INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION PREAMBLE ment in order to avoid the evil and The Governments accepting this anti-social consequences of con- Constitution, tinued idleness; and RECOGNIZING: that the expenses of repatriation that genuine refugees and dis- to the extent practicable should placed persons constitute an urgent be charged to Germany and Japan problem which is international in for persons displaced by those scope and character; Powers from countries occupied that as regards displaced per- by them: sons, the main task to be per- HAVE AGREED: formed is to encourage and assist for the accomplishment of the in every way possible their early foregoing purposes in the shortest return to their country of origin; possible time, to establish and do that genuine refugees and dis- hereby establish, a non-permanent placed persons should be assisted organization to be called the by international action, either to International Refugee Organiza- return to their countries of nation- tion, a specialized agency to be ality or former habitual residence brought into relationship with the or to find new homes elsewhere, United Nations, and accordingly under the conditions provided for HAVE ACCEPTED THE FOLLOW- in this Constitution; or in the case ING ARTICLES: of Spanish Republicans, to estab- ARTICLE lish themselves temporarily in order to enable them to return to MANDATE Spain when the present Falangist The -mandate of the Organiza- regime is succeeded by a demo- tion shall extend to refugees and cratic regime; displaced persons in accordance that re-settlement and re-estab- with the principles, definitions lishment of refugees and displaced and conditions set forth in Annex Pot, p. 3048. persons be contemplated only in I, which is attached to and made cases indicated clearly in the Con- an integral part of this Consti- stitution; tution. that genuine refugees and dis- ARTICLE 2 placed persons, until such time as their repatriation or re-settlement FUNCTIONS AND POWERS and re-establishment is effectively 1. The functions of the Organi- completed, should be protected in zation to be carried out in accord- their rights and legitimate inter- ance with the purposes and the ests, should receive care and as- principles of the Charter of the 59 tat., 1031. sistance and, as far as possible, United Nations, shall be: the should be put to useful employ- repatriation; the identification, 3038
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