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Test your level of sensitivityto justice


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Every violent conflict betweentribes or nations creates

refugees.Every era sees some conflictsomewhere on the globe.

Every conflict brings newrefugees.The U.N. makes tremendousefforts to help these refugees,so that they can live a normallife.Is this true?


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The U.N. established two organizations to deal withthe refugee problem.

1. UNHCR (United Nations High CommissionerRefugee), dedicated to aiding all refugees inthe world .

2. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and WorksAgency), the only agency dedicated to helpingonly Arab refugees from specific region orconflict.

Why two organizations?What are the differences between them?And what influence do they have on us?


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Two organizations, two definitions of who is a refugee,and who can be granted a refugee document and receive

UN support.

definition is:UNHCR"Any person who hasbeen forced to abandon

his permanent home inhis natural habitat sincetime immemorial will beconsidered a refugee".

is:definitionUNRWA"Every Arab who left Palestine- the Land of Israel in 1948, andwho had lived there previouslyfor two years, will beconsidered a refugee, he andhis descendants".(Until 1948, only the Jews who

lived in Palestine-the Land ofIsrael, were known asPalestinians)
http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/whois.htmlhttp://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/whois.html


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Number of Refugees taken care of by eachorganization.

UNRWA The numberof Palestinian refugeesgrew from 300,000400,000 in 1948 to 711,000in 1950. ( many poor

people from nearbyregions joined the refugeecamps and won refugee

status in order to get

assistance) and has grownto reach 5 million in 2008.

UNHCR As of 1January 2007, UNHCRreported a total of 21 millionindividuals falling itsmandate.

7 979 251 in Asia, of which2 580 638 in the Middle-East2 974 315 in South-East Asia218 584 in Central Asia1 304 189 in South Asia901 525 in East Asia and the Pacific4 740 392 in Europe, of which

1 617 214 in Eastern Europe708 132 in South-East Europe616 132 in Central Europe and in the Baltic states1 798 914 in Western Europe5 069 123 in Africa, of which1 359 175 in Central Africa and the Great Lakes region2 105 314 in Eastern Africa1 031 030 in Western Africa434 427 in the Southern African region 139 177 in North Africa

3 229 822 in America, of which717 545 in North America and in the Caribbean

South Americain2 512 277
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What are the goals of these organizations?

UNHCR Its primary purposeis to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.

It strives to ensure that

everyone can exercise the right toseek asylum and find safe refugein another State, with the option toreturn home voluntarily, integratelocally or to resettle in a thirdcountry.

UNHCR provides basic materialhelp and passes to the sheltercountries all the other needs of therefugee.

UNRWA Its main goal is toeducate and to execute the "Rightof Return" to Palestine - the Landof Israel. In order to achieve thisgoal, all means are valid. To

preserve the refugees refugeestatus even though some of themreceive citizenship in othercountries.UNRWA works as an autonomous

authority, to preserve its mainprograms, as they have been for

, health,educationdecades:3overrelief and social services, andmicrofinance and micro-

enterprise.
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The budget of each organization and the size of theirstaff.

UNHCR - employs astaff of approximately6,300 people in more than110 countries.

A total of more than$1.5 billion was estimatedfor 2008 for projectedneeds.

The ratio of UNHCR staffto refugees is 1 staffmember to 2,803refugees.

UNRWA - is the largestUnited Nations agency,employing over 28,000 staff,99% of whom are locallyrecruited Palestinians.To meet the Agencys goals,

the recurrent activities ofUNRWA for the 2008 2009period have been budgeted at

$1.09 billion.The ratio of UNRWA staff torefugees is 1 staff member to164 refugees.


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How long can a person be considered arefugee?

UNHCR within aperiod of a few months,and no more than oneyear, all the refugeesacclimatize to their newhome and begin to buildtheir new lives. UNHCR

considers "Familyplanning" as a veryimportant issue foradapting to their new

countries.

UNRWA createstotal dependence onits support system

for the refugees andtheir descendants,with no limit of time.

It prevents

rehabilitationresolutions in manycases.


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And I ask myself:

What would have happened if

UNHCR took care of thePalestinian refugees?


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1. Following UNHCR definition of a "refugee", thenumber of people who would , be eligible to receivethe status of a "Palestinian refugee" would have

been significantly lower. In particular, Arabs wholeft Palestine-the Land of Israel in 1948 and whohad families and homes in the Arab countrieswhere they came from would have returned to theircountries of origin and not be considered

"Palestinian refugees."2. These Arab residents of Palestine who fled theirhomes in 1948, and are bone fide refugees, shouldhave settled and acclimatized in the countrieswhere they found refuge a long time ago.

3. From these two points, you can imaginehow many lives could have been saved.Potentially, the conflict between Israel andthe Arab nations would now be history!


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Anyone who wishes to learn more is welcome to

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