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Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Austria: Amendment to Article 20, Paras. 2 and 3

Publisher UN Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons
Author UN General Assembly
Publication Date 6 July 1951
Citation / Document Symbol A/CONF.2/46
Cite as UN Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons, Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Austria: Amendment to Article 20, Paras. 2 and 3, 6 July 1951, A/CONF.2/46, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae68ce88.html [accessed 24 May 2023]

Amend paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 20 to read:

"2. The authority or authorities mentioned in paragraph 1 shall, as far as possible, deliver or cause to be delivered to refugees such documents or certifications as would normally be delivered to other aliens by their national authorities.

"3. Documents or certifications so delivered may stand in the stead of and be accorded the same validity as would be accorded to similar instruments delivered to aliens by their national authorities."

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