asrefugees. InLebanon thereliefoperation wasextended tonon-registered Palestinians whosoughthelpduringtheperiodJune1982toMarch1984.InJordan, attherequest oftheGovernment, theAgencyhascontinued todistribute rations on theGovernment's behalftosome193,000 persons, andtoprovide schooling, supplementary feeding, milk,medical, sanitation andothercampservices topeople -20-lngthe ;e-work, ld lan 1967war. ld ;in services :isein Gaza lngone lelossof aperiod 11times Ithe Jreement ms .ow ;arein )'doso. :ian .11982 Id, Iryand Isic Idrawa1 incip1e :he !Gaza !dthat ,date. !the :ervices ation :embly, ticable result UNRWA d Jordan, tionson ,peoplelivinginthepost-1967 refugee camps. TheGovernment reimburses theAgencyfor thecostofsupplies usedinthesupplementary feeding andmilkprogrammes andthe costofdistributing basicrationstodisplaced persons. 1.Eligibility andregistration 124.Thenumberofrefugees registered withtheAgencyon30June1985was 2,093,545 compared with2,034,314 on30June1984.Theeligibility ofrefugees for Agencyservices iscontinually monitored totheextentpossible. Essentially, therearetwocategories ofregistration forrefugees -oneforthosewhoare eligible forallAgencyservices andtheotherforthosewho,mainlybecause of income, areeligible forlimited services. 125.In1982,theAgencydecided toprovideallrefugees withindividual registration cards. Previously, registration cardswereissuedtotheheadof familyonly.Theindividual cardswereintended tofacilitate provision of services torefugees andtoreassure therefugees thatcertain rightsacknowledged byGeneral Assembly reEolutions wouldnotbeaffected because UNRWAhadsuspended thebasic ration~ Thesmallplastic cardswerealsoexpected tobemoreconvenient anddurable thantheoldfamilycards. IntheGazaStrip,mostoftherefugees received individual cardsbeforedistribution wasstopped inMarch1985atthe request oftheIsraeliauthorities. NocardswereissuedinJordanandtheWest Bankafterstrongrepresentations bytheGovernment ofJordan. Morethanhalfof therefugees intheSyrianArabRepublic hadreceived newcardswhentheGovernment compelled theAgencytostopissuing them. Noattempt ~as madl~toissuethecards inLebanon because ofthesecurity situation there. Familyregistration cardsare againbeingissuedinallfields. 2.Rations 126.Initsdecision 36/462of16 March 1982,theGeneral Assembly, interalia, called uponGovernments andorganizations makingcontributions inkindtoUNRWA eithertogivecashinstead ortoallowUNRWAtosellthecontributions forcash. Inthelightofthatdecision, theAgencyhenceforth hassoughtcontributions of enoughfoodstuffs tomeettheneedsofthehardship cases,thesupplementary feeding programme andcatering attheresidential vocational andteacher-training centres. Thebasicrationprogramme, whichoffered onlyatokenfoodsupplement to persons mostofwhomwerenothardship cases,hadlonghadthelowestpriority amongtheAgency's programmes. Thus,iftheGeneral Assembly decision ledto additional cashcontributions whichcouldbeusedtosupport higherpriority services, thebasicrationprogramme couldbephasedout. 127.Theneedtoconserve remaining stocksoffoodtoprovide assistance tothe refugee victims ofthewarinLebanon accelerated theintroduction ofthischange andinSeptember 1982theAgencysuspended distribution ofthebasicrationinall Fields, exceptLebanon. Theprogramme inLebanon ceasedinMarch1984. 128.General Assembly resolutions 38/83Fof15December 1983and39/99Fof 14December 1984,whichalsocalleduponallGovernments toofferthenecessary resources, requested theCommissioner-General "toresumeonacontinuing basisthe interrupted general rationdistribution toPalestine refugees inallfields". Giventheefforts toimplement General Assembly decision 36/462andthelackof sufficient resources, ithasnotbeenpossible fortheAgencytocomplywiththis. request. -2l~-22-130.BytheendofJune1985,theprogr,amme ofassistance tohardship caseswas 'lenefiting 103,857 persons, Agency-wide: 132.In1984,persons registered ashardship casesreceived, byField,the following quantities offoodcommodities:133.T refuge refuge popula theWe livei 134.T availa respon their occupi respon buildi exampl andus ofand manyc andQC
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It discusses the agency's efforts to provide humanitarian aid and relief to Palestine refugees in various fields, including food assistance, education, and healthcare. The text also mentions the agency's efforts to conserve resources and adapt to changing circumstances.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief