UN General Assembly
2006

solution can be achieved only through strict and abiding respect for the rules and norms of international law, including humanitarian law. On the ground, the continuing and increasingly deteriorating humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people is an intolerable burden on the international conscience. We must acknowledge and applaud the sterling work being carried out by the Commissioner- General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Ms. Karen AbuZayd, and all of the Agency’s dedicated staff to assist the refugee population in no fewer than 58 refugee camps in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, where one third of Palestinian refugees live. The international community needs to continue to strengthen its tools for addressing natural emergencies wherever in the world they occur, in a spirit of solidarity with nations and human beings. In that regard, the decision taken earlier this year — as a follow-up to the Summit — on the revitalization and upgrading of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund — now the Central Emergency Response Fund —