A/RES/76/77
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 54
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 9 December 2021
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/76/416, para. 13)]
76/77.
Assistance to Palestine refugees
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and all its subsequent
resolutions on the question, including resolution 75/93 of 10 December 2020,
Recalling also its resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, by which, inter alia,
it established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in
the Near East,
Recalling further the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Aware of the fact that, for more than seven decades, the Palestine refugees have
suffered from the loss of their homes, lands and means of livelihood,
Affirming the imperative of resolving the problem of the Palestine refugees for
the achievement of justice and for the achievement of lasting peace in the region,
Acknowledging the essential role that the Agency has played for more than seven
decades since its establishment in ameliorating the plight of the Palestine refugees
through the provision of education, health, relief and social services and ongoing work
in the areas of camp infrastructure, microfinance, protection and emergency assistance,
Acknowledging also the commitment of the Agency to operate in line with the
humanitarian principles of neutrality, humanity, independence and impartiality,
Taking note of the report of the Commissioner-General of the Agency covering
the period from 1 January to 31 December 2020, 1
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