A/RES/79/88 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 12 December 2024 Seventy-ninth session Agenda item 49 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 4 December 2024 [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/79/422, para. 10)] 79/88. 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 78/74 of 7 December 2023, 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 more than 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, Acknowledging also the commitment of the Agency to operate in line with the humanitarian principles of neutrality, humanity, independence and impartiality, Taking note of the report of the Commissioner-General of the Agency covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023, 1 __________________ 1 24-23537 (E) Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-ninth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/79/13). *2423537*