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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/58
12 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 86
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/52/616)]
52/58.
Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 2656 (XXV) of 7 December 1970, 2728 (XXV) of 15 December 1970, 2791
(XXVI) of 6 December 1971, 51/125 of 13 December 1996 and the previous resolutions on this question,
Recalling also its decision 36/462 of 16 March 1982, by which it took note of the special report of the
Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in
the Near East,1
Having considered the report of the Working Group,2
Taking into account the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997,3
Deeply concerned about the persisting critical financial situation of the Agency, which has affected and
affects the continuation of the provision of the necessary Agency services to Palestine refugees, including
the emergency-related programmes,
1
A/36/866 and Corr.1; see also A/37/591.
2
A/52/578.
3
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 13 and addendum (A/52/13
and Add.1).
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