Sir John Shaw Rennie. and the UNRWA Liaison Officer at the United Nations in New York. Jan van WilJk. to discuss UNRWAs current financial crisis and its educational and financial needs In the next few years. The following items were discussed: STAFF The current UNRWA staff numbers about 14.000. almost all are Palestinian and about half of the staff are teachers. This staff operates In Lebanon. Syria. Jordan. and the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA does not exist in Egypt and Egypts only real contribution to the refugees is in the form of university scholarships. On top of the entire staff are approximately 120 international civil servants.
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