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(i) Facilitating the co-ordination of the efforts of
private organisations concerned with the welfare of
refugees.
5.
At the time when the Statute of the Office of the
High Commissioner was adopted it was considered that
its principal functions would be to provide
international protection for refugees and that its
activities in the field of material assistance would
assume less prominence. The Office's functions in
regard to material assistance were subsequently,
however, extended. In resolution 538 (VI) of 2 February
1952, the General Assembly authorised the High
Commissioner, under paragraph 10 of the Statute of his
Office, to appeal for funds to enable emergency aid to
be given to the most needy groups of refugees within
his mandate.
6. In resolution 832(IX) of 21 October 1954, the
General Assembly authorised the High Commissioner to
undertake a programme designed to achieve permanent
solutions for refugees and authorised him to make
appeals for funds for this purpose.
Finally, in
resolution 1166 (XII) of 26 November 1957, the General
Assembly requested the Economic and Social Council to
establish the Executive Committee of the High
Commissioner's Programme, the functions of which
include approving projects for assistance to refugees
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