Special Refugee Survey Quarterly issue focuses on UNRWA
Jerusalem — UNRWA is the focus of a special double issue of the academic journal Refugee Survey Quarterly, entitled 'UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees 60 Years Later’.
Two introductory articles, by guest editors Lex Takkenberg of UNRWA and Professor Riccardo Bocco of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, are available here.
UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees: A History within History (PDF) — By Professor Riccardo Bocco
UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees After Sixty Years: Some Reflections (PDF) — By Lex Takkenberg
An article on UNRWA’s mandate is also available: The Mandate of UNRWA at Sixty (PDF) by Lance Bartholomeusz.
Important role for Palestinian refugees
The volume marks the 60th anniversary of UNRWA and pays tribute to the important role the Agency has played on behalf of Palestinian refugees.
It aims to engage in reflection and debate that might foster the Agency’s continued success in fulfilling its mandate.
Contributions provide insights into UNRWA's early history, the pioneering nature of many of its interventions, the evolving relationship between the Agency and its staff, and, a subject which has attracted significant attention in recent years, the Agency's involvement with protection of Palestinian refugees.
Looking towards the future
A final set of articles looks towards the future: the search for a just and lasting solution to the plight of the Palestinian refugees, the role of Israel and the possible implications for UNRWA and the refugees in the event of a significant political breakthrough.
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Table of contents
Preface
UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees After Sixty Years: Assessing Developments and Marking Challenges — Karen Abu Zayd
UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees: A History within History (PDF) — Riccardo Bocco (Guest Editor)
UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees After Sixty Years: Some Reflections (PDF) — Lex Takkenberg (Guest Editor)
Articles
Context and Evolution
The Status of the Palestinian Refugees in the Near East: The Right of Return & UNRWA in Perspective – Jalal Al Husseini & Riccardo Bocco
From Emergency Relief Assistance to Human Development and Back: UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees, 1950–2009 — Maya Rosenfeld
Palestinian Refugee Youth: Agency and Aspiration — Dawn Chatty
Palestinian Refugee Camps: From Shelter to Habitat — Henri Rueff and Alain Viaro
Testing a New Paradigm: UNRWA’s Camp Improvement Programme — Philipp Misselwitz and Sari Hanafi
UNRWA: Through the Eyes of its Refugee Employees in Jordan — Randa Farah
UNRWA and the Palestine Refugees: A Genealogy of ''Participatory’’ Development — Terry Rempel
Protection
Sixty Years of UNRWA: From Service Provision to Refugee Protection — Rami G. Khouri
The Mandate of UNRWA at Sixty (PDF) — Lance Bartholomeusz
UNHCR and the International Protection of Palestinian Refugees — Brenda Goddard
Is there Really a Protection Gap? UNRWA’s Role vis-à-vis Palestinian Refugees — Michael Kagan
The Palestinians in Egypt: Identity, Basic Rights and Host State Policies — Oroub El-Abed
Looking Towards the Future
Towards a Protection Strategy for UNRWA — Nicholas Morris
Future Prospects for the Palestinian Refugees — Mick Dumper
Israel, UNRWA, and the Palestinian Refugee Issue — Joel Peters and Orit Gal
Peace Prospects and Implications for UNRWA’s Future: An International Law Perspective — Leila Hilal
UNRWA’s Policy Analysis and other Research Needs: Strengthening Knowledge Management Within the Agency — Rica Terbeck
Documents
Map: UNRWA Area of Operations
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 302 (IV), 8 December 1949: Establishing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNRWA Consolidated Eligibility & Registration Instructions Department of Relief & Social Services, June 2006 (Excerpts)
UNRWA in Figures, December 2008
Revised Note on the Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian refugees.
Document Type: Article
Document Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Education and culture, Peace process, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 10/06/2010