Increase in the Membership of the Advisory Commission on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

A/DEC/60/522View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, published in 2006.

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Donor Countries Observer Status Palestine

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At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 8 December 2005, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee),39

recalling its resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, decided:

(a) That those States that were currently members of the Advisory Commission on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East should continue as such;

(b) To invite Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, whose contributions to all activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East had exceeded an annual average of 5 million United States dollars over the past three years, including the current year, to become members of the Advisory Commission;

_______________ 35 A/60/88 and Corr.2. 36 A/60/471, para. 7. 37 A/60/524, para. 5. 38 Ibid., annex. 39 A/60/476, para. 23.

(d) To invite the European Community to attend the meetings of the Advisory Commission;

(e) To invite the League of Arab States to attend the meetings of the Advisory Commission as an observer.

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