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Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (2006-2007)
Endnotes
1 See Denise Plattner, “ICRC neutrality and neutrality in humanitarian assistance,” International Review of the Red Cross 311, April
1996, p. 161–179.
2 Guiding Principles on the Right to Humanitarian Assistance, The Council of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San
Remo, April 1994, Principle 9. See also Christa Rottensteiner, “The denial of humanitarian assistance as a crime under international
law,” International Review of the Red Cross 835, August 1999, p. 555–582.
3 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (“Refugee Convention”), 28 July 1951, Article 23.
4 UNHCR, Integration Rights and Practices with Regard to Recognised Refugees in the Central European Countries: Part II, July 2000,
Chapter V, pp. 215, 217.
5 “1. National authorities have the primary duty and responsibility to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to internally
displaced persons within their jurisdiction. 2. Internally displaced persons have the right to request and to receive protection and
humanitarian assistance from these authorities. They shall not be persecuted or punished for making such a request.” The Guiding
Principles on Internal Displacement. UN Doc. E/CN.4/1998/53/Add. 2, 11 February 1998, Principle 3.
6 Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen are signatories, but (with the exception of
Egypt) host only small numbers of Palestinian refugees.
7 Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians, 11 September 1965 (Casablanca Protocol). Available at http://www.badil.org/Documents/
Protection/LAS/Casablanca-Protocol.htm.
8 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (OAU Convention), effective 20 June 1974, 10 September
1969, 1001 UNTS 1945.
9 Kuwait, Lebanon, and Libya endorsed the Protocol, but with reservations. Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Tunisia are not
signatories.
10 Resolutions and Decisions of the General Assembly and the Security Council Relating to the Question of Palestine, A/AC.183/
L.2/Add. 28, 21 May 2007, UNGA Resolution 61/112.
11 “Palestine Refugee Problem”, Annex I, Washington, 22 April 1948, Foreign Relations of the United States 1949, p. 938. Cited in
Neff, Donald, Fallen Pillars: US Policy towards Palestine and Israel since 1945. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1995,
p. 69. The same report noted “the total direct relief offered … by the Israeli government to date consists of 500 cases of oranges.”
12 In Jordan, the department responsible for Palestinian refugees is linked directly to the Office of the Prime Minister.
13 The Jordanian government provides cash assistance to approximately 120,000 refugees. Report of the Commissioner-General of the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, 1 July 2004–30 June 2005. UN GAOR, Sixtieth
Session, Supp. 13 (A/60/13), 2005.
14 Report of the Commissioner-General, 1 July 2004–30 June 2005. UN GAOR, Sixtieth Session, Supp. 13 (A/60/13), 2005, paras.
37, 38, 39, p. 8.
15 Pact of the League of Arab States, effective 10 May 1945, 22 March 1945, 70 UNTS, 248, 252. The 21 members of the LAS are
Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
16 LAS, Council of Ministers, Resolution 325, 12 June 1950.
17 LAS Resolution 4645, 6 April 1987.
18 In 1952, Israel suggested to UNRWA that it take over responsibility for Palestinian refugees within its territory. Under financial
pressure and seeking resettlement opportunities, UNRWA accepted and ceased to operate in Israel. UNRWA also let the files
of Palestinian refugees located within Israel, and who had registered for assistance, become dormant. Although never officially
amended, the case of Palestinian refugees in Israel was thereafter considered closed by the international community and Israel.
19 The common denominator for “shelter villages” was that IDPs constituted the majority of the residents. However, the distinction
between shelter villages and villages that were not designated as such was not absolutely clear. The RRA, for example, also operated
in Reine (Nazareth); and shelter villages also absorbed refugees who were not transferred by the RRA. Cohen, Hillel, The Present
Absentees: Palestinian Refugees in Israel since 1948. Jerusalem: Institute for Israeli-Arab Studies, 2000, pp. 26–27.
20 Cohen, Hillel, The Present Absentees.
21 Cohen, Hillel, The Present Absentees.
22 Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949, Article 55.
23 Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949, Articles 23 and 59.
24 See UNRWA Emergency Appeal, 2007, p. 16.
25 UNRWA, Prolonged Crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Recent Socio-Economic Impacts, Gaza: UNRWA, November 2006, p. iii.
26 Luigi De Martino, “Main Trends” in Palestinian Public Perceptions, Report X, eds. Bocco, Riccardo, Matthias Brunner, Tareq
Abu El Haj, Jalal Al Husseini, Luigi De Martino, Aziza Khalidi, Frederic Lapeyre, Graduate Institute of Development Studies,
November 2006, p. 17.