A/RES/56/133 United Nations Distr.: General 11 February 2002 General Assembly Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 114 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/578)] 56/133. 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 decisions 2001/217 of 3 May 2001 and 2001/298 of 25 July 2001 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 annex to the note verbale dated 21 January 1999 from the Permanent Mission of Guinea to the United Nations addressed to the SecretaryGeneral, 1 in the letter dated 3 November 2000 from the Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, 2 in the annex to the letter dated 20 April 2001 from the Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the United Nations addressed to the SecretaryGeneral 3 and in the note verbale dated 27 April 2001 from the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, 4 1. Decides to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from fifty-seven to sixty-one States; 2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect the additional members at its resumed organizational session for 2002. 88th plenary meeting 19 December 2001 _______________ 1 E/1999/13. E/2001/4. 3 E/2001/49. 4 E/2001/52. 2 01 48434