United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/56/55
Distr.: General
14 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 87
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/56/549)]
56/55.
Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for
higher education, including vocational training, for
Palestine refugees
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 212 (III) of 19 November 1948 on assistance to
Palestine refugees,
Recalling also its resolutions 35/13 B of 3 November 1980, 36/146 H of
16 December 1981, 37/120 D of 16 December 1982, 38/83 D of 15 December 1983,
39/99 D of 14 December 1984, 40/165 D of 16 December 1985, 41/69 D of 3 December
1986, 42/69 D of 2 December 1987, 43/57 D of 6 December 1988, 44/47 D of
8 December 1989, 45/73 D of 11 December 1990, 46/46 D of 9 December 1991,
47/69 D of 14 December 1992, 48/40 D of 10 December 1993, 49/35 D of 9 December
1994, 50/28 D of 6 December 1995, 51/127 of 13 December 1996, 52/60 of
10 December 1997, 53/49 of 3 December 1998, 54/72 of 6 December 1999 and 55/126
of 8 December 2000,
Cognizant of the fact that the Palestine refugees have, for the last five decades,
lost their homes, lands and means of livelihood,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General, 1
Having also considered the report of the Commissioner-General of the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering
the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, 2
1.
Urges all States to respond to the appeal made in its resolution 32/90 F of
13 December 1977 and reiterated in subsequent relevant resolutions in a manner
commensurate with the needs of Palestine refugees for higher education, including
vocational training;
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A/56/375.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 and addendum
(A/56/13 and Add.1).
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