| LC control no. | n 81054184 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| Variant(s) | United Nations. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWAPRNE Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Office de secours et de travaux des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine dans le Proche-Orient Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro a los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente UNWRA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees U.N.R.W.A.P.R. UNRWA U.N.R.W.A.P.R.N.E. UNRWAPR U.N.R.W.A. U.N.W.R.A. Wakālat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah li-Ighāthat wa-Tashghīl al-Lājiʼīn al-Falasṭīnīyīn fī al-Sharq al-Adná United Nations. Wakālat al-Ghawth Wakālat al-Ghawth United Nations Relief and Works Agency סוכנות הסעד והתעסוקה לפליטי ארץ־ישראל במזרח הקרוב OOPS O.O.P.S. |
| See also | Predecessor: United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees |
| Beginning date | 1949-12 |
| Located | Vienna (Austria) Beirut (Lebanon) |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. Unused subdivisions: Dept. of Rehabilitation; Registration and Statistics Bureau |
| Found in | U.S. Dept. of State. Working Group on Legislation for the Arab Refugee Program. The Palestine refugee program, 1950. Its Map of UNRWA'S area of operations, 1980: map verso (Wakālat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah li-Ighāthat wa-Tashghīl al-Lājiʼin al-Falasṭīnīyīn fī al-Sharq al-Adná) al-Lājiʼūn al-Filasṭīnīyūn wa-wakālat al-ghawth, 1996: p. 10 (al-Ūnrwā) Department of State (State) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) actions to implement Section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 2003: t.p. (United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)) Yearbook of International Organizations, 2011 (alternate name, Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro a los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente (OOPS); established in 1949 by a UN General Assembly Resolution as a subsiduary organ of the United Nations, commenced operations on 1 May 1950) Palestine refugees and UNRWA, 1991?: page 11 (United Nations Relief and Works Agengy for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established by the General Assembly in December 1949; created as a temporary relief organization; started operations in May 1950; the General Assembly has repeatedly extended the Agency's mandate since then; UNRWA's headquarters were in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1950-78; moved to Vienna, Austria and Amman, Jordan; Headquarters supervises the operations of five Field offices in the Near East -- in Beirut, Damascus, Amman, Jerusalem and Gaza) |
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