World Refugee Year
| Publisher | UN General Assembly |
| Author | UN General Assembly |
| Publication Date | 5 December 1958 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | A/RES/1285 |
| Reference | Thirteenth Session |
| Cite as | UN General Assembly, World Refugee Year, 5 December 1958, A/RES/1285, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f1d58.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
XIII. RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1285. World Refugee Year
(a) To focus interest on the refugee problem and to encourage additional financial contributions from Governments, voluntary agencies and the general public for its solution,
(b) To encourage additional opportunities for permanent refugee solutions, through voluntary repatriation, resettlement or integration, on a purely humanitarian basis and in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the refugees themselves,
1. 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;
2. 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.
782nd plenary meeting,
5 December 1958.
[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirteenth Session, Supplement No. 11 (A/3828/Rev.1) and Supplement No. 11A (A/3828/Rev.1/Add.1). [2] Ibid., Supplement No. 11A (A/3828/Rev.1/Add.1), appendix II