Measures for the Peaceful Solution of the Problem of Prisoners of War

A/RES/427(V)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1951.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1951–1954

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/741(VIII)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1954	A/RES/741(VIII)	Measures for the peaceful solution of the problem of prisoners of war	535	24%Compare
1951	A/RES/427(V)	Measures for the peaceful solution of the problem of prisoners of war	691	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Conference and Meeting Services Detained Persons Establishment Good Offices Humanitarian Assistance Information Dissemination Prisoners of War Repatriation

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Expresses its concern at the information presented to it tending to show that large numbers of prisoners taken in the course of the Second World War have neither been repatriated nor otherwise accounted for;

CaUs upon all governments still having control of such persons to act in conformity with the recognized standards of international conduct and with the 1_7 See Ge-MVO Convention relative to the Treatment of Pnsoners of War of August 12, 1949, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva 1949. above-mentioned international agreements and conventions which require that, upo11 th~ cessation of ac!ive hostilities, all prisoners should, with the_ least poss1b~e delay, be given an unrestricted opportumty of_ repatn ation and, to that end, to publish and transrrnt to the Secretary-Ceneral before 30 April 1951:

The names of such prisoner~ still ~eld by them, the reasons for which thev are still <letamed and the places in which they are Zletained;

( b) The names of prisoners who have died while under their control as well as the date and cause of rleath, and the manner and place of burial in each case;

Nequcsts the Secretary-General to est<1:blish an Ad I !or Commission composed of three qualified and impartial persons chosen by the International Red Cros,; or, failing that, by the Secretary-General himself. ,,·ith a view to settling the question of the prisoners , ,i \\'ar in a purely humanitarian spirit and on terms acceptable to all the governments concerned. The Commission shall convene at a suitable date after 30 April I <JS l to examine and evaluate, in the li~ht of the information made available to the fifth session nf the Ceneral Assembly, the information furnished by governments in accordance with the terms of th~ p_receding paragraph. In the event that the Comm1ss1on considers that this information is inadequate or affords reasonable ground for believing that prisoners coming within the custody or control of any foreign government as a consequence of military operations of the Second \,Vorld War have not been repatriated or otherwise accounted for, the General Assembly:

Re(]uests the Commission to seek from the governments or authorities concerned full information regarding such prisoners;

( h) Requests the Commission to assist all governments and authorities who so desire in arranging for and facilitating the repatriation of such prisoners;

( c) Authorizes the Commission to use the good offices of any qualified and impartial person or organization whom it considers might contribute to the repatriation or accounting for of such prisoners ;

( d) Urges all governments and authorities concerned to co-operate fully with the Commission, to supply all necessary information and to grant right of access to their respective countries and to areas in which such prisoners are detained ;

( e) Requests the Secretary-General to furnish the Commission with the staff and facilities necessary for the effective accomplishment of its task;

Urgently requests all the governments to make the greatest possible efforts, based in particular on the documentation to be provided, to search for prisoners of war whose absence has been reported and who might be in their territories ;

Directs the Commission to report as soon as practicable the results of its work to the Secretary-General for transmission to the Members of the United Nations.

14 December 1950.

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