STAFF

 
Technical Department, West Bank Field Office

UNRWA employs some 24,324 staff, of whom more than 99 per cent are locally-recruited Palestinians, almost all of them Palestine refugees. The United Nations covers the costs of 98 international staff posts, and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) second senior staff to the Agency. The Agency is by far the largest United Nations operation in the Middle East besides being one of the biggest employers in the region. UNRWA services are labour intensive and the majority of staff are directly involved in providing services to refugees, for example, as doctors, teachers, social workers or sanitation labourers. Staff costs account for two-thirds of the Agency's regular budget.

CHARTS [PDF Files]

• Total Agency Staff Posts
• Total Area Staff (Fields/HQ)
• Total Area and International Staff Posts (Fields/HQ)
• Total International Staff (Fields/HQ)

Charts represent posts on the Agency's manning table, some of which will be vacant at any given time; persons employed on contract, daily paid or temporary assistance basis, including several hundred contract teachers, are not included.

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