24.5 - - - 80.5 - 23.5 - 32 - 160.5 TOTAL 202 65 77 22 2 338 14 2 489 5 5 653 7 2 734 9 3 847 7 17 340 129 !I Area, filleà by local recruitment. !Y International, filled by recruit.ent by ONRWA, UNESCO or WHO. ~ Includ•• 3 poeta in cairo Office. ., .s..:..:..0:'.~,:~~~..:!L~~::':': ,~ il Table 9 International and loca11y-recruited staff (as at 30 June 1984) A. Internationally-recruited staff j ." UNRWA UNESCO WHO TOTAL Female as Female as Female as Female as a percentage a percentage a percentage a percentage M !' of total M F of total M F of total M F of total US:; l ------l AS:; l ------l DI-D2 10 - - l -- 1 -- 12 P4-PS S3 l 1.9 lS 2 11.8 3 2 40.0 71 S 6.6 P1-P3 17 6 26.1 ------17 6 26.1 GS4-GS7 3 7 70.0 ------3 7 70.0 1 G\ 0 1 Total 85 14 14.1 16 2 11.1 4 2 33.3 105 18 14.6 B. Locally-recruited staff Male Fema1e Fema1e as a percentage of total Grades 14 and above 287 33 10.3 Grades 7-13 6 212 4 199 40.3 Grades 1-6 4 413 l 664 27.4 Total 10 912 5 896 35.1 Note on grades of locally-recruited staff: This system ot grading is specifie to UNRWA. For comparison purposes, posts established at grade 13 and above may be roughly equated with international Professional appointmentsJ posta established at grades 3-12 roughly compare with General Service appointmentsJ and grades 1-2 are Manual Horker posts. -- . __ .., ------_.- -~ -- "'--~&&"'.z equated with international professional appointmentsJ posta established at grades 3-12 roughly compare with General Service appointmentsJ and grades 1-2 are Manua1 Worker posts. -=- • Table 10 Summary statement of income and expenditure !I (1 MaY 1950-31 Decembe~ 1984) (United States dollars) Excess Income (shortage) Contributions of income by Other Total Expenditure over Governments Income income expenditure l May 1950 to 31 Dec. 1975 1 050 682 075 50 094 419 1 100 776 494 1 099 427 470 1 349 024 1 January to 31 Dec. 1976 112 261 271 !Y 8 457 398 120 718 669 !Y 114 774 837 5 943 832 1 January to 31 nec, 1977 114 109 995 El 8 868 471 122 978 466 126 771 889 (3 793 423) 1 January to 31 Dec. 1978 122 338 708 8 165 993 130 504 701 132 111 444 (1 606 743) 1 January to 31 Dec. 1979 138 639 249 !Y 13 549 278 152 188 527 !Y 158 871 622 (6 683 095) 1 January to 31 Dec. 1980 166 930 874 Y 17 638 122 184 568 996 183 677 394 891 602 1 January to 31 Dec. 1981 171 385 733 19 536 730 190 922 463 180 728 868 10 193 595 1 January to 31 Dec. 1982 y 168 494 448 13 382 724 181 877 172 182 854 940 (977 768) 1 January to 31 Dec. 1983 y 153 751 986 20 715 006 174 466 992 195 373 402 (20 906 410) 1 January to 31 Dec. 1984 y !JI 158 490 000 22 159 000 180 649 000 235 103 000 (54 454 000) .!Y 1 0'1 .... Total 2 357 084 339 182 567 141 2 539 651 480 2 609 694 866 1 !I The figures in this table reflect, for each year, the income and expenditure (including commitments) applicable to the budget for that year, regardless of when the income was received (except as indicated in footnotes (b) and (d) below) or the expenditure incurred. The accumulated figures for the period 1 May 1950-31 December 1975 are provided for record purposes. 21 Includes $6 million pledged for 1976 but too late to be reflected in the Agency's audited accounts for that year. si Excludes $6 million (see (b) above) reflected in the Agency's audited accounts for 1977. !Y Includes $6,044,034 pledged for 1979 but tl)O late to be reflected in the Agency's audited accounts for that year. y Excludes the late p1edge for 1979 (see (d) above) recorded in the Agency's audited accounts for 1980 as $6,035,215 (representing the value of the commodities actual1y received against the $6,044,034 pledged). y Exc1udes Lebanon emergency relief programmes. !JI Income as estimated, expenditure as budgeted. ~ This will be the position if budgeted expenditure is tully imp1emented and no additional income is received. ----- .. _-- -- _..- ~~~~~~...... LlU"':l"'''''''' expen01.1:Ure 1.5 rUl.l.y imp1emented and no additiona1 income i5 received. ~ll Detai1ed statement of income (1 May 1950-31 December 1984) (United States dollars) 1. Contributions from Governments 1r. 1984 !I f· For the period In kind ana 1 May 1950 to associated Grand Contributor 31 Deeember 1982 1983 cash cash Total Total Argentina 179 700 21 300 15 000 - 15 000 216 000 Australia 9 372 236 1 268 202 2 184 000 - 2 184 000 12 824 438 Austria 1 256 4Î1 132 000 132 000 - 132 000 1 520 471 Bahamas 1 OOQ 500 1 000 - 1 000 2 500 Bahrain 178 867 15 000 15 000 - 15 000 208 867 Bangladesh - - 5 000 - 5 000 5 000 Barbados 2 000 - 1 000 - 1 000 3 000 Be1gium 13 336 841 347 625 317 000 - 317 000 14 DOl 466 Benin 2 507 - - - - 2 507 1 Bolivia 5 000 - - - - 5 000 O'l '"1 Brazil 115 009 10 000 10 000 - 10 000 135 009 Burma 9 546 1 000 1 000 - 1 000 11 546 Cameroon 6 818 - - - - 6 818 canada 69 410 961 6 551 355 6 549 000 - 6 549 000 82 51.1 316 Central Afriean Republic 2 198 - - - - 2 198 Chile 28 500 5 000 5 000 - 5 000 38 500 China 253 279 !Y 50 000 50 000 - 50 000 353 279 congo 4 717 - - - 4 717 Cuba 5 000 - - - - 5 000 Cyprus 18 263 2 010 2 000 - 2 000 22 273 Democratie Kampuchea 7 141 - - - - 7 141 Democratie Yemen 750 --- - 750 Denmark 23 396 253 2 640 226 2 701 000 - 2 701 000 28 737 479 Dominiean Republie 6 000 - -- - 6 000 Egypt 5 532 955 7 299 7 000 - 7 000 5 547 254 El salvador 500 - --- 500 Ethiopia 38 500 - - - - 38 500 ~ ... 28 737 479 Denmark 23 396 253 2 640 226 2 701 000 2 701 000 OOminican Republic 6 000 6 000 Egypt 5 532 955 7 299 7 000 7 000 5 547 254 El salvador 500 500 Ethiopia 38 500 38 500 ~ - Table Il (continued) 1984 !I For the period In kina and 1 May 1950 to associated Grand ContributolC 31 December 1982 1983 cash cash Total Total Finland 3 504 032 315 516 539 000 539 000 4 358 548 France 34 780 713 l 193 700 1 036 000 131 000 l 167 000 37 141 413 Gambia 30 30 Gaza authoJ:ities 2 505 188 103 065 97 000 97 000 2 705 253 Germany, Fc~deral Republic of 65 550 148 3 455 981 3 509 000 J 509 000 72 515 129 Ghana 90 980 5 500 6 000 6 000 102 480 ~~:~Qce 918 498 50 000 55 000 55 000 1 023 498 Guinea 1 000 1 000 Haiti 7 000 7 000 Holy See 127 965 12 500 15 000 15 000 155 465 Honduras 2 500 2 500 1 Icelana 191 439 9 500 9 000 9 000 209 939 w '"1 India 533 349 19 822 19 000 19 000 572 171 Indonesia 313 268 18 000 8 000 8 000 339 268 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 342 047 30 000 30 000 372 047 Iraq la 457 229 la 457 229 Ireland 1 894 090 263 560 296 000 296 000 2 458 650 Israel la 962 991 219 422 261 000 261 000 11 443 413 Italy 6 768 902 1 220 391 1 455 000 1 455 000 9 444 293 Jamaica 37 370 3 000 3 000 3 000 43 370 Japan 70 120 595 9 828 615 8 500 000 4 549 000 13 049 000 92 998 210 Jordan 6 554 952 829 077 1 024 000 1 024 000 8 408 029 Kuwa1t 15 162 860 1 100 000 1 100 000 1 100 000 17 362 860 Lao People's Democratie Republ1c 4 687 4 687 Lebanon 1 836 001 58 562 44 000 44 000 1 938 563 Liberia 91 500 5 000 5 000 5 000 101 500 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 16 566 100 1 431 990 927 000 927 000 J.l1 925 090 Luxembourg 504 563 7 716 6 000 6 000 518 279 iIE" • Table 11 (continu~à) 1984 !I For the period In kind and 1 u ... 10rn ... .- ~ • Table 11 (continueà) 1984 !I For the period In kind and 1 May 1950 to associated Grand Contributor 31 December 1982 1983 cash cash Total Total Spain 10 476 133 1 000 000 1 000 000 - 1 000 000 12 476 133 Sri Lanka 23 767 2 000 - 2 000 2 000 27 767 Sudan 211 047 - 6 000 - 6 000 217 047 SL. '-,name 2 000 - - - - 2 000 Swaziland 660 -- - - 660 Sweden 96 938 418 7 914 065 7 555 000 - 7 555 000 112 407 483 Switzerland 32 273 720 4 417 900 812 000 3 214 000 !?I 4 026 000 40 717 620 Syrian Arab Repub1ic 3 284 149 134 938 - 126 000 126 000 3 54S 087 Thailand 186 685 15 640 17 000 - 17 000 219 325 Togo 2 445 - 1 000 - 1 000 3 445 Trinidad and Tobago 40 228 4 975 2 000 - 2 000 47 203 Tunisia 132 555 11 799 13 000 - 13 000 157 354 a-1 Turkey 305 759 20 000 20 000 - 20 000 345 759 U! 1 united Arab t~irates 6 255 927 !Y - 800 000 - 800 000 7 055 927 United Kingdom of Great B~itain and Northern Ireland 200 062 452 7 757 500 7 256 000 - 7 256 000 215 075 952 united States of America 1 000 364 592 67 000 000 67 000 000 - 67 000 000 1 134 364 592 Upper Volta 3 332 - - - - 3 332 Uruguay 5 000 - - - - 5 000 Venezuela 25 000 9 983 10 000 - 10 000 44 983 viet Nam 42 000 -- - - 42 000 Yemen 4- 000 - - - - 4 000 Yugoslavia 933 700 - - 25 000 25 000 958 700 Zaire 21 500 -- - - 21 500 Zimbabwe 39 200 6 510 5 000 - 5 000 50 710 Sundry Governments through the Wor1d Refugee year Stamp Plan 238 211 - - - 238 211 Subtota1 1 845 943 494 130 792 991 126 753 000 9 492 000 136- 245 000 2 112 981 485 .f... ~._ ,.... • 'fable 11 (CClIIltllllled) Il. ClaDtdbutiona trOll i"tergonr..~.~"~te~l~o'l'rgaH!,,~i~"lMt~iona~L~ ------_.li7i'fr"'iii~~··~;;~;;J:~;';iY$·r;""'~~~~";~.";;~;,,s~""')~~",,"~Ü"'â;'h",","'â' ~'- ", " = .i ~~_"""""""" """""~"", :; __~=~,~,_"---,~::_,~~",~ li1. 'l'able 11 C_tilllleCll Il. CIoDtdbutiCIIIII trOll 1.terfJOQr....te1 orta.lutlCIIIII 1"4 !I l'Or tH period 1. Und allll 1 lia)' 1950 to a._ietecl Grand contrlbutor 31 Decuber 1"2 1913 callh callh ~ta1 ~ta1 _.,' Buropean e-nlt)' 197 050 167 22 958 '95 17 517 000 4 701 000 22 245 000 242 254 162 1 QlIBC !Und 2 410 450 1 313 000 - - - 3 723 450 SUbtota1 199 460 617 24 271 9115 17 537 000 4 701 000 22 245 000 245 977 612 III. contributiona trOll united HatiCIIIII .genei•• 1984 !I Forth.period In Und ana Contributor 1 llay U50 to a._iatea Grand 31 Deceœber 11182 U83 callh callh ~tal ~tal United HatiOllll 35 419 785 5 1154 178 5 477 000 - 5 4i'7 000 46 850 1163 United Nation. s.ergency OperatioRll Trust Fund - - 8 871 000 - 8 871 UOO 8 871 000 United Nations 1 a- Childn:n's Fund 30 000 - - 30 000 a- - - I united Nations Educational, SCientific and Cultural Organization 14 610 501 1 338 032 - 1 102 000 1 102 000 17 050 533 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization " in palestine 300 - - - - 300 World Food Programme 1 650 866 !I - -- - 1 650 866 World Health Organization 3 658 065 417 791 - 431 000 432 000 4 507 856 SUbtotal 55 369 517 7 710 001 14 348 OCO 1 5~4 000 15 882 000 78 961 518 IV. Inco-e fram other sources 1984 !I For the period In Und and 1 May 1950 to allsociated Grand Contributor 31 Daceaber 1982 1983 cash cash Total Total Non-govern-ental sources 34 575 513 3 508 516 3 157 000 120 000 3 277 000 41 361 029 Miscellaneous inco.. and exchange adjustments 47 337 440 8 183 489 3 000 000 3 r 000 58 520 929 Subtotal 81 912 953 11 692 005 6 157 000 120 000 6 000 99 881 958 ~ Jill Table 11 (continued) u.: ~ Table 11 (continued) v. Surnmary of incorne frorn all sources 1984 Y For the periOO In kind and 1 May 1950 to associated Grand contributor 31 Decernber 1982 1983 cash cash Total Total Governrnents 1 845 943 494 130 792 991 126 753 000 9 492 000 136 245 000 2 112 981 485 Intergovernrnental organizations 199 460 617 24 271 995 17 537 000 4 708 000 22 245 000 245 977 612 United Nations agencies 55 369 517 7 710 001 14 348 000 1 534 000 15 882 000 78 961 518 Other sources 81 912 953 11 692 005 6 157 000 120 000 6 277 000 99 881 958 Pl~dges not paid and subsequently written off 1 848 907 1 848 907 1 (1'1 TOTAL INCOME 2 184 535 488 174 466 992 164 795 000 15 854 000 180 649 000 2 539 651 480 l' y The figures represen~ confirrned and expected pledges, rounded ott in thousands of dollars. BI COmmodities at donor's valuation. si Received up to 24 October 1971. By resolution 2758 (XXVI) of 25 October 1971, the General Assernbly, inter alia, decided "to restore all its rights to the people's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives ot its Governrnent as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-Shek frorn the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it". g/ Includes contributions made by Abu Dhabi betore being part ot Vnited Arab Ernirates. !I Special contributions to the Governrnent of Jordan (in 1971) and the Syrian Arab Republic (in 1977) for the benetit of the Palestine refugees. for which UNRWA acted as executing agent. As these contributions were used for purposes budgeted for by UNRWA, they have been included in the Agency's incorne and expenditure accounts. MbM~:2LMt;;R#A_'_~d:~,~.:~\,,~_-~}!~:t~'7'~:':~~'~~~ft'~-~-~·':"_"\~;--:-~"~-:~-7~:·-·--"-·-:""·:7""C<'-....,~-.,~'~~:'.,Tm~~~~-.""...,·,~.c~_~'_'~.~,~. ..,-'>"\.,-....,~~f'="~~~J • ',' __~_"V .,.. ~~""'~'--~""""""-,--,..,---,-,--,._--.~t=~"':1 ~...... - ~". ~ '"'-"~-""-"- '-- ....,'- '~,-'-'--". ,~~-~-~-----~----~--- .------.-.----~--'--'-,~---'-',,-':.,,~.---I il\] Table 12 Statement of incane from non-qovernmental sources for the year ended 31 December 1983 (United States dollars) Contr ibutor Amount American Friends Service Committee, United States of America 159 877 American Near East Refuqee Aid (ANERA), United States of America 58 120 Arabian American Dil Co. (ARAMCD), Saudi Arabia 240 000 Canadian Save the Children Fund (CANSAVE) 52 970 CARITAS, Swiss ana German Aid 5 000 Danish Refuqee Council 205 000 Garaqe Owners Federation Office Co. Ltd., Jordan 8 400 Holy Land Christian ~ission International 108 000 Joint Jordanian-Palestinian Fund 1 385 223 Norweqian Refuqee Council 418 706 OXFlM, Unitea Kinqdom of Great Britain ana Northern Ireland 52 828 ~I Pontifical ~ission for Palestine 173 133 l"'l Save the Children E\lna, United Kinqdom of Great Britain .-1 CIl and Northern Ireland 13 288 .-1 .Q III Swedish Save the Children Federation (Radda Barnen) 250 292 E-< Other donors 377 679 Total 3 508 516 -68- , 1 ~ _"J Table 13 ~~) Statement of expenditure and commitments for the Lebanon Emergency Relief programme (6 June 1982-31 March 1984 si) (United States dollars) Expenditure Expenditure BUdget in 1982/83 January-June 1~~4 BI Commitments BI Total Education services General education 4 534 000 2 306 158 - 95 688 2 401 846 Vocational training 1 208 000 716 108 - - 716 108 5 742 000 3 022 266 - 95 688 3 117 954 Health services Medical services 3 294 000 6 307 326 151 878 113 112 6 572 316 Supplementary feeding 2 224 000 3 158 926 181 883 3 340 809 Environmental sanitation 478 000 683 521 - 683 521 5 996 000 10 149 773 333 761 113 112 10 596 646 Relief services Basic rations 27 746 000 21 380 873 566 549 21 947 422 Shelter 16 588 000 11 OOl 511 - 11 001 511 Special hardship assistance 3 768 000 5 908 203 989 282 1 726 946 8 624 431 Relief and welfare services 38 026 5 135 43 161 48 102 000 38 328 613 1 560 966 1 726 946 41 616 525 1 0\ SUpply and transport 1 641 000 4 827 482 13U41 176 534.. 5 143 357 ID 1 Other internal services and general administration 954 OOQ. 1 331 054 25 950 1 357 004 Staff costs Compensation for loss of personal etfects 7 083 7 083 Evacuation costs for International staff and dependants 10 972 10 97~ Emergency subsistence al10wance for area staff ll....1J.1 27 771 45 826 45 826 Total 62 435 000 57 705 014 2 060 018 2 112 280 61 8T!.. 312 !I This programme ceased with effect 31 March 1984, but total expenditure has still to be finalized. The expenditure and commitment figures shown for 1984 reflect the accounts as of 30 June. BI Expenditure and commitments in 1984 have been carried forward trom 1983 commitments, with sorne adJustments: the sum of $793,829 has been transferred from special hardship assistance to medical services ($14,990), supplementary teeding ($181,866), basic rations ($565,888), relief and welfare services ($5,135), other internal services ($16,248) and general administration ($9,702). ~~~_i _~--,--w;__..: 1 --~------~ .. 1 Table 13 ~) Statement of incarne for the Lebanon Emergency Relief Programme (6 June 1982-31 March 1984) (United States dollars) I. Contributions from ~overnments 1 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 3 1984 (1.1-31.3) 1982-84 f In kind and In kind and In kind and Grand Cash associated cash Total ~ associated cash Total cash associated cash Total Total i\rgentina - 25 000 25 000 ------25 000 Australia 575 445 - 575 445 - 479 505 479 505 - - - 1 054 950 Austria 34 818 - 34 818 ------34 818 Be1gium - - - - 625 000 625 000 - - - 625 000 canada 758 120 - 758 120 ------758 120 China 20 000 - 20 000 ------20 000 Denmark 1 032 041 - 1 032 041 ------1 032 041 Egypt 50 000 - 50 000 5 000 - 5 000 - -- 55 000 Fin1and 531 124 - 531 124 ------531 124 France --- - 359 712 359 712 - - - 359 712 Germany, Fed. Rep. of 392 157 - 392 157 - 56 872 56 872 - 120 000 120 000 569 029 Greece - 145 000 145 000 5 000 - 5 000 -- - 150 000 Ice1and 18 200 - 18 200 ------18 200 1 -.J India 19 890 - 19 890 ------19 890 0 1 lta1y 335 000 2 389 640 2 724 640 - 247 843 247 843 --- 2 972 483 Japan --- 937 403 1 822 727 2 760 130 - -- 2 760 130 Nether1ands 650 523 - 650 523 ------650 523 New Zealand 17 984 - 17 984 ------17 984 Norway 584 163 - 584 163 ------584 163 saudi Arabia 2 915 452 - 2 915 452 ------i 915 452 Senega1 5 000 - 5 000 - ,- - -- - 5 000 Sweden 1 353 357 294 610 1 647 967 ------1 647 967 Switzerland 211 966 322 067 534 033 ------534 033 Thai1and 1 000 - 1 000 ------1 000 United Kingdom of Great - 1 850 274 1 850 274 ------1 850 274 Britain and Northern Ire1and United States of America 16 500 000 - 16 500 000 - 500 000 500 000 -- - 17 000 000 Yugos1avia - 7 813 7 813 ------7 813 26 006 240 5 034 404 31 040 644 947 403 4 091 659 5 039 062 - 120 000 120 000 36 199 706 ~ 11 1 l- J .. JI Table 13 (b) (continued) II. Contributions trom inter-governmental organization 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 3 1984 (1.1-31.3) 1982-84 In kind and In kind and In k1nd and Grand Cash associated cash ~ Cash associated cash ~ ~ assoc1atea cash ~ Total European community 88 000 3 082 973 3 170 973 57 200 1 861 583 1 918 783 - - - 5 089 756 III. Contributions trom United Nations agencies 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 3 1984 (1.1-31.3) 1982-84 In kind and In k1nd and In kind ana Grand ~ associated cash ~ ~ associated cash ~ ~ associated cash ~ total United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - 214 138 214 138 - 101 902 101 902 341 - 341 316 381 Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator 1 055 343 1 (UNDRO) - 1 055 343 ------1 055 343 ..... ~ 1 Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator through World Health Organization '(UNDRO/WHO) - 500 000 500 000 ------500 000 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - - - 7 500 - 7 500 - - - 7 500 United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) - - - - 8 075 8 075 - - - 8 075 World Health Organization (WHO) - 389 163 389 163 ------389 163 2 158 644 2 158 644 7 500 109 977 117 477 341 - 341 2 276 462 d l" ;;çg;@4M&B..!'-~~~II~!~!'!'r~!IIflJ!l~M.:,4I.~IIlI\IIIJ!~IW",~;i!"lM*""""t"'", • . _ . ._ • __,__~._, __... , .•.....,'. '....",...... , ',.: . """",_..C ";.:;":,,,. ··i':',~:·tt'··bt+ij-:.'\,,. 1 'h!M~.~}.l~,;3.;t,.' ''''!!l'i.'f': 4. :"i*iP. g'i!9."i!±'jIf!'!I\ii!"i".f}:""NF··ii'f'i'#.1?!O'il#JtKf"II\f44I\A..i,H 3. "p ~"'U hmMW U1U~il Ji )Yi"""·!~"'''F'v.\4''''~);!J"jp,ji4\''!'J;C,,"q4I;A.s;;\1$A$!4Ili#ll'iW!'JW.C%U .!./v~ ~ " 2. till.MIIL:. IItUJlWJR 4PiU g;;;;;;;:iJi& lI,?5'M"'<..>i!ijISiii#JiiQV ;;;;c>; #\il, ". '. .!'I!J'lf4bMt;lI!#J. ':",UM14=iJ#'L,0"·_''IT·_~f'ÇTJ y HlFn!!!p"""",~ -""':"'_"~:---'/ > ~" . ' ., , q .< . o. ••_J;ia;@J@"bt;;Ja.A :'"~'·":""·"'~':.:"i.""C.'}~it;.d,~f~~.s.-,- 1 ~ . Table 13 (b) (continued) IV. Contributions from non-governmenta1 and other sources 1 9 8 3 1984 (1.1-31.3) In kind and In kind antl Total ~ associated cash ~ ~ associated cash Total American Corporate Aid for Lebanon Inc. 50 000 American Friends Service Committee 22 165 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. 103 157 4 000 4 000 American Near East Refugee Aid Inc. (ANERA) 25 000 Austrian Air1ines 44 248 Austrian Volkshilfe 47 172 CARITAS, Ita1y 70 000 1 -.1 Charitable sources, Kuwait 80 000 '"1 Charity institutions sponsored by Palestine Liberation Organization 274 085 274 085 274 085 Christian Aid, Unitetl Kingdom 60 036 60 036 39 340 39 340 99 376 Finnish Refugee Counci1 21 112 21 112 17 331 17 331 38 443 He1p the Aged, United Kingdom 38 859 38 859 38 859 International Committee of the Red Cross 362 327 362 327 60 663 60 663 463 010 118: • lIII i1i1llf: Table 13 (b) (continued) 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 3 1984 (1.1-31.3) 1982-84 In kind and In kind and In kind and Grand 9!.!!!! associated cash ~ 9!.!!!! associateà cash ~ ~ associated cash ~ ~ Lutheran World Federation - 128 227 128 227 - 116 250 116 250 - - - 244 477 Lutheran World Federation/ Swedish National Committee - - - - 43 437 43 437 - - - 43 437 Lutheran Worlà Relief Inc., New York - 152 259 l.52 259 ------152 259 Middle East Council of Churches and Mennonite Central Committee - 6 291 6 291 ------6 291 Norwegian People's Relief Association -- -- 24 229 24 229 - - - 24 229 Norwegian Refugee Counci1 100 576 285 428 386 004 - 135 460 135 460 - - - 521 464 ..,1 w OXFAM, Belgium - 66 255 66 255 ------66 255 1 OXFAM, united Kingdom 139 951 205 329 345 280 ------345 280 Palestine Liberatj.on Organization - 479 402 479 402 - 1 509 959 1 509 959 - - - 1 989 361 Redd Barna, Norway - 48 399 48 399 - 43 001 43 001 - 32 738 32 738 124 138 Save the Children Fund, United Kingdom - 52 136 52 136 - 57 312 57 312 - 36 263 36 263 145 711 Swedish Save the Children Federation (Radda Barnen) - 816 218 816 218 - 26 651 26 651 - - - 842 869 The Committee of Heads of Local Councils, Galilee --- - 18 900 18 900 -- - 18 900 1~ J' _i!MIK!!!§'!':::'0~~"I::~!!~~~~~m~~·"';:·";l!'·', ' """""""""':""~'"''''''''''''''''~~'~'''~~'''''''''''~''~'~''''_''''''''''' "Vi .....1) ua .. Ai .. .J.'.' If.N" ..L!N!""',.'_W"'~1 ~ Table 13 (b) (continued) l 9 8 2 l 9 8 3 1984 (1.1-31.3) 1982-84 1 In k1nd and In k1ncl and In k1nd and Grand 9!.!!!!. assoc1ated cash ~ ~ assoc1ated cash ~ cash assoc1ated cash ~ ~ l The Japanese volunteer Centre, Bangkok - - - - l 500 l 500 - - - l 500 The POpularcommlttee, Wavel camp - - - l 953 - l 953 -- - 1 953 The Public Committee for Help to Palestine Refugees in Lebanon, Nahariya - 47 662 47 662 2 507 63 000 65 507 - - - 113 169 The Red Cross of Yugoslavia - - - - 759 759 - 759 759 l 518 1 ...... United Nations Association 1 of cyprus - - - 433 - 433 -- - 433 UNRWA staff memhers 64 571 - 64 571 ------64 571 Vienna International Centre staff - 9 050 9 050 ------9 050 Vienna International School -- - 511 - 511 - - - 511 World Vision International, United States of America 28 000 230 908 258 908 - 10 000 10 000 - - - 268 908 Other donors 2 689 3 601 6 290 1 362 303 1 665 55 - 55 8 010 490.823 3 594 290 4 085 113 6 766 2 192 115 2 198 881 55 69 760 69 815 6 353 809 l8lC :ml 1 \, 1 -- .. Table 13 (b) (continued) v. Surnmary of Income 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 3 1984 (1.1-31.3) 1982-84 In kind and In kind and In kind and Grand Cash associated cash Total Cash associated cash Total Cash associated cash Total Total Governments 26 006 240 5 034 404 31 040 644 947 403 4 091 659 5 039 062 - 120 000 120 000 36 199 706 Intergovernmental organization 88 000 3 082 973 3 170 973 57 200 1 861 583 1 918 783 - - - 5 089 756 united Nations agencies - 2 158 644 2 158 644 7 500 109 977 117 477 341 - 341 2 276 462 Non-governmental and other sources 490 823 3 594 290 4 085 113 6 766 2 192 115 2 198 881 55 69 760 69 815 6 353 809 Pledges not paid and subsequently written off - 256 921 256 921 ------256 921 1 -J 111 26 585 063 14 127 232 40 712 295 1 018 869 8 255 334 9 274 203 396 189 760 190 156 50 176 654 1 - Table 14 Statement ot incorne tor the Reconstruction Proqr~mme in Lebanon - Phase l (24 June 1983-30 June 1984) (United States dollars) Note. I. Contributions trom Gover~~ents 1983 1984 Denmark 613 717 Finland 266 430 Federal Republic of Germany 75 829 Netherlands 329 375 Ed ueati Saudi Arabia 4 000 000 servi Switzerland 183 150 united Kinqdom of Great Britain 723 589 ~ 738 500 Social an~ Northern Ireland servi united States of America 3 250 000 Medical -----5 <,\42 090 4 738 500 servie Housinq II. Contributions from non-qovernmental orqanizations Securit servi CORSO, New Zealand 9 744 Worla Vision International, United States 35 000 Miscell of America servi< Adrninis 44 744 costs 5 442 090 4 783 244 Toté Total 1983-1984 la 225 334 ~/ contribL ~ Pledqe recorded in official accounts as at 31 Decernber 1983. Actual receipt in 1984 recorded as $728.000. ~ V administ -76- Table 15 Direct Government assistance to Palestine refuqees ~ (1 July 1983-30 June 1984) Note. AlI data in the table below are shown as reported by the Governments 1. concerned and are expressed in United States dollars (computed by applyinq the Aqency's accountinq rates of exchanqe, which are based on official or Reso free market rates, as ap propri at.e) • 194 212 Syrian Arab 302 El:l ypt Israel El Jordan'!y Lebanon'!y Republic 393 513 614 Ed ueation 70 833 000 25 947 436 27 489 541 720 services 818 916 Social welfare 3 512 000 3 481 271 1 846 080 1018 services 1191 1315 Medical 1 602 500 1456 services 1604 1725 Housinq 3 563 960 1856 1912 Security 4 743 400 2002 services 2052 2154 Miscellaneous 6 908 396 2252 services 2341 Administrative 167 070 000 25 913 367 4 666 480 2. costs Total 241 465 000 55 342 074 50 820 357 ~/ This assistance was renderea direct to the refuqees, in addition to 3. contributions to UNRWA (see table Il) • El Figures not received. si Health services are included with social welfare service. 2/ Housinq and miscel1aneous services are included in administrative costs. §I Housinq, security and miscellaneous services are included in administcative costs. -77- ~j ANNEX II '1 j Pertinent records ot the General Assembly 4. "1 anà other United Nations boàies ~ 1. General Assembly resolutions Resolution number Date of adoption Resolution number Date of adoption 5. 194 (III) Il December 1948 2452 (XXIII) 19 December 1968 212 (III) 19 November 1948 2535 (XXIV) 10 December 1969 302 (IV) 8 December 1949 2656 (XXV) 7 December 1970 393 (V) 2 December 1950 2672 (XXV) 8 December 1970 513 (VI) 26 January 1952 2728 (XXV) 15 December 1970 614 (VII) 6 November 1952 2791 (XXVI) 6 December 1971 720 (VIII) 27 Ï'bvember 1953 2792 A to E (XXVI) 6 December 19 71 818 (IX) 4 December 1954 2963 A to F (XXVII) 13 December 1972 916 (X) 3 December 1955 2964 (XXVI I) 13 December 1972 1018 (XI) 28 February 1957 3089 A to E (XXVIII) 7 December 1973 1191 (XI I) 12 December 1957 3090 (XXVIII) 7 December 1973 6. 1315 (XIII) 12 December 1958 3330 (XXIX) 17 December 1974 1456 (XIV) 9 December 1959 3331 (XXIX) 17 December 1974 1604 (XV) 21 Apl' il 1961 3410 (XXX) 8 December 1975 1725 (XVI) 20 December 1961 31/15 A to E 24 Ï'bvember 1976 1856 (XVII) 20 December 1962 32/90 A to F 13 December 1977 1912 (XVIII) 3 December 1963 33/112 A to F 18 December 1978 2002 (XIX) 10 Fe bruary 1965 34/52 A to F 23 November 1979 2052 (XX) 15 December 1965 35/13 A to F 3 lbvember 1980 2154 (XXI) 17 November 1966 36/146 A to H 16 December 1981 2252 (ES-V) 4 July 1967 37/120 A to K 16 December 1982 2341 (XXII) 19 December 1967 38/83 A to K 15 December 1983 2. General Assembly decision Decision number Date of adoption 36/462 16 March 1982 3. Reports of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA 1982: Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/37/13). Ibid., Thirty-seventh Session, Annexes, aQenda item 65, document A/37/479 (special report). 1983: Ibid., Thirty-eiqhth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/38/13 and Cor r .1) • -78- ::_=----===-=, 1 4. Audited Financial Statements 1982~ Official RecordS ot the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 5 C (A/37/5/Add.3). 1983: Ibid., Thirty-eiqhth Session. Supplement No. 5 C (A/38/5/Add.3). 5. Reports of the workinq Group on the Financinq of UNRwA 1982: Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session. Annexes, aqenda item 60, document A/36/866 and Corr.l (special report). ~., Thirty-seventh Session, Annexes, aqenda item 65. document A/37/591. 1983: Ibid., Thirty-eiqhth Session, Annexes. aqenda item 73, document A/38/558. 6. Reports of the SecretarY-General 1982~ Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 36/70 of 4 December 1981 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Annexes, aqenda item 12, document A/37/214 and Add. l (Assistance to the Palestinian People». Report of the SecretarY-General in pursuance of resol~tion 36/146 A of 16 December 1981 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session. Annexes, aqenda item 65, document A/37/425 and Corr.l (Palestine refuqees in the Gaza Strip». Report of the SecretarY-General in pursuance of resolution 36/146 B of 16 December 1981 (Official Recoras of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session. Annexes, aqenda item 65, document A/37/426 (Population and refuqees displaced since 1967». Report of the SecretarY-General in pursuance of resolution 36/146 G of 16 December 1981 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Annexes, aqenda item 65, document A/37/599 (Question of the establishment of a University at Jerusalem». Report of the SecretarY-General in pursuance of resolution 36/146 H of 16 December 1981 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Annexes. aqenda item 65, document A/37/427 7. (Offer.s of scholarships and qrants for hiqh education for Palestine refuqees) )• Report of the SecretarY-General in pursuance of resolution 36/205 of 17 December 1981 (Official Records ot the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Annexes, aqenda item 74 (b) aocument A/37/508 and Add.l (Assistance for the reconstruction and development of I.êbanon» • Ge pr av 84 -79- 1983: Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 37/120 C of 16 December 1982 (Off icial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth Session, Annexes, aqenda item 73, document A/38/386 (Question of the establishment of a University at Jerusalem». Report of the SecretarY-General in pursuance of resolution 37/120 D of 16 December 1982 (Off icial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth Session, Annexe~. aqenda item 73, document A/38/149 (Offers by Member States of qrants and scholarships for hiqher education, includinq vocational traininq, for the Palestine refuqees». Report of the secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 37/120 E of 16 December 1982 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth session, Annexes. aqenda item 73, document A/38/418 (Palestine refuqees in the Gaza Strip». Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 37/120 G of 16 December 1982 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth Session, Annexes, aqenda item 73. document A/38/419 (Population and refuqees displaced since 1967». Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 37/120 l of 16 December 1982 (Off icial Record s of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth Session, Annexes, aqenda item 73, document A/38/382 (Special identification cardS for aIl Palestine refuqees». Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 37/120 J of 16 December 19~2 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth Session, Annexes, aqenda item 73, document A/38/420 and Corr.l (Protection of Palestine refuqees». Report of the SecretarY-General in pursuance of resolution 37/134 of 17 December 1982 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqhth Session, Annexes, aqenda item 12, document A/38/207 (Assistance to the Palestinian people». Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of resolution 37/163 of 17 December 1982 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eiqht Session, Annexes, aqenda item 81 (b), document A/38/217 and Add.l (Assistance for the reconstruction and development Lf Iebanon» • 7. 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