A/RES/76/78. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

• Resolution Number: A/RES/76/78
• Year: 2021
• Session: 76th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/ 76/7 8

General Assembly

Distr.: General

15 De cember 20 21

21-1862 6 (E) 201221

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Seven ty-sixth session

Agenda item 54

Unite d Nations Relief a nd Works Agen cy fo r Palesti ne

Refug ees in the Near Ea st

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 9 December 2021

[on th e report of t he Special Political a nd Decoloni zation Commi ttee

(Fourt h Committ ee) (A/76/416, p ara. 13)]

76/78. Op erations of the United Nati ons Relief an d Work s Age ncy for

Pale stin e Refugees i n th e N ear East

The Ge neral As sembly,

Recalling its re solutions 194 (III) of 11 De cember 19 48, 212 (III) of

19 November 1948, 302 (IV) of 8 Decem ber 194 9 and a ll subse quent related

resolu tions, in cluding i ts resolut ion 75/94 of 10 Dece mber 202 0,

Recal ling also the rel evant res olutions of the Se curity Coun cil,

Having consid ered the report of t he Commi ssioner- General of the United

Natio ns Reli ef and Work s Agency for P alestine Refugee s in t he Near East covering

the p eriod fro m 1 Janua ry to 31 Decem ber 2020,

1

Taking note of t he lette r d ated 1 July 2021 from th e C hair of the Advisory

Commi ssion of the Agency addressed to the C ommissio ner-Gener al,

2

Under linin g that, at a time of he ightened conflict and i nstability in th e Middle

East, t he Age ncy continu es to play a vita l role in amel iorating th e plight of the

Palest ine refugees thro ugh the provision of, int er a lia, essential ed ucation, healt h,

relie f and soci al servic es program mes and e mergency assistan ce to a r egistered

popula tion of mor e than 5.7 mi llion refug ees whose s ituat ion is ext remely prec arious,

in mi tigating t he consequ ences of al arming tre nds in the Age ncy’s areas of operati on,

inclu ding increas ing viol ence, margin aliza tion and pover ty and the impact of th e

corona virus disease (COV ID-19) pandem ic, and in pr oviding a crucial measu re of

stabi lity in t he region,

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1

Offici al Rec ords o f the Genera l Ass embly, Seven ty-si xth S ession , Sup plemen t No. 13 ( A/76/ 13).

2

Ibid., pp. 7 –8.