UN establishes UNRWA through Resolution 302

The 1948 war and mass displacement transformed Lebanon into a long-term host country for Palestinian refugees. Refugee communities preserved claims to return and established social and political...

Resolution 194 (III) addressed refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with neighbours, and compensation. Palestinian refugee organisations subsequently invoked paragraph 11 in...

UNRWA began operations on 1 May 1950. Its services supported Palestinian refugee communities in Lebanon, including education and health care, while the unresolved displacement and restrictions on...

At the opening of the first Palestinian National Council meeting in Jerusalem, Ahmad Shuqayri proclaimed the Palestine Liberation Organization. The institution provided a national political...

Israeli commandos raided Beirut airport and destroyed civilian aircraft. Israel described the raid as retaliation for attacks on its civil aviation; Lebanon rejected responsibility for the earlier...

The Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 262, condemning Israel’s premeditated military action against Beirut civil international airport and stating Lebanon was entitled to appropriate...

Lebanese army commander Emile Bustani and PLO leader Yasser Arafat reached the Cairo Agreement under Egyptian auspices. The text provided for local Palestinian camp committees, certain rights to work,...