A/RES/75/93
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 December 2020
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 52
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on
10 December 2020
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/75/411, para. 12)]
75/93.
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 74/83 of 13 December 2019,
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 seven 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 almost seven
decades 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 2019, 1
Taking note also of the report of the Commissioner-General of 31 May 2020,
submitted pursuant to paragraph 57 of the report of the Secretary-General, 2 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,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/75/13).
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