Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

A/RES/49/171

The General Assembly,

Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 1994/235 of 21 July 1994 concerning the enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

Taking note also of the notes verbales dated 28 June 1993 from the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, 23 December 1993 from the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and 28 December 1993 from the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, addressed to the Secretary-General, relating to the enlargement of the Executive Committee,

1. Decides to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from forty-seven to fifty States;

2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect the three additional members at its resumed organizational session of 1995.