Prolongation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Date:
26 November 1957
XII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1165. Prolongation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1. Decides to continue the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a period of five years from 1 January 1959 on the basis of the Statute of the Office;[2]
2. Decides that the election of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for a period of five years from 1 January 1959, shall take place at the thirteenth session of the General Assembly;
3. Decides to review, not later than at its seventeenth session, the arrangements for the Office of the High Commissioner with a view to determining whether the Office should be further continued beyond 31 December 1936.
723rd plenary meeting,26 November 1957.
[1] Ibid., Supplement No. 11 (A/3585/Rev.1). [2] Ibid., Fifth Session, Supplement No. 20, resolution 428 (V), annex.
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