A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/228 12 July 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 109 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/L.74)] 50/228. Enlargement of the membership of the Executive Commmittee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The General Assembly, Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 1996/212 of 9 February 1996 concerning the enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Taking note also of the request regarding the enlargement of the Executive Committee contained in the letter dated 23 November 1995 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland to the Secretary-General, 1/ 1. Decides to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from fifty to fifty-one States; 2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect the additional member at its substantive session of 1996. 120th plenary meeting 7 June 1996 1/ 96-77245 E/1996/5.