Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

A/RES/818(IX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1955.

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10 documents · 1953–1962

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1962).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1962	A/RES/1725(XVI)	Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	434	–
1961	A/RES/1604(XV)	Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	361	–
1958	A/RES/1191(XII)	Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	656	–
1957	A/RES/1018(XI)	Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	800	–
1956	A/RES/916(X)	Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	27	–

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9 subjects

Budget Contributions Budget Projections Child Refugees Consultations Humanitarian Assistance Palestine Refugees Refugee Assistance Repatriation Resettlement

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10 operative paragraphs

Decides, without prejudice to the rights of the refugees to repatriation or compensation, to extend the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for five years ending 30 June 1960;

Requests the Agency to continue its consultation 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) ;

Requests the Governments of the area to continue to co-operate with the Director of the Agency in seeking and carrying out projects capable of supporting substantial numbers of refugees;

Decides to maintain the rehabilitation fund of $200 million, subject to reductions for expenditures already made ;

Approves a reliefi budget of $25,100,000 and a rehabilitation budget of $36,200,000 for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1955;

Requests the Director, in consultation with the Advisory Commission of UNRWA, to study and report upon the problem of assistance which should be given to other claimants for relief, particularly children and needy inhabitants of villages along the demarcation lines;

Authorizes the Director to prepare, in consultation with the Advisory Commission, the budgets for relief and rehabilitation in advance of each fiscal year, which budgets he shall transmit to the Negotiating Committee for Extra-Budgetary Funds, without prejudice to review each year by the General Assembly ;

Requests the Negotiating Committee for Extra- Budgetary Funds, after receipt of surh budgets from the Director of UNRWA, to seek such funds as may be required by the Agency;

Appeals to the Governments of Member and nonmember States to make voluntary contributions to the extent necessary to carry through to fulfilment the Agency's programmes, and thanks the numerous religious, charitable and humanitarian organizations for

5 Ibid., Supplement No. 17.

6 Ibid., Annexes, agenda item 18, document A/2717/Add.1.

their valuable and continuing work in assisting the refugees;

Requests the Director to continue to submit the reports referred to in paragraph 21 of resolution 302 (IV), as well as the annual budgets.

4 December 1954.

" I/iid., Ninth Srssiorz, S11f'l'lc111rrzl No. 16. 8 Ibid., Eighth Session, Supplm1c11t No. /,S.

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