Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Date:
18 December 1961
XVI. RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1673. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to pursue his activities on behalf of the refugees within his mandate or those for whom he extends his good offices, and to continue to report to the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme and to abide by directions which that Committee might give him in regard to situations concerning refugees;
2. Invites States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies to continue to lend their support to the alleviation of refugee problems still awaiting solution:
(a) By improving the legal status of refugees residing in their territory;
(b) By facilitating the voluntary repatriation, resettlement or local integration of refugees;
(c) By providing the High Commissioner with the necessary financial means for the accomplishment of the tasks incumbent upon him and, in particular, by enabling him to reach the financial targets established with the approval of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme.
1081st plenary meeting,18 December 1961.
[1] Ibid. [2] Ibid., Sixteenth Session, Third Committee, 1112th meeting.
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