Back to Contents • Non-registered persons displaced as a result of the 1967 and subsequent hostilities. UNRWA makes its services available to persons in this category in accordance with established practice and/or host country agreement. In resolution 2252 of 4 July 1967 and in other subsequent resolutions, the UN General Assembly has endorsed UNRWA’s efforts “to continue to provide humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, on an emergency basis, and as a temporary measure, to persons in the area who are currently displaced and in serious need of continued assistance as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities”. The terms of resolution 2252 were most recently repeated in GA resolution 59/118 of 10 December 2004. In the Jordan Field, persons must prove their displacement status by presenting an official certificate from the Jordanian Department of Palestinian Affairs (DPA). • Non-registered persons identified by the Commissioner-General as eligible to receive UNRWA services. For humanitarian and other policy reasons related to UNRWA’s mandate, the Commissioner-General or Field Directors acting on the Commissioner-General’s behalf may from time to time identify persons and groups of persons who are eligible to exceptionally receive UNRWA’s services. • Non-registered persons who exceptionally receive UNRWA assistance and services as beneficiaries under the Agency’s Emergency Programmes in the occupied Palestinian territory. These beneficiaries and their dependents are administered specifically for the purpose of the Emergency Programmes. • Non-registered persons who avail themselves of services provided under the Agency’s Microfinance and Microenterprise Department (MMD). These persons meet the MMD’s financial and lending criteria and are administered specifically for MMD’s purposes. • UNRWA Staff Members and their Family members may have access to Agency services in accordance with section V of these instructions as well as instructions issued by each of UNRWA’s programmes. • Non-registered persons who live in refugee camps and communities. These persons benefit from UNRWA services (e.g., sanitation and environmental health services) that are extended to refugee camps and communities as a whole.” (Source: UNRWA, “Consolidated Eligibility and Registration Instructions”, 1 January 2009, pp. 6-8) UNRWA describes the requirements for registration as follows: “IV. Registration [...] 4. The following summarizes the requirements for registration for UNRWA services. Those who wish to apply for registration must submit an application in writing. Further details of registration requirements and procedures are set out in the Registration Manual A. New registration of Palestine Refugees 1. Those who wish to register as Palestine Refugees must appear in person at any of the Agency’s Eligibility and Registration offices in any of its five Fields and present documentary evidence showing that they satisfy UNRWA’s Palestine Refugee criteria, particularly in respect of the place of residence in Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and Family composition on 15 May 1948. 2. An applicant for registration who is a descendant of a Palestine Refugee, who was never registered with the Agency, must also present in accordance with section IV. A 1 and A 3 of these Instructions documentary evidence that the father meets UNRWA’s Palestine Refugee criteria. [...] A. New registration of Palestine Refugees 1. Those who wish to register as Palestine Refugees must appear in person at any of the Agency’s Eligibility and Registration offices in any of its five Fields and present documentary evidence showing that they satisfy UNRWA’s Palestine Refugee criteria, particularly in respect of the place of residence in Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and Family composition on 15 May 1948. 2. An applicant for registration who is a descendant of a Palestine Refugee, who was never registered with the Agency, must also present in accordance with section IV. A 1 and A 3 of these Instructions documentary evidence that the father meets UNRWA’s Palestine Refugee criteria. [...] 2. History of UNRWA and its mandate 28