Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees Resolution 302(IV) affirmed that Para. 11 of Res. 194(III) was the frame of reference for the required durable solution, pending which UNRWA was to continue to provide relief to the refugees. In his Note of 9 April 1951, the UNCCP Legal Adviser clarified that Para. 11’s definition and its durable solutions formula related to all those who fled Palestine due to the conflict, not just those in the Arab states eligible for UNRWA’s humanitarian assistance. However, unlike UNHCR, UNRWA has no enabling Statute or an Executive Committee. It rests its legal authority on three bases: its status as a subsidiary body of the UNGA; UNGA resolutions; and Commissioner-General statements and reports to the UN. The absence of clear statutory guidelines and its weak governing structure leave UNRWA without precise legal authority for many of its activities.v UNRWA’s initial focus on relief turned to ‘works’ after the Economic Survey Mission recommended instituting large-scale development projects to settle the refugees in the Arab host states. Political opposition towards host country integration blocked attempts to direct UNRWA’s role away from humanitarian assistance. By the early 1960s, UNRWA had refocused its resources on education, and instituted an ambitious plan to build schools throughout the refugee camps. UNRWA services have continued to expand to broad health provision, social services, shelter and camp improvement, microfinance and microenterprise development 5