Timeline After the Nakba 1949–1959 UNRWA is established Event · Displacement8 December 1949 1949
UNRWA is established تأسيس الأونروا
Exact day8 December 1949
Palestine
General Assembly resolution 302 (IV) establishes UNRWA to provide relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees.
The story
An institutional response The primary source Sources ↓ Connected people & places Legacy context · not a reviewed claim 01
An institutional response The resolution established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Link to this chapter 02
The primary source The resolution records the agency’s original mandate and arrangements for relief. Subsequent mandates and operations belong to later records.
Link to this chapter Sources & evidence
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document · UNRWA
Supports the event summary and historical context. Consult the original record for detail and attribution.
Published: 1949-12-08 Consulted: 2026-09-15
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Dates & remembrance 8 December 1949 · day
12-08 · occurrence Anniversary of the documented date.
Connected places & people No reviewed connections have been published here yet. The record remains available while its wider context is researched.