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| Name: | UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency
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| Position: | No Position Found to the question What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? | |||||||||
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no stated position
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| A. Description: |
"UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was established by United Nations General Assembly resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. The Agency began operations on 1 May 1950. In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA's mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June 2005."
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| B. Structure: | Subsidiary branch of the United Nations
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| C. Members: | 4.1 million registered Palestine refugees | |||||||||
| US$ 305.9 million
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| E. Sr. Executive: | Peter Hansen | |||||||||
| F. Title: | Commissioner-General | |||||||||
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| H: # of offices: | 5 field offices:
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| I: Staff: |
24,324 (99% are locally-recruited Palestinians, almost all of them Palestine refugees)
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| Relevant Affiliations: | UNRWA is a subsidiary branch of the United Nations
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