Statement by Peter Hansen
Commissioner-General of UNRWA to
the Special Political and Decolonization
Committee
1 November 2004

Mr Chairman,

I present to you today my annual report of the activities of UNRWA for the period 1 July 2003 - 30 June 2004.

As in previous presentations, I will review

1. programme achievements,
2. the extensive emergency programme the Agency conducts in the occupied Palestinian territory, and
3. internal developments within the Agency, but I will devote particular attention today to
4. the specific sets of growing challenges that confront UNRWA in these uncertain times and the road ahead.

I hope to provide not only an overview of UNRWA's programmes in the past year, but also a sense of the Agency's working environment, both operational and political, so that we can continue to work together to envision and create a better future for Palestine refugees.

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