A/RES/51/125 Page 2 necessary Agency services to the Palestine refugees, including the emergencyrelated 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. Takes note with approval of the report of the Working Group;2 3. Requests the Working Group to continue its efforts, in cooperation with the Secretary-General and the Commissioner-General, for the financing of the Agency for a further period of one year; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary services and assistance to the Working Group for the conduct of its work. 83rd plenary meeting 13 December 1996