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52 Rempel, Terry. “Donor Aid, UNRWA, and the End of a Two-State Solution?”, Al Majdal, Bethlehem: Badil Resource Center,
29, Spring 2006, p. 4.
53 For the 2004–2005 academic year, 2,661 students were enrolled in the five UNRWA secondary schools, with a pass rate of nearly
90%, compared to 67% in government and private schools. 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, para. 46, p. 11.
54 In the 2004–2005 academic year, 12,718 children benefited from these programmes, which include audio-visual programmes,
curriculum enrichment materials, and self-learning kits.eport of the Commissioner-General, 1 July 2004–30 June 2005. UN GAOR,
Sixtieth Session, Supp. 13 (A/60/13), 2005, paras. 37, 38, 39, para. 46, p. 11.
55 “UNRWA opens tented school for stranded Palestinians at al-Tanf border point”, UNRWA Press Release 1/2007, Damascus, 4
February 2007.
56 Students at UNRWA schools out-perform students in government schools in state preparatory examinations in Syria, but not
in brevet examinations (intermediate certificate for high school students) in Lebanon. Jordan and the OPT do not hold similar
comparable examinations. 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 , para. 44, p. 10.
57 In 2006, the drop-out rate at the elementary (primary) level was 0.42% and 2.55% at the preparatory level.
58 For a brief overview, see Babille, Marzio, et. al. Finding Means: UNRWA’s Financial Crisis and Refugee Living Conditions. Volume
III: Social Service Delivery to Palestinian Refugees: UNRWA and other Providers, UNRWA Financial and Donor Environment. Oslo:
FAFO, Institute for Applied Social Science, 2003, p. 60.
59 Atlas of Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan. Amman: Department of Palestinian Affairs, 2001. In 2001, this included 10 secondary
schools: four in Baqa’a camp, two in Azmi al-Mufti, two in Hittin, one in Jerash, and one in Souf refugee camp. Of these 10
schools, six are for girls and four are for boys.
60 Natour, Suheil, “The Legal Status of Palestinians in Lebanon.” Paper presented at the Palestinians in Lebanon Conference organized
by the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Refugee Studies Programme, Queen Elizabeth House, 27–30 September 1996, p. 46.
See also Babille, Marzio, et. al. Finding Means, Vol. III, p. 59.
61 “The European Union grants €1.1 million for scholarships to Palestine refugee students in Lebanon,” UNRWA Lebanon Field
Office, Beirut, 6 January 2006.
62 Report of the Commissioner-General, 1 July 2004–30 June 2005. UN GAOR, Sixtieth Session, Supp. 13 (A/60/13), 2005 para.
43, p. 10.
63 See UNRWA, Programme Budget 2006–2007, Executive Summary, July 2005, p. 24.
64 The 2006 average of 95 daily consultations per doctor nevertheless shows a decrease since 2005 (110 consultations daily).
65 For a brief overview, see Babille, Marzio et. al., Finding Means, Vol. III, pp. 20–22.
66 Babille, Marzio et. al., Finding Means, Vol. III, p. 21.
67 Report of the Commissioner-General, 1 July 2004–30 June 2005. UN GAOR, Sixtieth Session, Supp. 13 (A/60/13), 2005, para.
75, p. 19.
68 A reported 6% of the refugee population has private insurance. Four per cent do not have any insurance. Jacobsen, Laurie Blome,
Finding Means: UNRWA’s Financial Crisis and Refugee Living Conditions. Volume I: Socio-economic Situation of Palestinian Refugees
in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Oslo: FAFO, Institute for Applied Social Science, 2003, p. 187. A
few (2%) are not registered with UNRWA and do not have private insurance. Babille, Marzio et. al., Finding Means, Vol. III, p.
22.
69 For an overview, see Babille, Marzio et. al., Finding Means, Vol. III, pp. 16, 21–22.
70 Arneberg, Marie, Living Conditions Among Palestinian Refugees and Displaced in Jordan. Oslo: FAFO Institute for Applied Social
Science, 1997, p. 35.
71 For a brief overview, see Babille, Marzio et. al., Finding Means, Vol. III, pp. 19–20, 22.
72 Babille, Marzio et. al., Finding Means, Vol. III, p. 22.
73 For an overview, see Babille, Marzio et. al., Finding Means, Vol. III, pp. 17–19, 23.
74 According to a 1997 survey by the Health, Development and Policy Institution (HDIP), approximately 40% of refugees seek treatment
at UNRWA, 31% at private clinics and 25% at government clinics. See Jacobsen, Laurie Blome, Finding Means, Vol. I, p. 189.
75 Jacobsen, Laurie Blome, Finding Means, Vol. I, p. 184.
76 UNRWA used to provide food rations to all Palestinian refugees in its areas of operation until the early 1980s. Following the Israeli
invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the ensuing humanitarian crisis, UNRWA rations were redirected from all areas of operations to
Lebanon, with the consent of refugees. However, following the end of the crisis in Lebanon, rations were not reinstated. Special
Hardship Cases (SHCs) are defined as households having no male adult medically fit to earn an income, and no other identifiable
means of financial support above a defined level.
77 See UNRWA in 2005, UNRWA Headquarters, Gaza, 2007, pp. 7, 19.