UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly ~Il!\'.\Distr. GENERAL A/45/6(Prog. 36) 22May1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Forty-fifth session PROPOSED MEDIUM-TERM PLANFORTHEPERIOD 1992-1997* MAJOR PROGRAMME VII. HUMANRIGHTS, FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ANDHUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS Programme 36.International protection ofandassistance torefugees CONTENTS A.Programme . 1.General orientation ...•.......................•....•... 2.Overall strategy . 3.Subprograrnme structure . B.Subprogrammes . International protection .......•..................•. ,..•...Paragraphs Page 36.1-35.21 3 36.1-35.15 3 36.16-36.19 6 36.20-36.21 8 36.22-36.59 8 36.22-36.38 8 1.International instruments relating tothestatusof refugees orotherwise benefiting refugees .•..•••..•••.. 36.22-36.26 8 2.Effective implementation ofrefugee rights•.••••.••••.. 36.27-36.33 10 *Thepresent document contains programme 36oftheproposed medium-term plan fortheperiod 1992-1997. Thecomplete medium-term planwillsubsequently be issuedinfinalprinted formasOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly, Forty-fifth Session, Supplement No.6(A/45/6/Rev.1) , 90-13025 1557f(E) /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryCONTENTS (continued) 3.Promotion anddissemination ofprinciples ofrefugee 1aw ,.t . A.ssistance ttl•••••••••••••••••••••••• u•••••••• 4.Emergency response andrelief, careandmaintenance .•• 5.Durable solutions .. UNRWA ""III ~"~ ..Paragraphs Page 36.34-36.38 12 36.39-36.54 13 36.39-36.43 13 36.44-36.54 15 36.55-36.59 18 6.United Nations Relief andWorksAgency forPalestine Refugees intheNearEast 36.55-36.59 18 -2- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryPROGRAMME 36.INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OFANDASSISTANCE TOREFUGEES A.Programme 1.General orientation 36.1AftertheInternational Refugee Organization terminated itsactivities, international protection ofandassistance torefugees continued tobeprovided by theOffice oftheUnited Nations HighCommissioner forRefugees (UNHCR), whose concern encompasses allrefugees problems except thoserelating tothePalestine refugees, andbytheUnited Nations Relief andWorksAgencyforPalestine Refugees intheNearEast(UNRWA). 36.2 UNHCRwasestablished on1January 1951foraperiodofthreeyearsin accordance withGeneral Assembly resolutions 319A(IV)of3December 1949and 428(V)of14December 1950. Thestatute oftheOffice wasadopted bytheGeneral Assembly asanannextoresolution 428(V).TheOffice wasestablished asa subsidiary organoftheGeneral Assembly, underArticle 22oftheCharter. 36.3Whenitbecameclearthattherefugee problems wouldrequire thecontinued attention oftheUnited Nations, theGeneral Assembly decided toprolong the mandate ofUNHCRforaperiod offiveyears, renewable, beginning on 1January 1954. Mostrecently, atitsforty-second session, theGeneral Assembly adopted resolution 42/108 of7December 1987,bywhichtheOffice wascontinued for afurther five-year period from1January 1989to31December 1993. 36.4Although theprotection function ofUNHCRisderived fromthestatute ofthe HighCommissioner's Office, otherinternational legalinstruments areofbasic importance fortheeffective protection ofrefugees; themostimportant arethe Convention relating totheStatus ofRefugees of1951assupplemented bythe Protocol relating totheStatusofRefugees of1967. 36.5TheUnited Nations Relief andWorksAgency forPalestine Refugees intheNear
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a UN document outlining a proposed medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997, focusing on the protection and assistance of refugees. The content discusses the role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as well as international legal instruments related to refugee status. The text also touches on emergency response and relief, durable solutions, and assistance to refugees. Given the humanitarian focus and the specific mention of refugees, it is likely that this document falls under the category of humanitarian aid and relief.

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Humanitarian aid and relief