Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

A/RES/428(V)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1950.

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11 operative paragraphs

Adopts the annex to the present resolution, being the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;

Calls upon governments to co-operate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the performance of his functions concerning refugees falling under the competence of his Office, especially by:

Becoming parties to international conventions providing for the protection of refugees, and taking the necessary steps of implementation under such conventions;

Entering into special agreements with the High Commissioner for the execution of measures calculated to improve the situation of refugees and to reduce the number requiring protection;

Admitting refugees to their territories, not excluding those in the most destitute categories;

Assisting the High Commissioner in his efforts to promote the voluntary repatriation of refugees;

Promoting the assimilation of refugees, especially by facilitating their naturalization;

Providing refugees with travel and other documents such as would normally be provided to other aliens by their national authorities, especially documents which would facilitate their resettlement;

Permitting refugees to transfer their assets and especially those necessary for their resettlement;

Providing the High Commissioner with information concerning the number and condition of refugees, and laws and regulations concerning them;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution, together with the annex attached thereto, also to States non-members of the United Nations, with a view to obtaining their co-operation in its implementation.

A.(i) Any person who has been considered a refugee under the Arrangements of 12 May 1926 and 30 June 1928 or under the Conventions of 28 October 1033 and 10 February 1938, the Protocol of 14 September 1939 or the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization;

B.Any other person who is outside the country of his nationality or, if he has no nationality, the country of his former habitual residence, because he has or had well-founded fear of persecution by reason of his race, religion, nationality or political opinion and is unable or, because of such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of the government of the country of his nationality, or, if he has no nationality, to return to the country of his former habitual residence.

A.For the purposes of the present Convention, the term “refugee” shall apply to any person who:

B.The present Convention shall cease to apply to any person falling under the terms of section A if:

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