XI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A COMMITTEE : Question considered by the first emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956 (item 67)
1129. Resolution
1. Takes note with appreciation of the action taken by the Secretary-General to determine and help to meet the need of the Hungarian refugees, and by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to assist these refugees and to bring about co-ordinated action on their behalf by Governments, intergovernmental agencies and non-governmental organizations;
2. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue their efforts;
3. Urges Governments and non-governmental organizations to make contributions to the Secretary-General, to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or to other appropriate agencies for the care and resettlement of Hungarian refugees, and to co-ordinatete their aid programmes in consultation with the Office of the High Commissioner;
4. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to make an immediate appeal to both Governments and non-governmental organizations to meet the minimum present needs as estimated in the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the Secretary-General and authorizes them to make subsequent appeals on the basis of plans and estimates made by the High Commissioner with the concurrence of his Executive Committee.
587th plenary meeting,21 November 1956.
[1] Ibid., Annexes, agenda item 67, documents A/3371 and Add.1.
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