{"id":189824,"date":"1957-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=189824"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:39:53","slug":"auto-insert-189824","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-189824\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine refugees\/UNRWA report\/UNCCP consultations – GA resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1018 (XI).<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n

for Palestine Refugees in the Near East<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/i> its resolutions 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, 393 (V) of 2 December 1950, 513 (VI) of 26 January 1952, 614 (VII) of 6 November 1952, 720 (VIII) of 27 November 1953, 818 (IX) of 4 December 1954 and 916 (X) of 3 December 1955,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Noting <\/i>the annual report 1<\/u>\/ and the special report 2<\/u>\/ of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the report of the Advisory Commission of the Agency,3<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Noting with concern<\/i> that contributions to that budget are not yet sufficient,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Noting <\/i>that repatriation or compensation of the refugees as provided for in paragraph 11 of resolution 194 (III), has not been effected, that no substantial progress has been made in the programme endorsed in paragraph 2 of resolution 513 (VI) for the reintegration of refugees and that, therefore, the situation of the refugees continues to be a matter of serious concern,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Noting <\/i>that the host Governments have expressed the wish that the Agency continue to carry out its mandate in their respective countries or territories and have expressed their wish to co-operate fully with the Agency and to extend to it every appropriate assistance in carrying out its functions, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations, the terms of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, the contents of paragraph 17 of resolution 302 (IV) and the terms of the agreements with the host Governments,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Directs<\/i> the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to pursue its programme for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees, bearing in mind the limitation imposed upon it by the extent of the contributions for the fiscal year;<\/p><\/div>\n

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 \t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the host Governments to co-operate fully with the Agency and with its personnel and to extend to the Agency every appropriate assistance in carrying out its functions;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the Governments of the area, without prejudice to paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, in co-operation with the Director of the Agency, to plan and carry out projects capable of supporting substantial numbers of refugees;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the Agency to continue its consultations with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine in the best interest of their respective tasks, with particular reference to paragraph 11 of resolution 194 (III);<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Decides<\/i> to retain the rehabilitation fund and authorizes the Director of the Agency, at his discretion, to disburse such monies as may be available to the individual host Governments for general economic development projects, subject to agreement by any such Government that, within a fixed period of time, it will assume financial responsibility for an agreed number of refugees, such number to be commensurate with the cost of the project, without prejudice to paragraph 11 of resolution 194 (III);<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Reiterates its appeal<\/i> to private organizations and Governments to assist in meeting the serious needs of other claimants for relief as referred to in paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 916 (X) of 3 December 1955;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>7.\t<\/span><\/span>Requests<\/i><\/span> the Negotiating Committee for Extra-Budgetary Funds,<\/span>[Link<\/a>] after receipt of the requests for contributions from the Director of the Agency, to seek from the Members of the United Nations the financial assistance needed;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>8.\t<\/span>Urges<\/i> all Governments to contribute or to increase their contributions to the extent necessary to carry through to fulfilment the Agency's relief and rehabilitation programmes;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>9.\t<\/span>Notes with approval<\/i> the action of the Agency in continuing to carry out its programme for the refugees in the Gaza Strip;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>10.\t<\/span>Expresses its thanks <\/i>to the Director and the staff of the Agency for their continued faithful efforts to carry out its mandate, and to the specialized agencies and the many private organizations for their valuable and continuing work in assisting the refugees;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>11.\t<\/span>Notes<\/i> that the Agency is changing its financial period from a fiscal to a calendar year basis and that, consequently, the current budgets cover an eighteen-month period from 1 July 1956 to 31 December 1957, and that special arrangements for the audit of funds in this period are being made with the United Nations Board of Auditors;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>12.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the Director of the Agency to continue to submit the reports referred to in paragraph 21 of General Assembly resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, as modified by paragraph 11 above.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Official Records of the General Assembly, Eleventh<\/u> Session, Supplement<\/u> No. 14<\/u> (A\/3212).<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid<\/u>., Supplement No. 14 A<\/u> (A\/3212\/Add.1).<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid<\/u>., Eleventh Session, Annexes<\/u>, agenda item 23, document A\/3498.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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