text: UNITED NATIONS General AssemblYDislr. GENERAL ^/ 40 / 613 ll Septenber 1985 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST Palestine retugees in the Gaza Strrp Report ot tbe S ec re ta ry-Gener a I 1. The present report is subniteed to the General Assembly in pursuance of its resolucion 3g/gg E of 14 Decenber 1984. in which the Assenbly reiterated its denand that Israel desist tron the removal and resettlement of Palestine refuqees in the Gaza strip and frorn the descruction of their shelters' and requested the Secretary- GeneraI, after consultrng with the comnissioner-General of ihe United Nations Reliet and glorks Agency for Palestine Retugees in the Near East (UNRt'lA) ' to report !o it, before the openlnq of its f,ortietb sessron' on rsrael's comPliance witb the resolutlon. 2. On 22 March 1985, the Secretary-General addressed a note verbale to the Pernanent Representative of rsrael to the United Natlons' in v'fiich he drew attentlon to his rePortrng responsibility under the resolutron and requested tne permanent Representatlv. io iniorm hin' by 30 June l-985, ot any steps hj's Governnent had taken or envisaged to take in irnplenenlation of the reLevant provisj.ons of the resolutj'on' 3. In a note eerbale dated 12 August 1985, the Pernanent Representative of Israel replied as follotds!Fortieth sess 1on Itern 79 of the provisional aqenda* A/40/t5o."The position of the Governnent of Israel on the rnatter dealt with rn Ehe above-mentioned resolutlon uas set out in successive annual replies submitted to the secretary-General in recent years' The report of the Secretary- ceneral, i6sued on 4 september 1984 (L/39/45-l) ' coniained the latest of those 85-24'7 6L 2357b (E)A/4O/673 Eng I ish vaqe z replies, dated 29 June 1984. As regards the siCuation prevai.Iing since' the
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to the General Assembly, discussing the situation of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip. The report mentions the destruction of shelters and the removal and resettlement of refugees, which suggests a humanitarian crisis. The text also mentions a resolution from the General Assembly and the response from the Permanent Representative of Israel, which implies a political and diplomatic context. Given the focus on humanitarian aid and the political context, it is likely that this report is related to humanitarian aid and relief efforts.