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Refugees. The year 1961 contributed new evidence that the international will to resolve problems of refugees constantly needs to be revitalized if the succession of new refugee situations is to be dealt with effectively. World Refugee year, ended on June 30, 1960, left in its wake an in- creasedopublic awareness of refugee problems and a disposition of many governments to apply more liberal criteria aven those refugees whose capacity to become self- supporting might be open to question because of their physical or sociadeihandigaps. Actually, the handicapped refugees proved morerableator become self-dependent than was generally ex- pected> and World Refugee year approximately two-thirds of the funds : contributed in cash to in- ternational I refugee relief ef- forts camebfrom the voluntary gifts of individuals and private organizations throughout the world. Governments, which contributéduthe balance, must at the same time be credited with substantial recontributions in kindA particularly surplus commodities andifood. The new United Nations high : commissioner forebefugees; Fe- lix Snyder (Switzerland), re- ported to the general assembly in November that World Refu- gee yearpocontributions: to his office weneoadequatet to enable him to assist all of the 15,000 war-created eastern European refugees to leave the remaining refugee scamps in Austria, Ger- Preservation Copy

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