text: Lebanon received displaced refugees. Duringthefighting inApril,almostall shelters inMieh Mieh campweredestroyed ordamaged, andmanyweredamaged in ElnelHilwehcamp.TheAgencyinstallations inMiehMiehwereseverely damaged andtheyhavebeenrepaired. Somerentedproperty suchastheclinicwasmade completely unusable. 28.Thefiercefighting inandaroundBeirutcamps, wh~chrapidly escalated from 19MaywellintoJune1985,causedsomeAgencyinstallations tobeabandoned fora time.DuringthethirdweekofMay,theLebanon FieldOffice buildin~ was enda.igered totheextentthatstaffwerefirstforcedtotakeshelter inthe basement andlatertotransfer theirworktotheCentral Warehouse. 29.ThecampinNabatieh isstillnotbeingrebuilt because oflocalopposition. Aprogramme ofsupplementary cashgrantsisnowbeingstudied forrefugees from Einel-Hilweh andMiehMiehcampswhoseshelters weredestroyed in"thefighting thatfollowed theIsraeli withdrawal fromthearea. Manyrefugees arestill unsatisfactorily housedelsewhere inLebanon, andeverynewdayoffighting is makingreconstruction moredifficult. E.Supplyandtransport 30.Thedangerpresented byvarious armedgroupsprevented UNRWAfromusingthe mainroadfromDamascus toBeirut, greatly complicating animportant supplyline. Supplies were,however, received fromDamascus bytheuseofnarrowandmore difficult mountain roads. -4-s .n If31.Supplies destined forsouthLebanon fromBeirutwerealsodifficult to deliver. Themainroadtothesouthwasunusable formostofthereporting period andjourneys therealsohadtobemadeoverlongerandmoredifficult routes. Therewereconstant problems inpassing through Israeli-controlled security checkpoints. 32.Evenaftertheroadbothesouthwasofficially reopened, someproblems persisted. iorexample, ononeoccasion threetruckscameundermachine gunfire fromunknown.assailants onthewayfromBeiruttoSaida. Thevehicles werethus forcedtoreturntoBeirutforrepairandhadtotravelonalaterdatebya devious anddifficult route. Fortunately, thestafftravelling inthevehicles wereunhurt. 33.ThemaincoastroadfromBeiruttoTripoli remained unusable tosupplytrucks throughout thewholereporting period. Supplies havehadtoberoutedthrough the SyrianArabRepublic fromoutside countries. Vehicles travelling between Beirut andTripoli havehadtomakeuseofdifficult andslowroutes. F.Protection oftherefugees 34.Through mostofthereporting period, residents ofLebanon havebeenfrequent victims ofviolence. Whilemuchofitaffected Palestinians andLebanese citizens indiscriminately, inmanyinstances Palestinians werethespecific target. 35.Everywhere inLebanon thelivesofPalestinians continue tobethreatened. In thepastyear,UNRWALebanon fieldofficereported over800violent deaths, over 2,500woundings, 500arrests, 27kidnappings andninedisappearances. G.Co-ordination ofthereliefprogramme 36.Thefragmentation oftheLebanon Fieldcontinues tocauseproblems ofcommand andcontrol. UNRWAcontinued toreinforce itsareaandinternational staffin south.Lebanon. 37.UNRNAcontinued toco-ordinate itsreliefworkwithotherUnitedNations organizations involved inLebanon. Therewasclosecontact withtheInternational Committee oftheRedCross,particularly onquestions ofprotection andsecurity. 38.TheAgency1sgrateful tothemanynon-governmental organizations whichhave continued torespond 80generously andflexibly totheneedsofthePalestine refugees inLebanon. -5-~'ir~"'"",'" CHAPTER 11 REGULAR OPERATIONS OFTHEAGENCY basic 1984, forEducation andtraining services B. 44.Inaddition, theDepartments ofHealthandReliefServices organize programmes ofpre-school education, youthactivities, adulttraining incrafts, andmedical andpara-medical education andtraining, described elsewhere inthisreport.~ A.Organization andmanagement ofUNRWAoperations .1,39.UNRWAoperations areadministered fromitsheadquarters inViennaandAmman, ;andfromfiveFieldOffices inJordan, Lebanon, theSyrianArabRepublic andtheItoccupied territories oftheWestBankandGazaStrip. Smallliaisonoffices in .~NewYorkandCairomaintain contact wH:.hUnitedNations Headquarters andthe )Government oftheArabRepublic ofEgypt,thelatterunderthesupervision ofthe ·1';FieldOfficeDirector inGaza,whoalsoservesasUNRWARepresentative toEgypt. '...••..•.·.1.:40.TheCommissioner-General servesasthechiefexecutive officer oftheAgency:andreports totheGeneral Assembly onthemanagement ofUNRWA'sactivities inits areaofoperations. Heisassisted byaOeputyCommissioner-General. '..:,~t41.TheFieldOfficeDirectors areresponsible totheCommissioner-General forthe ~direction, co-ordination andcontrol ofAgencyoperations inthefivefields, iniaccordance withapproved policies, programmes andprocedures. Headquarters
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, specifically focusing on the impact of the fighting on Palestinian refugees and the efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide relief and assistance. The report highlights the destruction of shelters, difficulties in delivering supplies, and threats to the safety and well-being of refugees. It also discusses the coordination of relief efforts and the challenges faced by UNRWA in administering its operations in the region.