UNRWA


 * HISTORY**
 * Established in 1949 to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees folowing the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict
 * Provide clothing, housing, education, and health care
 * tens of thousands of refugees helpped
 * Intended to be temporary -- lack of solution to refugee problem, & continued conflict in the region has led the General Assembly to keep renewing the UNRWA's mandate