UNESCO Radio presents, Mission to the Middle East, the third of a series of six programmes by Leonard Cottrell based on his journey through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Libya. This recording includes a report on the United Nations specialized agencies working in Syria and Jordan (now Israel) and how they sought to provide relief to refugee camps. Additionally, this recording includes recorded impressions of the music and folklore of the aforementioned five lands. These countries had called for aide from several of the United Nations specialized agencies, such as UNESCO, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO). The recordings were made by André Rigaux and the technical direction was by Jacques Ogus. The narrators were Ralph Truman and James McKechnie. The programme was produced by Leonard Cottrell in the studios of UNESCO in Paris.