Editing UNRWA (section)

=== Advisory Commission ===
Concurrent with the creation of UNRWA, the UN General Assembly established an Advisory Commission (AdCom) to assist the Commissioner-General in carrying out UNRWA's mandate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Assistance to Palestine refugees |url=http://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/302%20%28IV%29.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084650/http://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/302%20%28IV%29.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=2023-04-10}}</ref> Created with four members, the AdCom currently has 28 members and four observers. Membership is obtained via General Assembly resolutions, with all host countries of Palestinian refugees (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon) sitting on the commission followed by the 24 leading donors and supporters of UNRWA. [[Palestine]], the [[European Union]], and the [[League of Arab States]] have had observer status since 2005, with the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation for Islamic Cooperation]] joining as an observer in 2019.<ref name="unrwa.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/overview_of_members_and_observers_of_the_advisory_commission_-_january_2020.pdf|title=Members of the Advisory Commission – UNRWA}}</ref>

Members of the AdCom, including the year they joined, are: Australia (2005), Belgium (1953), Brazil (2014), Canada (2005), Denmark (2005), Egypt (1949), Finland (2008), France (1949), Germany (2005), Ireland (2008), Italy (2005), Japan (1973), Jordan (1949), Kazakhstan (2013), Kuwait (2010), Lebanon (1953), Luxembourg (2012), Netherlands (2005), Norway (2005), Qatar (2018), Saudi Arabia (2005), Spain (2005), Sweden (2005), Switzerland (2005), Syria (1949), Turkey (1949), United Arab Emirates (2014), the United Kingdom (1949), and the United States (1949).<ref name="unrwa.org" />

The Advisory Commission is led by a chair and a vice-chair, representing a host country and a donor country, respectively. Each is appointed annually in June from among the Commission members according to the alphabetical rotation, serving for one year beginning 1 July.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Officers of the Advisory Commission|url=https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are/advisory-commission/officers|access-date=2020-08-17|website=UNRWA|language=en|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805163552/https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are/advisory-commission/officers|url-status=live}}</ref> At each appointment, the chair will alternate between a host and a donor country.<ref name=":5" />

The AdCom meets twice a year, usually in June and November, to discuss important issues of UNRWA and develop a consensus-based guidance for the Commissioner-General.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are/advisory-commission|title=Advisory Commission|website=UNRWA|access-date=17 August 2020|archive-date=17 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817184413/https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are/advisory-commission|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, members and observers convene more regularly through sub-committee meetings.<ref name=":6" /> The AdCom also conducts periodic field visits to UNRWA's area of operations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Field Visits|url=https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are/advisory-commission/field-visits|access-date=2020-08-17|website=UNRWA|language=en|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805165658/https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are/advisory-commission/field-visits|url-status=live}}</ref>