text: camp,GazaTown. Several ofthosestaffmembers, however, werebeingheldin prisons inIsrael having beentransferred thereoutoftheoccupied WestBankand theGazaStrip. 11.Therehavebeenvarious instances whenUNRWAstaff, bothinternational and local, havebeenmistreated. Unauthorized intrusions intoUNRWApremises alsohave resulted attimesininjury tostaff. Inconnection withtwosuchincidents inthe GazaStripandintheWestBank,twoUNRWAinternational staffmembers andonearea staffmember werearrested andforcewasusedagainst them. 12.Theefforts undertaken bytheSecretary-General, therespective executive headsoftheorganizations concerned, designated officials andofficials inthe fieldhaveresulted intherelease ofmanystaffmembers previously reported as beingunderarrest ordetention. Theyhavealsocontributed toanumber of positive developments withregard tosomecasesinwhichtheorganizations havenot /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/10 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. /...A/C.5/45/10
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the situation of United Nations staff members who have been arrested, detained, or missing in various countries. The report highlights instances of mistreatment, unauthorized intrusions, and lack of progress in some cases. The focus is on the protection of staff members and the efforts of the UN Secretary-General and other organizations to secure their release. The text does not discuss economic development, natural resources, or other topics typically associated with the categories listed.