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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 10 December 1974
Citation / Document Symbol A/RES/3274(XXIX)
Reference Twenty-ninth 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, 10 December 1974, A/RES/3274(XXIX), available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f17723.html [accessed 1 November 2019]
Comments Adopted at the 2311th plenary meeting, 10 Dec. 1974; In: Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly during its 29th session. Volume 1, 17 September-18 December 1974. - A/9631. - 1975. - p. 92-93. - (GAOR, 29th sess., Suppl. no. 31).

XXIX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
3274. 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,

Considering the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 28 August 1961[1] and, in particular, its articles 11 and 20 requiring the establishment of a body to which a person claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply for the examination of his claim and for assistance in presenting it to the appropriate authority,

Noting that the Convention will come into force on 13 December 1975,

Having considered the note and the explanatory memorandum of the Secretary-General,[2]

Considering the practical advantages involved in the proposal to request the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to assume the above-mentioned responsibilities,

1. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees provisionally to undertake the functions foreseen under the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness in accordance, with its article 11 after the Convention has come into force;

2. Decides to review, not later than at its thirty-first session, the opinion of the High Commissioner and the arrangements he shall have made in this regard, with a view to taking a decision on the establishment of the body envisaged under article 11 of the Convention.

2311th plenary meeting
10 December 1974



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

[2] 0flicial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Annexes, agenda item 99, document A/9691.

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