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Question of the establishment, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of a body to which persons claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply

Publisher UN General Assembly
Publication Date 30 November 1976
Citation / Document Symbol A/RES/31/36
Reference 31st session
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Cite as UN General Assembly, Question of the establishment, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of a body to which persons claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply, 30 November 1976, A/RES/31/36, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f1153c.html [accessed 29 December 2016]
Comments Adopted at the 83rd plenary meeting, 30 Nov. 1976; In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 31st session. Volume 1, 21 September-22 December 1976. - A/31/39. - 1977. - p. 94-95. - (GAOR, 31st sess., Suppl. no. 39).

31. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE*
36. Question of the establishment, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of a body to which persons claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 3274 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974,

Having considered the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees[1] on the question of the establishment, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961,[2] of a body to which persons claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply,

Noting that the High Commissioner is carrying out the functions required under the Convention without any financial implications for the United Nations,

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to perform these functions.

83rd plenary meeting
30 November 1976



[1] Ibid., Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 12B (A/31/Add.2).

[2] A/CONF.9/15, 1961.

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