Measures for the fulfiment of the declared aim of the Council of Europe

in accordance with Article 1 of the Statute in regard to the safeguard and further realisation of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms

Conclusions | Doc. 109 | 08 September 1949

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

See: Doc. Nos. 5 and 6, Motions; No. 107, Report and Official Reports Nos. 8 and 18. 1949 - 1st Session (10/08/1949 - 8/9/1949)

1 RESOLUTION [(1) Adopted 8th September 1949 on the conclusion of the Debates.]

On the proposal of the Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions, the Assembly directs that the following preparatory measures be taken to enable the question of European refugees to be included on the Agenda of the next Session.

1. The Secretariat of the Council of Europe is instructed to collect all necessary data in order to give the Assembly and the Committee full information on the problem of refugees and to establish, in this connection, the necessary contacts with the U.N.0., and particularly with the I.R.0., with the Governments of the various European States, competent administrative services and private institutions concerned.

2. The Assembly requests the Secretariat to carry out investigations on the following questions: legal status of the various groups of displaced persons; the eventual possibility for such displaced persons either to find employment in Europe or to emigrate; material and moral needs to be met, particularly as far as "hard core" is concerned, as well as eventual overlapping of the activities of already existing organisations, and determining of such fields as are not yet covered by any administrative organisation.