United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/124
Distr.: General
27 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 84
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/55/570)]
55/124. 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, 54/70 of 6 December 1999
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 covering
the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, 3
Deeply concerned about the continuing financial situation of the Agency,
which has affected and affects the continuation of the provision of necessary Agency
services to Palestine refugees, including the emergency-related programmes,
Emphasizing the continuing need for extraordinary efforts in order to maintain,
at least at the current minimum level, the activities of the Agency, as well as to
enable the Agency to carry out essential construction,
1.
Commends the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for its efforts to
assist in ensuring the financial security of the Agency;
2.
1
Takes note with approval of the report of the Working Group; 2
A/36/866 and Corr.1; see also A/37/591.
A/55/456.
3
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/55/13).
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