text: English Page4 beenableinthepasttoexercise theirrightofprotection ofstaffmembers. Mrs.T.Jawabri, alocally recruited staffmember ofFAO,whohadbeenarrested on 29December 1982bytheSyrian Security Services andsincethendetained without trial, wasreleased fromcustody on20January 1990. Mr.SamiIzza,astaffmember oftheUnited Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), detained intheSyrian ArabRepublic since 6October 1985,wasreleased on16June1990. Intheoccupied GazaStrip, Mr.AbroadHasanIsmail Zaggout, arrested on9September 1987,and Mr.SaidAbdala AbuQamar,arrested on22November 1987,bothUNRWAstaffmembers, werereleased on21Juneand22August 1989respectively. Intheoccupied West Bank,Mr.Mohammad ImadAbdallah AbdulKahman Jubr,staffmember ofUNRWA, arrested on27November 1987,wasreleased on26November 1989. InLebanon, Mr.FayezFreiji, whohadbeendetained bySyrian armedforces since 27November 1986,andMr.Mohammad AbroadMiri,whohadbeendetained bymilitias or unknown elements since10February 1987,bothstaffmembers ofUNRWA, werealso released. Ofthosearrested during thereporting period, thefollowing staff members ofUNRWAwereconsequently released without charge ortrial: 2inJordan, 39intheoccupied GazaStrip, 53intheoccupied WestBank, 6inLebanon. 13.TheSecretary-General regrets, however, toreport alackofprogress andeven negative developments inrespect ofsomepreviously reported cases. Despite all actions takenbytheSecretary-General andofficials oftheUnited Nations andthe WorldHealth Organization (WHO), Ms.Guenet Mabrahtu, aWHOstaffmember, arrested bytheEthiopian Security Services on8June1989,isstillbeingheldincustody. Noformal explanations havebeengivenforherarrest. Ateamcomprised oftwoWHO officials andtwoofficials oftheEconomic Commission forAfrica (ECA),including amedical doctor, visited Mrs.Mebrahtu inprison. TheUnited Nations andWHO continue topursuethiscaseclosely. Itshould benotedwithdeepregretthatat thetimeofanattempted robbery Mr.Angello Arikwang, aWFPstaffmember, was killedinUganda (seeannex11,para.25).Theefforts undertaken bytheUnited Nations andFAOinobtaining therelease andexemption frommilitary service ofMr. Daulat MirandMr.Mohammed Omarhavefailed sofar.Bothstaffmembers werefirst detained andthenconscripted intomilitary service inAfghanistan. Therehasbeen nofurther information onsevenstaffmembers ofUNRWAlistedinlastyear's report asdetained intheSyrian ArabRepublic. Therealsohasbeennofurther information regarding sixofthesevenstaffmembers detained inLebanon bythe Syrian armedforces, noroffourofthefivestaffmembers listed inlastyear's report asdetained bymilitias orunknown elements inLebanon. 14.Aconsolidated listofstaffmembers underarrest anddetention ormissing and withrespect towhomtheUnited Nations andthespecialized agencies andrelated organizations havebeenunable toexercise fullytheirrighttoprotection isset outinannex Itothepresent report. Thelistiscompiled onthebasisofthe information provided bytheorganizations andagencies listedinannexIIItothe report. /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/l0 English Page5 II.RESTRICTIONS ONOFFICIAL ANDPRIVATE TRAVEL OFOFFICIALS OFTHEUNITED NATIONS, THESPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS 15.UNRWAhascontinued toencounter difficulties inthemovement ofstaffinto andoutoftheWestBankandtheGazaStrip. Therehavebeensubstantial delays in theclearance ofstafffortravel and,insomecases, theyhavebeenrefused. The movement ofstaffwithin theoccupied territory wasalsoseriously affected by frequent imposition ofcurfews andthedesignation ofareasasclosedmilitary zones. 16.Access ofWFPstafftooperational siteshasinsomeinstances beenimpeded. Thishasoccurred insomecountries withwidely dispersed emergency locations and incountries benefiting fromrefugee feeding operations. Officially, security is
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the challenges and difficulties faced by staff members of the United Nations and its specialized agencies in various countries, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. The report highlights instances of arrest, detention, and restrictions on travel, which are all related to the human rights and humanitarian aspects of the work of these organizations.