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Displaced Persons in Lebanon
In response to an appeal made by the Lebanese Government, assistance is being provided by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the…
11 April 1978
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Mine-Detecting Dogs Join Swedish UNEF Contingent in Gaza
Four dogs especially trained for detecting mines arrived in Gaza recently from Sweden to help Swedish soldiers of the United Nations Emergency Force prevent mine accidents in areas where scattered un…
1 May 1958
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UNEF Troops in the Gaza Strip
Just behind the demarcation line between the Gaza Strip and Israel, the blue-helmeted troops of the U.N. Emergency Force (UNEF) have kept a ceaseless vigil for the last two months - since their…
7 May 1957
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Middle East Populations Uprooted by Israel/Arab Conflict
A group of refugee children making the difficult crossing from the Israeli-occupied west bank of the Jordan River, across the King Hussein Bridge (formerly Allenby Bridge) which was blown up by the…
1 June 1967
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Middle East Populations Uprooted by Israel/Arab Conflict
Desks are removed from a school in Damascus, Syria, to provide temporary shelter for some of the many thousands of refugees who have arrived in this city following the war between Israel and the Arab…
1 June 1967
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UN Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO)
The United Nations Truce Supervision organization in Palestine (UNTSO), an observer mission, was set up under a Security Council resolution in May 1948 to assist the Mediator and the Truce Commission…
24 April 1973
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A Family of Palestine Refugees in the Gaza Strip
Daily life of a Palestine refugee family in the Gaza strip. Nimer Muhammad Shurbaji, (centre right) a father, is 35 years old; he was born in Jaffa, Palestine. Although not rich, he was relatively…
1 September 1954
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Palestine Arab Refugees
At Yarmouk Camp, near Damascus, refugees are building new homes.
1 May 1959
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UN-Established Embroidery Centre in the Gaza Strip
An embroidery centre (which includes training in weaving, tailoring and sewing) was established in 1950 near Gaza by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to create work for some of the 200 ,000…
1 October 1954
Security Council
Security Council Meets on Situation in Middle East, Including Palestinian Question
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, sits in the Security Council Chamber after the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East,…
24 May 2023
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United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Middle East (UNDOF)
Tanks of the Israeli Armed Forces withdrawing from Mt. Hermon in accordance with the Agreement on Disengagement.
24 June 1974
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Egypt, Israel Sign Agreement on Implementation of Security Council Resolutions
On 11 November at 1310 hours GMT at kilometre marker 101 on the Suez-Cairo Road, an agreement was signed regarding the implementation of U.N. Security Council resolutions 338 and 339. The meeting was…
11 November 1973