World Refugee Year

A/RES/1285(XIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1959.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1959–1961

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1502(XV)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1961	A/RES/1502(XV)	World Refugee Year	358	20%Compare
1960	A/RES/1390(XIV)	World Refugee Year	248	15%Compare
1959	A/RES/1285(XIII)	World Refugee Year	222	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

International Years Refugee Assistance Repatriation Resettlement

What’s in this document?

2 operative paragraphs

Urges States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies to co-operate, in accordance with the national wishes and needs of each country and from a humanitarian point of view, in promoting a World Refugee Year as a practical means of securing increased assistance for refugees throughout the world;

Requests the Secretary-General to take such steps as he may think fit to assist in the promotion of a World Refugee Year in accordance with the present resolution.

5 December 1958.

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