398 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS again acting as host to the Consultative Group on "4. Decides, pursuant to the suggestion made in Coca Leaf Problems; paragraph 21 of the note by the Secretary-General, to "2. Notes with deep satisfaction the extensive ad- set up a committee on candidatures consisting of ministrative and educational efforts made by Peru to thirteen members; restrict the production and chewing of coca leaf and "5. Approves the procedure for the election of its illegal utilization for the manufacture of cocaine, members of the International Narcotics Control Board, and gradually to replace coca bush cultivation by other as contained in the report of the Commission on Nar- viable agricultural and industrial activities; cotic Drugs and as outlined by the Secretary-General. "3. Invites the Secretary-General of the United "6. Requests the Secretary-General to set in mo- Nations and the Heads of the specialized agencies tion the process for the first elections of the Interna- whose terms of reference permit their doing so, to tional Narcotics Control Board, in accordance with give sympathetic consideration, to the extent that article 9 of the Convention and the above approved (financial resources permit, to such requests for tech- procedure; nical and financial assistance as they may receive from "7. Urges all States which are parties to the earlier Member States of the United Nations for the purpose international narcotics treaties, and not to the 1961 of combating the habit of chewing coca leaf and for Convention, to co-operate with the International Nar- the replacement of the coca bush." cotics Control Board in the performance of its func- tions in accordance with article 45, paragraph 2, cf IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE CONVENTION the said Convention." E/4140. Report of 20th session of Commission on Nar- cotic Drugs, Chapter II, paras. 52-92. REPORT OF PERMANENT E/4158/Rev.1. Procedure for appointment of members CENTRAL NARCOTICS BOARD of International Narcotics Control Board under E/4140. Report of 20th session of Commission on Nar- Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. Note cotic Drugs, Chapter II, paras. 93-105. by Secretary-General. Permanent Central Narcotics Board. Report to Eco- E/AC.7/L.481. India and Iran: draft resolution, as oral- nomic and Social Council on Work of Board in 1965 ly amended by United States, adopted unanimously (E/OB/21). U.N.P. Sales No.:65.XI.9; Addendum by Social Committee on 2 March 1966, meeting 533. to Report of Board in 1965 (E/OB/21/Add.). E/4162. Report of Social Committee, draft resolu- U.N.P. Sales No.:66.XI.5. tion III. Permanent Central Narcotics Board. Report to Eco- RESOLUTION 1106(xl), as proposed by Social Com- nomic and Social Council on Work of Board in 1966 mittee, E/4162, and as orally amended by India, (E/OB/22). U.N.P. Sales No.:66.XI.9. adopted unanimously by Council on 4 March 1966, E/AC.7/L.484. Statement by President of Permanent meeting 1416. Central Narcotics Board on 28 February 1966, meeting 532. "The Economic and Social Council, E/4162. Report of Social Committee, IV (recom- "Recalling its resolutions 833 B (XXXII) and 914 mendation). C (XXXIV) of 3 August 1961 and 3 August 1962, RESOLUTION 1107(xl), as proposed by Social Com- and General Assembly resolution 1774(XVII) of 7 mittee, E/4162, taking note of report of Permanent December 1962 relating to the ratification of or acces- Central Narcotics Board on work of Board in 1965 sion to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, adopted by Council on 4 March 1966, meeting 1416. "1. Notes that the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, came into force on 13 December 1964 OTHER DOCUMENTS and is being acceded to or ratified by an increasing A/6303. Report of Economic and Social Council to number of States; General Assembly, Chapter XIII, Section VIII. "2. Takes note of the arrangements for the imple- Bulletin on Narcotics. Quarterly. Vol. XVIII, 1966. mentation of the Convention as set out in the report Nos. 1-4 (January-March; April-June; July-Septem- of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its twentieth ber; October-December). session; E/4238. Communication from Director-General of "3. Decides to establish the date of 2 March 1968 World Health Organization. Note by Secretary- as the date when the International Narcotics Control General transmitting resolution on Single Conven- Board shall enter upon its duties, in pursuance of tion on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, adopted by 19th article 45, paragraph 2, of the Convention; World Health Assembly on 20 May 1966.

CHAPTER XIX ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES

The Office of the United Nations High Com- protection and assistance for refugees in over missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provided 50 countries in 1966. The dedication of United ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES 399 Nations Day 1966 to the cause of refugees pro- areas outside Europe where new refugee prob- vided occasion for voluntary fund-raising cam- lems had arisen. paigns to assist refugees. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES ACTIVITIES IN 1966 UNHCR continued to implement "major aid" programmes2 for "old" European refugees, INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION that is, persons who had reached countries of A major development during 1966 in the asylum before 1 January 1961. Over 4,000 of field of international protection of refugees was these were firmly settled in 1966 under such pro- the approval on 16 December by the United grammes. The UNHCR "current" programmes2 Nations General Assembly of a Protocol to the for 1966, which had a financial target of 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refu- $4,168,560, benefited over 229,000 refugees, most gees. The Protocol was to extend the personal of whom were in Africa. scope of the Convention to cover persons who While there was a new influx of refugees became refugees after 1 January 1951. It was in several countries in Africa—most of whom to come into force when six Members of the had to be provided with emergency relief— United Nations or of the specialized agencies some 25,000 decided to return to their countries had deposited their instrument of accession with of origin. Where necessary, UNHCR assisted the Secretary-General of the United Nations these refugees financially in their voluntary (see below for details). repatriation. The number of States acceding to the 1951 Resettlement through migration to other coun- Convention itself increased to 51 during 1966, tries continued to play an important role, en- with the accession of Kenya and The Gambia.1 abling certain groups of refugees in Europe A new Indemnification Fund was established rapidly to find new homes and often to reunite by the Government of the Federal Republic of with their families. Germany in 1966. The administration of the The main solution, however, was again local new Fund was entrusted to UNHCR for the integration through land settlement. This solu- indemnification of refugees who suffered per- tion enabled an increasing number of refugees secution by the national socialist regime by to reach the stage of becoming self-supporting reason of their nationality and who did not in Africa, despite some poor harvests. In certain benefit from the earlier Indemnification Fund regions of Burundi and the Democratic Re- set up in 1960. public of the Congo, the settlement of refugees During 1966, Switzerland became the tenth in agriculture was consolidated through joint State to adhere to the European Agreement on projects of UNHCR, the International Labour the Abolition of Visas for Refugees, concluded Organisation (ILO) and the Food and Agri- under the auspices of the Council of Europe. This Agreement provided for visa-free travel 1 Also parties to the Convention at the end of 1966 for periods of not more than three months for were: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, refugees in possession of travel documents issued Burundi, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Demo- under the 1951 Convention. cratic Republic of the Congo, Cyprus, Dahomey, Den- Further accessions were made to other inter- mark, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Federal Republic of governmental instruments which affected direct- Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Holy See, Iceland, ly or indirectly the status of refugees. Co-opera- Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Nether- tion in respect of the legal position of refugees lands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Peru, Portugal, was continued with regional organizations, in Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, particular the Council of Europe and the Or- United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, ganization of African Unity (OAU). OAU Yugoslavia. continued to work for an African Convention 2 The High Commissioner's Office provides "major on Refugees, which would complement the 1951 aid" programmes for persons who have been refugees since World War II or before, and "current" pro- Convention on a regional basis. Protection activ- grammes for newly arriving refugees as well as others ities were initiated or continued in the various whose needs had not previously been met. 400 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS culture Organization (FAO), which also bene- after the rescinding of the expulsion and property fited the local population. sequestration decrees of August 1964. It was Over $4,100,000 was made available under expected that UNHCR assistance to these refu- the 1966 programme and the UNHCR Emer- gees would cease by the end of 1967. gency Fund to assist refugees. Supporting con- Progress was made in the United Republic of tributions from other sources amounted to Tanzania, where the number of Rwandese refu- $6,575,000, not including the value of land gees living in organized settlements at Mwesi, placed at the disposal of refugees in Africa, some Karagwe and Muyenzi remained in the vicinity $1.5 million worth of food supplies offered by of 13,500. The refugees at Karagwe were con- the World Food Programme and governmental sidered to be virtually settled. bilateral aid to several countries of residence The number of Rwandese refugees in Uganda, of new groups of refugees. In addition, trust which was reassessed at 65,000 at the beginning funds amounting to $610,000, which had been of 1966, increased to 68,000 owing to a new earmarked by their donors for essential comple- influx of 3,000 refugees during the year. Some mentary assistance projects, were committed by 47,000 were benefiting from UNHCR projects. A UNHCR. new settlement was created at Kyangwali to ac- commodate some 6,000 refugees from the over- populated Oruchinga valley. By the end of the ASSISTANCE TO year, 13,000 Rwandese refugees in Uganda wen: AFRICAN REFUGEES still receiving food rations.

RWANDESE REFUGEES SUDANESE REFUGEES The number of Rwandese refugees in Burundi, The total number of Sudanese refugees, most the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda of whom lived in the Central African Republic, and the United Republic of Tanzania remained the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the vicinity of 160,000 during 1966. In Burun- Uganda, rose to 106,000 in the course of 1966. di, further progress was made in consolidating The majority of the 27,000 refugees living in the the position of the 19,000 Rwandese living in Central African Republic and the 24,000 who settlements at Kayongozi, Kigamda and Muram- entered the Democratic Republic of the Congo da, through the integration and zonal develop- were living close to the borders of their country ment project of UNHCR, the International of origin. Under agreements reached separately Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Food and between the Sudanese Government and the Agriculture Organization (FAO) and of the Governments of these two countries of asylum, 25,000 at Mugera through the rural integration those refugees who did not wish to be repatriated project put into effect through the concerted were to be resettled in areas further from the: efforts of the Burundi Government, the Associ- border. Of the 55,000 Sudanese refugees in ation internationale pour le développement Uganda, approximately 11,000 were, by the rural outre-mer (AIDR) and UNHCR. The end of 1966, benefiting from UNHCR assistance: World Food Programme provided food to a projects in three large settlements. The re- value of $1,551,500 for these settlements. While maining refugees were scattered throughout the: the refugees in Burundi had reached the mini- country. mum subsistence level, they had not yet achieved the standard of living of the local population. REFUGEES FROM PORTUGUESE TERRITORIES Consequently, the existing programmes were to be continued during 1967 in the four settle- Refugees from Angola. The settlement of the: ments on an integrated basis. group of some 300,000 Angolan refugees in The majority of the approximately 24,000 the Democratic Republic of the Congo continued Rwandese refugees living in the Kivu province satisfactorily. Most of them had reached the of the Democratic Republic of the Congo could minimum subsistence level by the end of the be considered as settled, particularly since their year, largely through the assistance granted by legal position was stabilized at the end of 1966 voluntary agencies. Those admitted to Zambia. ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES 401 continued to benefit from UNHCR assistance still awaiting the completion of housing under in settling on the land in Lwatembo and the Government's housing programme. Mayukwayukwa. Approximately 6,000 new European refugees were recognized as such during 1966, as com- Refugees from Portuguese Guinea. As as result pared with 10,000 in 1965. Many were young of a considerable influx of refugees in the and able-bodied and were resettled in other densely populated Casamance area, the number countries in co-operation with the Inter-govern- of refugees from Portuguese Guinea in Senegal mental Committee for European Migration rose from 51,000 to 61,000 in the course of (ICEM). The resettlement of 850 refugees, 1966. The new arrivals were encouraged to settle including 450 handicapped, was promoted, fi- in the interior of the country. A programme for nanced or co-financed under the current pro- agricultural settlement was being carried out gramme. A number of European refugees were through the concerted efforts of the Government able to integrate themselves in their new coun- of Senegal, the local population and the inter- tries of residence. Over 3,000 needed some national community. By the end of 1966, almost complementary assistance under the UNHCR two thirds of the refugee population had reached current programme with a view to their local a standard of living equal to that of the local integration. Another 180 refugees of European population, and the remainder were expected origin were resettled from the Far East via to reach that standard by the end of 1967. Hong Kong, leaving some 1,000 still on the mainland of China. Several hundred European Refugees from Mozambique. The number of refugees in Morocco and the Near East still refugees from Mozambique in the United Re- required assistance to enable them to resettle. public of Tanzania—12,000 at the beginning The High Commissioner's Office continued of 1966—increased to 19,000, which made it to give particular attention to the problem of necessary to establish a new settlement at Mu- handicapped refugees. hukuru, in addition to the projects being carried out at Rutamba and Lundo. A number of the ASSISTANCE TO OTHER GROUPS OF REFUGEES refugees in Zambia returned to Mozambique, leaving 1,000 still in Zambia. CHINESE REFUGEES Chinese refugees in Macao numbered nearly REFUGEES FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 75,000 at the end of 1966. By concentrating OF THE CONGO on the sectors where the need was greatest, it The number of Congolese refugees in Burundi, was possible for UNHCR, through a number the Central African Republic, Uganda and the of modest projects more particularly concerned the United Republic of Tanzania was estimated with housing and employment opportunities, at 75,000 at the end of 1966. Over 15,000 of the to contribute significantly towards the consider- Congolese refugees returned to their homes in able efforts being made by the Macao authorities. 1966. The Chinese refugees in Hong Kong continued to receive assistance from the local authorities. ASSISTANCE TO EUROPEAN REFUGEES The "major aid" programmes, which have CUBAN REFUGEES been carried out by UNHCR since 1955 to While some 6,500 Cuban refugees were esti- provide permanent solutions for the "old" mated to have arrived in Spain in 1966, 2,423 European refugees, had been completed in most of them were accepted by other countries, of the countries concerned at the end of 1966. especially the United States, where most of them Only a small number of projects to provide wished to go in order to join relatives. UNHCR permanent care for the handicapped in France continued to assist the Spanish Government and housing for groups of refugees in Greece and the voluntary agencies in meeting the cost still had to be carried out. A number of refugees of temporary shelter. The number of United in the Federal Republic of Germany were also States visas issued, while increased over late 402 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS 1965, was still less than the applications, and mission to the General Assembly at its twenty- the average number of Cuban refugee arrivals first session, later in 1966. in the United States each month remained greater than the number of departures. There EXTENSION OF SCOPE OF 1951 CONVENTION were an estimated 3,670 Cubans awaiting an In November 1966, the Council considered opportunity to emigrate from Spain at the end an addition to the High Commissioner's report of 1966. containing a draft protocol relating to the status of refugees, which was designed to extend the TIBETAN REFUGEES personal scope of the Convention of 28 July Of the approximately 7,000 Tibetan refugees 1951 on the Status of Refugees. On 18 Novem- in Nepal in 1966, 2,500, living in organized ber, the Council adopted a resolution (1186 settlements, were receiving assistance towards (XLI)) by which it noted with approval the their firm establishment under the UNHCR document and transmitted it to the General programme. The remainder were scattered in Assembly. (For text of Council's resolutions, see remote mountain regions. The concerted efforts DOCUMENTARY REFERENCES below.) of local authorities, UNHCR, the Nepalese Red Cross, the Swiss Association for Technical DECISIONS BY Assistance and various voluntary agencies, had GENERAL ASSEMBLY —at the end of 1966—reached the stage where At its twenty-first session, the General Assem- the basic requirements of the refugees in the bly referred the report of the High Commis- settlements as regards housing, schooling and sioner to its Third (Social, Humanitarian and medical care would soon be covered. At the Cultural) Committee. During the debate, two same time, employment opportunities increased draft resolutions were submitted, dealing re- and the majority of able-bodied refugees had spectively with the report of the High Com- ceased to require food rations by the end of missioner and with the draft protocol relating the year. to the status of refugees. The number of Tibetan refugees in India, In other actions pertaining to refugees, the Sikkim and Bhutan remained in the region of General Assembly approved: a draft declaration 50,000. As in past years, the Government of on the right of asylum (resolution 2203(XXI)); India made considerable efforts to assist the and a resolution (2235(XXI)) calling for a refugees to settle in agriculture and become study of consolidating the special educational employed in light industry. Various voluntary and training programmes for South West Africa, agencies also contributed in conjunction with the territories under Portuguese administration the Central Relief Committee of India. Projects and the educational and training programme for which UNHCR had previously made avail- for South Africans. (See pp. 475-77 and pp. able funds derived from non-governmental 557-58.) sources were also continued. REPORT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER DECISIONS BY ECONOMIC The draft resolution in the Third Committee AND SOCIAL COUNCIL on the report of the High Commissioner was submitted by 14 Members: Austria, Canada, ANNUAL REPORT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the At its mid-1966 session, the Economic and Congo, France, Ghana, Greece, Iran, Japan, Social Council considered the annual report Norway, Senegal, Sudan, the United Kingdom of the United Nations High Commissioner for and Uruguay. By the preambular paragraph Refugees covering the period from 1 April 1965 of this text, as revised to take into account an to 31 March 1966. On 26 July 1966, the Council amendment proposed by Uganda, the Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution (1122(XLI)) would, among other things, note the progress taking note with appreciation of the report achieved and, considering the increasing num- prepared by the High Commissioner for trans- ber and scope of refugee problems in Africa ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES 403 and other regions of the world, and the ad- operative paragraphs, the Third Committee, ditional responsibilities incumbent on the High on 7 December 1966, approved the amended Commissioner as a result of the extension of text as a whole by 83 votes to 0, with 15 absten- his activities to new countries, also noted with tions. At a plenary meeting of the Assembly concern the serious financial crisis affecting the on 16 December, it was adopted by 91 votes assistance programme of the High Commis- to 0, with 15 abstentions, as resolution 2198 sioner. By the operative part of the draft resolu- (XXI). By this resolution, the Assembly made tion, as also amended by Uganda, the Assembly the point that, as the 1951 Convention relating would: (1) request the High Commissioner to to the Status of Refugees covered only those continue to provide international protection to who had become refugees as a result of events refugees who were his concern and to promote occurring before 1 January 1951, it was desir- permanent solutions to their problems (a) by able that equal status should be enjoyed by all facilitating their voluntary repatriation, (b) by refugees covered by the definition in the Con- facilitating their rapid settlement, either in the vention, irrespective of the date-line of 1 January countries of first asylum or in other countries 1951. The Executive Committee of the Pro- and (c) by ensuring in developing countries gramme of the High Commissioner, it was noted, their possible inclusion in the economic and had recommended that the Secretary-General social programmes carried out by the competent be authorized to open the Protocol relating to organs and specialized agencies of the United the Status of Refugees for accession by Govern- Nations; (2) request the competent organs and ments within the shortest possible time. The specialized agencies of the United Nations to Assembly took note of the Protocol relating to take into account at the request of the Govern- the Status of Refugees and requested the Sec- ments concerned the needs of refugees when retary-General to transmit the text of the Pro- considering development plans; and (3) invite tocol to the States mentioned in Article V Members of the United Nations and members thereof with a view to enabling them to accede of the specialized agencies to give full support to the Protocol. (For text of resolution, see to the High Commissioner and to place at his DOCUMENTARY REFERENCES below.) disposal the financial means necessary for the completion of his assistance programme. After STATUS OF GOVERNMENTAL CONTRIBU- separate votes on several paragraphs, the draft TIONS PAID, PLEDGED OR PROMISED TO resolution was approved by the Third Com- PROGRAMMES OF UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN 1967 mittee on 7 December 1966 by 89 votes to 0, with 12 abstentions. It was adopted by the (As at 28 February 1967, in U.S. Dollars) Assembly at a plenary meeting on 16 December Governments Total by 90 votes to 0, with 11 abstentions, as resolu- Australia 150,000 Austria 30,000 tion 2197(XXI). (For text, see DOCUMENTARY Belgium 150,000 REFERENCES below.) Canada 324,074 China 5,000 PROTOCOL RELATING TO STATUS OF REFUGEES Denmark 101,346 Finland 15,000 A draft resolution providing for approval of France 360,000 the protocol extending the personal scope of Germany, Federal Republic of 300,000 the Convention on the Status of Refugees was Ghana 3,000 submitted by the following 15 Members: Algeria, Greece 10,000 Burundi, the Congo (Brazzaville), France, Holy See 2,500 Iceland 5,750 Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, India 2,000 Pakistan, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Republic Iran 5,000 of Tanzania, Yugoslavia and Zambia. Amend- Ireland 5,000 ments proposed by Austria, Greece and Nigeria Israel 5,000 Italy 3,000 were accepted by the sponsors. Japan 20,000 Following separate roll-call votes on the Kenya 1,000 404 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS Governments Total Governments Total Lebanon 2,000 Sweden 200,000 Luxembourg 3,000 Switzerland 138,890 Libya 2,000 Tunisia 2,500 Malaysia 1,000 Turkey 2,667 Morocco 9,960 United Kingdom 336,000 Netherlands 146,945 United States 400,000 Niger 500 Yugoslavia 7,500 Norway 139,665 Philippines 1,250 Total $2,891,547

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DECISIONS OF ECONOMIC Plenary Meeting 1495. AND SOCIAL COUNCIL A/6303. Report of Economic and Social Council to ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL——41ST SESSION General Assembly, Chapter XIII, Section I. Plenary Meetings 1438, 1453. A/6303/Add.1. Addendum to Report of Economic arid Social Council, Chapter VI. ANNUAL REPORT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER A/6311/Rev.1 and Rev.1/Add.1. Report of United Na- E/4201 and Corr.1 and Add.1. Annual report of tions High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees including reports of 15th and 16th sessions of Ex- (UNHCR). ecutive Committee of High Commissioner's Pro- E/L.1139. Statement by United Nations High Com- gramme. missioner on 26 July 1966, meeting 1438. REPORT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER RESOLUTION 1122(xli), as proposed by Council Presi- A/C.3/L.1412 and Add.1. Austria, Canada, Colombia, dent, adopted by Council on 26 July 1966, meeting Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Ghana, 1438. Greece, Iran, Japan, Norway, Senegal, Sudan, United Kingdom, Uruguay: draft resolution. "The Economic and Social Council, A/C.3/L.1412/Rev.1. Austria, Canada, Colombia, "Having considered the report of the United Nations Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Ghana, High Commissioner for Refugees and the report of the Greece, Iran, Japan, Norway, Senegal, Sudan, Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's United Kingdom, Uruguay: revised draft resolu- Programme on its fifteenth session, tion, as amended by Uganda, adopted by Third "Takes note with appreciation of the report pre- Committee on 7 December 1966, meeting 1450, by pared by the High Commissioner for transmission to 89 votes to 0, with 12 abstentions. the General Assembly at its twenty-first session." A/C.3/L.1416. Uganda: amendments to 14-power draft resolution, A/C.3/L.1412 and Add.1. EXTENSION OF SCOPE A/6586. Report of Third Committee, draft resolu- OF 1951 CONVENTION tion I. E/4201/Add.2. Annual report of United Nations High RESOLUTION 2197(xxi), as proposed by Third Com- Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): Measures mittee, A/6586, adopted by Assembly on 16 Decem- to extend personal scope of convention of 28 July ber 1966, meeting 1495, by 90 votes to 0, with 11 1951 relating to status of refugees. abstentions. E/4279. Note by Secretary-General. RESOLUTION 1186(xli), adopted by Council on 18 "The General Assembly, November 1966, meeting 1453. "Having considered the report of the United Na- tions High Commissioner for Refugees and having "The Economic and Social Council, heard his statement, "1. Takes note with approval of the addendum to "Taking note of the progress achieved in all the the annual report of the United Nations High Com- countries of the world where the Office of the High missioner for Refugees on, inter alia, measures to Commissioner is carrying out its activities, in the field extend the personal scope of the Convention of 28 of international protection of refugees and in the July 1951 relating to the status of refugees; •search for permanent solutions to their problems "2. Transmits that addendum to the General through voluntary repatriation, voluntary integration in Assembly." countries of asylum or resettlement in other countries, "Considering the increasing number and scope of DECISIONS BY THE refugee problems in Africa and in other regions of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY world, and the additional responsibilities incumbent upon the High Commissioner as a result of the exten- GENERAL ASSEMBLY——21ST SESSION sion of his activities to new countries, most of which Third Committee, meetings 1447-1450. are in a developing stage, ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES 405 "Recalling its resolution 2040(XX) of 7 December ber 1966, meeting 1495, by 91 votes to 0, with 15 1965, in which particular attention is given to the abstentions. question of the assistance of refugees in Africa, "Noting with concern the serious financial crisis at "The General Assembly, present affecting the assistance programme of the "Considering that the Convention relating to the High Commissioner, Status of Refugees, signed at Geneva on 28 July 1951, "1. Requests the United Nations High Commis- covers only those persons who have become refugees as sioner for Refugees to continue to provide interna- a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951, tional protection to refugees who are his concern, "Considering that new refugee situations have arisen within the limits of his competence, and to promote since the Convention was adopted and that the refu- permanent solutions to the problems: gees concerned may therefore not fall within the scope "(a) By facilitating their voluntary repatriation of the Convention, through any steps he may consider appropriate and in "Considering that it is desirable that equal status conformity with the humanitarian character of his should be enjoyed by all refugees covered by the mandate; definition in the Convention, irrespective of the date- "(b) By facilitating the voluntary and rapid settle- line of 1 January 1951, ment of these refugees in the countries of asylum and "Taking note of the recommendation of the Ex- by making available to these countries, especially ecutive Committee of the Programme of the United developing countries, a maximum of aid, taking into Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that the account the specific requirements existing in each draft Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees should country of asylum; be submitted to the General Assembly after considera- "(c) By assuring that in developing countries the tion by the Economic and Social Council, in order plans for the economic and social integration of that the Secretary-General might be authorized to refugees, pending their possible inclusion in the eco- open the Protocol for accession by Governments within nomic and social programmes carried out by the the shortest possible time, competent organs and specialized agencies of the "Considering that the Economic and Social Council United Nations, are properly co-ordinated with those in its resolution 1186(XLI) of 18 November 1966, programmes, and also with such other programmes as took note with approval of the draft Protocol con- might be carried out by regional organizations; tained in the addendum to the report of the United "2. Requests the competent organs and specialized Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and concern- agencies of the United Nations, when considering ing measures to extend the personal scope of the Con- development plans, to take into account, at the request vention, and transmitted the addendum to the General of the Governments concerned, the needs of the Assembly, refugees; "1. Takes note of the Protocol relating to the "3. Invites States Members of the United Nations Status of Refugees, the text of which is contained in and members of the specialized agencies to give their the addendum to the report of the United Nations full support to the High Commissioner in the accom- High Commissioner for Refugees; plishment of his humanitarian task and to place at his "2. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the disposal the financial means necessary for the com- text of the Protocol to the States mentioned in article pletion of his assistance programme." V thereof, with a view to enabling them to accede to the Protocol." PROTOCOL RELATING TO STATUS OF REFUGEES A/C.3/L.1415. Algeria, Burundi, Congo (Brazza- CONTRIBUTION PLEDGES ville), France, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, Tunisia, United Re- GENERAL ASSEMBLY——21ST SESSION public of Tanzania, Yugoslavia and Zambia (oral- Ad Hoc Committee of General Assembly for An- ly): draft resolution, as amended by 3 powers nouncements of Voluntary Pledges to Programme (A/C.3/L.1418), adopted by Third Committee on of UNHCR, Meeting 1. 7 December 1966, meeting 1450, by 83 votes to 0, with 15 abstentions. OTHER DOCUMENTS A/C.3/L.1418. Austria, Nigeria and Greece (orally): A/AC.96/336; A/AC.96/354. List of documents is- amendments to 15-power draft resolution, A/C.3/ sued at 15th and 16th sessions of Executive Com- L.1415. mittee of the High Commissioner's Programme. A/6586. Report of Third Committee, draft resolu- A/AC.96/364. Report of UNHCR current operations tion II. in 1966 submitted to 17th session of Executive Com- RESOLUTION 2198(xxi), as proposed by Third Com- mittee of High Commissioner's Programme. mittee, A/6586, adopted by Assembly on 16 Decem-