Editorial Note
The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of Committee 5 reported on November 16 concerning the method of financing the relief and reintegration program for Palestine refugees, as proposed in the revised joint draft resolution of November [Page 1048] 7. The Advisory Committee concluded that “After a careful review of the circumstances, including many alternative methods of financing, the Advisory Committee, while proposing a voluntary basis for United Nations contributions, recommends the very early appointment of a negotiating committee composed of seven members for the purpose of negotiating as soon as possible, during the current session of the General Assembly, with Member and non-member States the amounts which Governments may be willing to contribute to:
- “(i) The current programme for relief and works for the period ending 30 June 1951, bearing in mind the need for securing contributions from Member States which have not yet contributed; and
- “(ii) The program of relief and reintegration projects envisaged in the draft resolution (A/AC.38/L.28/Rev. 1) for the year ending 30 June 1952.”
The full text of the Advisory Committee’s report is printed as A/1516 in GA (V), Agenda Item 20, Annexes, page 37.