United Nations A/RES/57/185 General Assembly Distr.: General 4 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 104 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/551)] 57/185. Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The General Assembly, Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 2002/288 of 25 July 2002 concerning the enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Taking note also of the requests regarding the enlargement of the Executive Committee contained in the note verbale dated 3 October 2001 from the Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, 1 in the note verbale dated 19 October 2001 from the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General 2 and in the letter dated 12 June 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, 3 1. Decides to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from sixty-one to sixty-four States; 2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect the additional members at its resumed organizational session for 2003. 77th plenary meeting 18 December 2002 _______________ 1 E/2002/8. E/2002/7. 3 E/2002/75. 2 02 55052