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9 operative paragraphs
1
Decides to establish, as of 1 January 1951, a High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees in accordance with the provisions of the annex to the present resolution to discharge the functions enumerated therein and such other functions as the General Assembly may from time to time confer upon it;
2
Decides that, unless the General Assembly subsequently decides otherwise, no expenditure other than administrative expenditures relating to the functioning of the High Commissioner’s Office should be borne on the budget of the United Nations, and that all other expenditures relating to the activities of the High Commissioner should be financed by voluntary contributions;
3
Requests the Secretary-General:
a
To prepare detailed draft provisions for the implementation of the present resolution and the annex attached thereto, to circulate these draft provisions to Governments for comments, and to submit them to the Economic and Social Council at its eleventh session, together with such comments thereon as may have been received from Governments;
b
To prepare, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, a draft budget for the operation in 1951 of the High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees;
4
Requests the Economic and Social Council:
a
To prepare, at its eleventh session, a draft resolution embodying provisions for the functioning of the High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees and to submit the draft resolution to the General Assembly for consideration at its fifth regular session;
b
To transmit to the General Assembly at its fifth regular session such recommendations as the Council may deem appropriate regarding the definitions of the term “refugee” to be applied by the High Commissioner;
5
Decides to review, not later than at its eighth regular session, the arrangements for the High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees with a view to determining whether the Office should be continued beyond 31 December 1953.
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