A/RES/71/91
United Nations
Distr.: General
22 December 2016
General Assembly
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 49
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2016
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/71/493)]
71/91.
Assistance to Palestine refugees
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and all its subsequent
resolutions on the question, including resolution 70/83 of 9 December 2015,
Recalling also its resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, by which, inter
alia, it established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East,
Recalling further the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Aware of the fact that, for more than six decades, the Palestine refugees have
suffered from the loss of their homes, lands and means of livelihood,
Affirming the imperative of resolving the problem of the Palestine refugees for
the achievement of justice and for the achievement of lasting peace in the region,
Acknowledging the essential role that the Agency has played for over 65 years
since its establishment in ameliorating the plight of the Palestine refugees through
the provision of education, health, relief and social services and ongoing work in the
areas of camp infrastructure, microfinance, protection and emergency assistance,
Taking note of the report of the Commissioner-General of the Agency covering
the period from 1 January to 31 December 2015, 1
Taking note also of the update to the special report of 3 August 2015 of the
Commissioner-General submitted pursuant to paragraph 21 of General Assembly
resolution 302 (IV), 2 which was conveyed by the Secretary-General on 15 September
2016 to the President of the General Assembly, and expressing concern regarding the
severe financial crisis of the Agency and the negative implications for the continued
delivery of core programmes to the Palestine refugees in all fields of operation,
Aware of the growing needs of the Palestine refugees throughout all the fields
of operation, namely, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Occupied
Palestinian Territory,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/71/13).
A/70/272, annex.
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