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International Refugee Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The ninth and final session of the International Refugee Organization's General Council was held in Geneva from February 11 to 16, 1952. All but two (China and Iceland) of the member states were represented at the session, as were observers of six non-member states, the Holy See, the United Nations, the International Labor Organization, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Having elected officers for the session and having approved the report on the eighth session, the General Council received and considered, from the acting chairman of the Eligibility Review Board, a report covering the period from July 1 to December 31, 1951; during which time 2,606 decisions were made after 1,086 appellants had received personal interviews. The acting chairman revealed that during the entire life of the board 21,906 personal hearings had been given and 36,742 decisions had been made involving approximately 80,000 persons, with the eligibility criteria for IRO services — under the policy guidance of the Executive Committee and General Council — becoming more and more lenient as the operation progressed. The acting chairman of the board, having outlined to the council the reasons why it was still useful for refugees in Germany and elsewhere to be determined eligible for IRO services despite the fact that IRO had ceased to grant such services, stated that the board would finalize as many outstanding appeals as possible before it ceased to exist on February 15, 1952.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1952 , pp. 306 - 310
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1952

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References

1 Report on the Ninth Session of the General Council, document GC/276/Rev.l, February 25, 1952.

2 Document GC/251/Rev.1, February 14, 1952. For a summary of the eighth session, see International Organization, VI, p. 125.

3 Document GC/254, January 22, 1952.

4 Document GC/256, January 29, 1952.

5 Document GC/257, January 14, 1952.

6 Document GC/261.

7 Document GC/276/Hev.l, February 25, 1952, p. 28.

8 Ibid., p. 29.

9 Document GC/265, February 11, 1952.

10 See International Organization, VI, p. 127.

11 Document GC/239.

12 Document GC/276/Rev.l, February 25, 1952, p. 32.

13 Document GC/262, February 11, 1952.

14 Document GC/276/Rev.l, February 25, 1952, p. 34, 35, 36.

15 Document GC/255, January 22, 1952.

16 For the committee's report on its eleventh session, see document GC/264/Rev.l, February 19, 1952.

17 Department of State, Bulletin, XXVI, p. 308Google Scholar.