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Jordan
Index
In 1989 Jordan was a member of the League of Arab States and
the Arab Cooperation Council, a regional economic pact that
included Egypt, Iraq, and North Yemen. Jordan was a member of the
International Committee of the Red Cross and had been a member of
the UN since 1955. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency
(UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East maintained ten
refugee camps in Jordan
(see
fig. 6). UNRWA's biggest task was the
provision of primary, secondary, and vocational schools for
Palestinian refugee children living in the camps. UNRWA also
operated health clinics and provided food for indigent refugees.
Data as of December 1989
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