Report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
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Date:
20 December 1962
XVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE
1856. Report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
1. Expresses its thanks to the Commissioner-General and the staff of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for their continued faithful efforts to provide essential services for the Palestine refugees, and to the specialized agencies and private organizations for their valuable work in assisting the refugees;
2. Expresses its thanks to the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine for its efforts to find a way to achieve progress on the Palestine Arab refugee problem pursuant to paragraph 11 of resolution 194 (III), and requests the Commission to continue its endeavours with the Member States directly concerned;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the staff and facilities that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine may require in carrying on its work;
4. Decides to extend the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East until 30 June 1965;
5. Directs attention to the precarious financial position of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and urges noncontributing Governments to contribute, and contributing Governments to consider increasing their contributions, so that the Agency can carry out its essential programmes.
1200th plenary meeting,20 December 1962.
[1] Ibid., Seventeenth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/5214).
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