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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/60
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)]
52/60.
Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education,
including vocational training, for Palestine refugees
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 212 (III) of 19 November 1948 on assistance to Palestine refugees,
Recalling also its resolutions 35/13 B of 3 November 1980, 36/146 H of 16 December 1981, 37/120 D
of 16 December 1982, 38/83 D of 15 December 1983, 39/99 D of 14 December 1984, 40/165 D of
16 December 1985, 41/69 D of 3 December 1986, 42/69 D of 2 December 1987, 43/57 D of 6 December
1988, 44/47 D of 8 December 1989, 45/73 D of 11 December 1990, 46/46 D of 9 December 1991, 47/69 D
of 14 December 1992, 48/40 D of 10 December 1993, 49/35 D of 9 December 1994, 50/28 D of 6 December
1995 and 51/127 of 13 December 1996,
Cognizant of the fact that the Palestine refugees have, for the last five decades, lost their homes, lands
and means of livelihood,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,1
Having also considered 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 1997,2
1
A/52/415.
2
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 13 and addendum (A/52/13
and Add.1).
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