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

Decision 2001/217

At its 8th plenary meeting, on 3 May 2001, the Economic and Social Council, recalling General Assembly resolution 1166 (XII) of 26 November 1957, in which the Assembly had requested the establishment of an Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as Assembly resolutions 1958 (XVIII) of 12 December 1963, 2294 (XXII) of 11 December 1967, 36/121 D of 10 December 1981, 42/130 of 7 December 1987, 45/138 of 14 December 1990, 48/115 of 20 December 1993, 49/171 of 23 December 1994, 50/228 of 7 June 1996, 51/72 of 12 December 1996, 54/143 of 17 December 1999 and 55/72 of 4 December 2000, in which the Assembly had decided to enlarge the Executive Committee, took note of the request for the enlargement of the Executive Committee contained in the annex to the note verbale dated 21 January 1999 from the Permanent Mission of Guinea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General,¹ and recommended that, at its fifty-sixth session, the Assembly decide on the issue of the enlargement of the Executive Committee from 57 to 58 States.

1/ E/1999/13.