A/RES/70/83
United Nations
Distr.: General
15 December 2015
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 54
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2015
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/70/496)]
70/83.
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 69/86 of 5 December 2014,
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 60 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 2014, 1
Taking note also of the special report of the Commissioner-General, submitted
pursuant to paragraph 21 of General Assembly resolution 302 (IV) and conveyed by
the Secretary-General on 4 August 2015, regarding the severe financial crisis of the
Agency and its effect on core services, 2
Aware of the continuing needs of the Palestine refugees throughout all the
fields of operation, namely, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the
Occupied Palestinian Territory,
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/70/13); and ibid.,
Supplement No. 13A (A/70/13/Add.1).
2
A/70/272, annex.
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