Repatriation of Greek Children

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1952.

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1952A/RES/517(VI)Repatriation of Greek children

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Thanks the International Committee of the Red Cross, the League of Red Cross Societies, the Stand- '"See Treaty Series, Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations, volume 49, 1950, I, No. 747, pp. 214-215.

"See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Annexes, agenda item 19, documents A/1848 and A/1932.

"Ibid., document A/1933.

11 Resolutions 288 B (IV) and 382 C (V).

"See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Annexes, agenda item 19, document A/ AC.53/L.44. General AeaePlhly-Sixth Session ing Committee on the Repatriation of Greek Children and the Secretary-General for their efforts to give effect to General Assembly resolutions 193 C (III), 288 B (IV) and 382 C (V);

N ates with satisfaction that a further group of Grtek children has been repatriated from Yugoslavia;

Expresses the hope that it will be possible to make rapid progress with the repatriation of the Greek children in Czechoslovakia ;

Deeply regrets that all the other States harbouring Greek children have declined to enter into consultations with the Standing Committee with a view to giving effect to the resolutions of the General Assembly on the matter;

Considers that the technical and other grounds advanced by those countries harbouring Greek children which have declined to co-operate fully in the solution of the problem are not insurmountable or such as to constitute a reason for further delay in permitting the return of children in respect of whom requests for repatriation have been submitted and verified by the international Red Cross organizations;

Urges all countries harbouring Greek children to take steps to facilitate the early return of the children to their homes;

Decides to continue the Standing Committee with the terms of reference previously laid down;

Requests the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies to continue their work for this humanitarian purpose;

Requests the Secretary-General to report from time to time to Member States on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution, and requests the international Red Cross organizations and the Secretary-General to submit reports on the progress achieved before the seventh regular session of the General Assembly is convened.

371st plenary meetmg,

2 February 1952.

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