A/RES/72/80
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 December 2017
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 53
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 7 December 2017
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/72/447)]
72/80.
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 71/91 of 6 December 2016,
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 6 5 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 2016, 1
Taking note also of the report of the Commissioner-General of 30 June 2017,
submitted pursuant to paragraph 57 of the report of the Secretary-General 2 and in
follow-up to the update to the special report of 3 August 2015 of the
Commissioner-General submitted pursuant to paragraph 21 of General Assembly
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 13
(A/72/13/Rev.1).
A/71/849.
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