ANNEX — Resolution 1) d.d. 5 December 1951. to establish a Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe Statuut van de Internationale Organisatie voor Migratie
Resolution 1) d.d. 5 December 1951. to establish a Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe
(1) to constitute a „Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe”;
(2) that the purpose of the Committee will be to make arrangements for the transport of migrants, for whom existing facilities are inadequate and who could not otherwise be moved, from certain European countries having surplus population to countries overseas which offer opportunities for orderly immigration, consistent with the policies of the countries concerned;
(3) that the terms of reference of the Committee will be:
(a) to provide and arrange for land, sea and air transportation, as required;
(b) to assume responsibility for the charter of such ships operated under the auspices of the I.R.O. as may be required;
(c) to co-ordinate a shipping programme utilizing commercial shipping facilities to the maximum extent possible and the chartered ships transferred from the I.R.O. to secure those movements for which commercial facilities are inadequate;
(d) to take such actions as may be directly related to these ends, taking account of such national and international services as are available;
(e) to take such other actions as will be necessary and appropriate to discharge the foregoing functions;
(4) that among the migrants with whom the Committee will be concerned are included refugees and new refugees for whose migration arrangements may be made between the Committee and the governments of the countries affording asylum;
(5) that membership in the Committee will be open to governments with a demonstrated interest in the principle of the free movement of persons and which undertake, subject to approval by the proper governmental authorities, to make a financial contribution to the Committee, the amount of which will be agreed to by the Committee and by the government concerned;
(6) that the Committee will elect its own officers, establish its Rules of Procedure, establish such sub-committees as it may decide (including an intergovernmental sub-committee on the co-ordination of transport), and exercise the powers required to carry out its purpose;
(7) that the Committee will agree to a plan of operations, a budget, a plan of expenditure and the terms and conditions under which available funds shall be spent, in accordance with the following principles:
(a) each country of reception will retain control of standards of admission and the number of immigrants to be admitted;
(b) only those services will be undertaken by the Committee which are essential to the movement of migrants who could not otherwise be moved;
(c) the Committee will ensure that its administration is conducted in an efficient and economical manner;
(d) any Member Government making a contribution to the operating fund will be able to stipulate the terms and conditions under which that contribution can be used;
(8) that the Committee will appoint a Director responsible to the Committee;
(9) that the Committee shall vest the Director with the powers necessary to carry out the responsibilities entrusted to him by the Committee;
(10) that the Committee will give early consideration to the question of the relations to be established with international, non-governmental and voluntary organizations conducting activities in the field of migration and refugees; and
(11) that the Committee will examine the need for its continuing existence beyond a twelve-month period.
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- Statuut van de Internationale Organisatie voor Migratie
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- 21-11-2013
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