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OCR Page 1 of 7REFUGEES
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Organized efforts to resolve the problem of refugees
remaining in Europe continued during 1955 under the auspices
of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, the United States Escapee Program, the Intergovern-
mental Committee for European Migration and the voluntary
agencies. Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees was
originally established by the United Nations in December,
1950 and was continued in 1953 for a period of five years.
Dr. G. J. van Heuven Goodhart (Netherlands) was re-elected
High Commissioner for the same term. The functions of the
office are to provide legal and political protection for
refugees, and to seek permanent solutions for the problem by
assisting governments and voluntary agencies to facilitate
the voluntary repatriation of refugees or their assimilation
in new countries of residence.
In October 1955, the High Commissioner reported to the
United Nations that fifteen governments had ratified the
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees promulgated by
the diplomatic conference convened by the General Assembly of
the United Nations at Geneva in 1951. The Convention, which
came into force on April 22, 1954, codifies the rights of
refugees and gives them status in international law. Among
the rights and privileges accorded to refugees under the
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