Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

A/RES/1959(XVIII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1964.

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36 documents · 1953–1986

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1986).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/118	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	—	–
1985	A/RES/39/140	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	938	–
1984	A/RES/38/121	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	516	–
1983	A/RES/37/195	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	—	–
1982	A/RES/36/125	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	1,221	–

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6 subjects

Refugee Assistance Refugee Protection Refugee Status Repatriation Resettlement Social Integration

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3 operative paragraphs

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to afford international protection to refugees and to pursue his efforts on behalf of the refugees within his mandate and of those to whom he extends his good offices, by giving particular attention to new refugee groups, in conformity with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the directives of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme;

Invites States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies to continue to lend their support to the alleviation of refugee problems:

By facilitating the voluntary repatriation, resettlement or local integration of refugees;

( b) By improving the legal status of refugees residing in their territory, particularly in new refugee situations, inter alia, by acceding as appropriate to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and by treating new refugee problems in accordance with the principles and the spirit of the Convention;

( c) By providing the High Commissioner with the necessary financial means for the accomplishment of the tasks incumbent upon him and, in particular, by enabling him to reach the financial targets established with the approval of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme.

12 December 1963.

10 United '.\atirns, Treaty Series, vol. 189 (1954), '.\o. 2545.

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