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"The Refugee in the Post-War World," Statement by the Secretariat of the United Nations
17 Jan 1952 -
Speech by Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, before the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 2 January 1952
2 Jan 1952 IRO achievements
Need for branch offices
Value of voluntary agency help
Early convention signatories
Refugee health (example TB in Trieste)
Impossibility of helping all refugees worldwide, need to concentrate on neediest cases
Long-term solutions: assimilation and resettlement ('migration')
Resettlement problem: refugees often not ideal candidates -
Statement by Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the First Session of the 15-Nation Advisory Committee on Refugees, 3 December 1951
3 Dec 1951 handover IRO to UNHCR
importance of field presence
underfunding
beginnings of ExCom
locations of first branch offices
first convention signatories
refugee travel documents -
Speech delivered by Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Conference on Migration at Brussels, 29 November 1951
29 Nov 1951 migration
beginnings of IOM
euopean refugees
surplus population -
"We, the peoples" - Message from Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on United Nations Day, 28 September 1951
28 Sep 1951 basis of ECOSOC
UN day -
Summary of Speech by Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, before the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), 3 September 1951
3 Sep 1951 german refugees -
Statement by Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Atlantic Charter: "Fear is still producing refugees. We must help those whom fear has chased from their homes," 13 August 1951
13 Aug 1951 causes of refugee flows -
Address by Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the 7th Session of the General Council of the International Refugee Organization, 9 April 1951
9 Apr 1951 International Refugee Organization
Achievements of IRO
Passing the baton to UNHCR