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

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1959.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics

Financing Palestine Refugees Refugee Assistance

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs

Draws the attewn of Governments to the precarious financial position of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and urges them to consider to what extent they can contribute or increase their contributions in order that the Agency may carry out relief and rehabilitation programmes for the welfare of the refugees ;

Requests the Secretary-General, in view of the serious financial position of the Agency, to continue, as a matter of urgent concern, his special efforts to secure the additional finaru:ial assistance needed to meet the Agency's budget and to provide adequate working capital;

Directs the Agency to pursue its programme for refugees bearing in mind the response to paragraphs 1 and 2 above;

Requests the Director of the Agency, without prejudice to paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194 (111), to plan and carry out projects capable of supporting substantial numbers of refugees and, in particular, programmes relating to education and vocational training ;

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 functions ;

Requests the Agency to continue its consultations with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine in the best interests of their respective tasks, with particular reference to paragraph 11 of resolution

194 (Ill);

Expresses its thanks to Mr. Henry R Labouisse, Director of the Agency, for the devoted attention he has given to the affairs of the Agency and to the welfare of the refugees for the four years of his incumbency, to 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;

Requests the Director of the Agency to continue to submit the reports referred to in paragraph 21 of General Assembly resolution 302 (IV), as modified by paragraph 11 of Assembly resolution 1018 (XI).

12 December 1958.

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