24 July 1990

34th Plenary Meeting

1990/55. Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 1166 (XII) of 26 November 1957, in which the Assembly provided for the establishment of an Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as Assembly resolutions 1958 (XVIII) of 12 December 1963, 2294 (XXII) of 11 December 1967 and 42/130 of 7 December 1987, in which it provided for subsequent increases in the membership of the Executive Committee,

Noting the note verbale dated 17 May 1990 from the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General regarding the enlargement of the membership of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

Recommends the General Assembly to take a decision at its forty-fifth session on the question of enlarging the membership of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from forty-three to forty-four.