ORGANS FORINCLUSION INTHEPRESENT REPORT A.United Nations Relief andWorksAgency forPalestine Refugees intheNearEast 1.Between 1July1989and30June1990,160UNRWAstaffwerearrested or detained, ofwhom11weredetained morethanonce. Of160staff, 100werearrested ordetained andreleased without chargeortrial, including 3heldbymilitia groupsinLebanon. Eightwerecharged, triedandsentenced tovarious termsof imprisonment. Onestaffmember wasdeported. Theremaining 51werestillin detention asat30June1990,asfollows: Lebanon (Syrian armedforces) Occupied GazaStrip Occupied WestBank Syrian ArabRepublic1 31 18 -.1 51 2.ThenamesofUNRWAstaffmembers currently underdetention orwhohavebeen reported missing aresetoutintheconsolidated listcontained inannex Itothe present report. B.United Nations TruceSupervision Organization Taxesandrestrictions onfreedom ofmovement 3.The2percentadvalorem taxontheimports through HaifaandAshdad continues. TheLegalAdviser hasraised theissuewiththeForeign Ministry and sentfullcopies ofcorrespondence toNewYorkseeking advice fromtheOffice of LegalAffairs. 4.TheIsraeli taxlevied onthemovement ofUNTSOpersonnel overtheborder with EgyptandJordanisstillimposed, butrecently UNTSOobtained theForeign Ministry's agreement toliftit. Arrest andimprisonment oflocalstaffmembers' children 5.Thechildren oflocalPalestinian staffmembers havebeenarrested for breaches ofthepeaceunderIsraeli security legislation, whichgivesthearmyand thepolice widerpowers ofarrest anddetention without trialandaccess thanare accepted asproviding procedural justice inmostlegalsystems during peacetime. UNTSOisattempting toestablish aprocedural arrangement withtheIsraeli authorities forquickaccess through oneIsraeli authority. /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.5/45/10 English Page17 6.IneachcaseUNTSOtakesupthematter withtheIsraeli Defence ForceLiaison Officer, requesting information astothecircumstances ofthearrest, thecharge, thelawapplicable, theplaceofdetention andotherquestions specified under ndministrative instruction ST/AI/299. IneverycaseUNTSOistoldthatthearrest hasbeenmadeaccording tolawbutdetails areinvariably unclear untilsuchtime asthechildisbrought before acourt, whenUNTSOhasmadeavailable asecurity officer toattend withthestaffmember andreport onproceedings. Thesonsof threelocalstaffmembers arecurrently underarrest andprocedures andinformation concerning themunderST/AI/299 havenotbeenforthcoming inreasonable time. They areUssama Bassa, Ibrahim MussaBkeirat andMnerMohammad Hammad. C.Office oftheUnited Nations HighCommissioner forRefugees Immunities fromlegalprocess 7.Withrespect toimmunity fromlegalprocess, aSomali courtfound UNHCRliable fordamages suffered byaSomalicitizen asaresultofatraffic accident involving aUNHCRvehicle. Despite UNHCR's numerous protests against sucha decision, theSomali courtissued anordertotheeffect ofdebiting UNHCR's account byasumof4,760,000 Somalishillings ascompensation fortheprejudice incurred bytheclaimant. ItisworthnotingthatUNHCR's bankaccount wasdebitp.d without priorknowledge oftheorganization. Following thedemarches undertaken by UNHCRaimedatrecovering themoneyandhighlighting theillegality ofthe procedure followed bythecourt, theMinistry ofForeign Affairs appealed against thecourt's decision before theSupreme Court. Taxation 8.Onthequestion oftaxation UNHCRhastwocasestoreport. Thefirstrelates tothepayment ofratesbyUNHCRwithrespect totheresidences occupied respectively bytwoformerrepresentatives duringtheirassignments inLondon. The tenancy agreements forbothresidences wereinthenameofUNHCR. Whilethe earlier representative wasoriginally granted ratingreliefinrespect ofthe premises occupied byhimfrom1984to1986inaccordance withthe1946Convention onthePrivileges andImmunities oftheUnited Nations, hissuccessor couldnot
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the activities and challenges faced by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in the region. The report discusses various issues such as arrests and detentions of UN staff members, taxation, and immunities from legal process. The report also mentions the arrest and imprisonment of children of local Palestinian staff members and the efforts of UNRWA to establish a procedural arrangement with Israeli authorities.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations