Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Notes with regret that repatriation or compensation of the refugees has not yet been effected and that the UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine has been unable to achieve progress in the implementation of compensation; affirms the necessity for the continuation of the work of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the importance of its operation and services for the well-being of the Palestine refugees and for the stability of the region, pending the resolution of the question of the Palestine refugees; calls upon all States to make the most generous efforts possible to meet the anticipated needs of the Agency and support its valuable work in providing assistance to the Palestine refugees; calls on all donors to continue to make generous efforts to meet the anticipated needs of the Agency; decides to extend the mandate of the Agency until 30 June 2008.

Adopted 167-1-11, 71st plenary meeting

2 p.

Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.