The most significant forum is Dr. Gunnar Jarrings mission as special representative of the Secretary General U Thant. The United Nations is playing a pivotal role in helping the Palestinian refugees. The work of UNRWA. regardless of its deficiencies. and there are many. is a vital international effort that must insure that another generation of Palestinians do not grow up in refugee camps. The first generation of refugees knew only the depressed life of the camps. For them there was nothing in the present and no hope in the future until someone gave them weapons in 1967. Even today over 30.000 Palestinians graduate each year from UNRWA schools and less than 10 percent can be assured of vocational training that can help them live and work. For these refugees there must be an alternative to the gun. With the gun. there is no hope for peace and ultimately no hope for a United Nations. The recent EgyptianSoviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation emphasizes the importance of the UN playing a dominant role in the search for peace so that the big powers will not be affected by the maneuvers of each other.
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