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

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1957.

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10 documents · 1953–1962

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1962A/RES/1725(XVI)Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastCompare with earlier document
1961A/RES/1604(XV)Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastCompare with earlier document
1958A/RES/1191(XII)Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastCompare with earlier document
1957A/RES/1018(XI)Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastCompare with earlier document
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What subjects does this mandate have?

9 topics

Administration Auditing Budget Funds Gaza Strip Palestine Refugees Refugee Assistance Refugee Protection Rehabilitation

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs

Directs the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the N ear 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;

Requests 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 fonctions ;

Requests 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 ;

Reqiiests 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);

Decides 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) ;

Reiterates its appeal 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 Assemhly resolution 916 (X) of 3 December 1955;

Requests the Negotiating Committee for Extra- Budgetary Funds, 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 ;

Urges all Governments to con tribu te or to increase their contributions to the extent necessary to carry through to fulfilment the Agency's relief and rehabilitation programmes;

Notes with approval the action of the Agency in continuing to carry out its programme for the refugees in the Gaza Strip;

Expresses its thanks 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;

Notes that the Agency is changing its financial period from a fiscal to a calendar year basis and that, consequently, the current budgets cover an eighteenmonth 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;

Requests 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.

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