Assistance+to+Palestinian+refugees

The topic of Assistance to Palestinian refugees revolves on aiding the Palestinian nationals who have taken refuge in neighboring countries, especially those in camps run by the UNRWA. The refugees who are able to leave those camps, remain not only victims to social discrimination in their host nations, but also have difficulty setting up new lives there. Some nations such as Lebanon have laws that "prevents Palestinian refugees from practising most professions or owning property." Recent reports have also shown that the dropout rate of those refugees is reaching unacceptable high rates, with a rate of 50% for 17 year old boys and 40% for 16 year old. These youth are then even more susceptible to radicalism. At this moment the UNRWA run 59 camps in Palestinian neighboring nations with a total population of about 1.250 million refugees. The delegation of Iraq believes that the main obstacle that faces the Palestinian refugees is outlined by article 11 in resolution 194. No true progress has been achieved from that standpoint, and even though the reiteration of the importance of this issue has been made in a number of resolutions since its the passing of resolution 194, such as resolution 63/91 on December 18th 2008, more progress needs to be made. The delegation of Iraq would like to lastly __stress the importance of the continuation of all forms of aid to those refugees, whether financial or humanitarian.__  It is therefore the delegation of Iraq

[|Resolution 194 Article 11] [|Resolution 63/91] [|Current Article on Refugees (AP)]

[|Great Map of Refugees.] *remember to print for thimun*