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Official No.: A. 21. 1938. XII.
[Communicated to the Assembly,
the Council and the Members of
the League.]
Geneva, August 10th, 1938.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
NANSEN INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR REFUGEES
(under the Authority of the League of Nations)
REPORT OF THE GOVERNING BODY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30th, 1938
ON THE RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN, ASSYRIAN, ASSYRO-CIIALDEAN,
SAAR AND TURKISH REFUGEE PROBLEMS
CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTION
{a) Decisions taken by the Assembly
At its eighteenth session, in 1937, the Assembly adopted the following resolutions
concerning the work of the Nansen Office for the year ending June 30th, 1937 (document
A.75(i).i937-XII) :
“ The Assembly :
“ Notes the report of the Governing Body of the Nansen Office for the year ending
June 30th, 1937 ;
“ Expresses its satisfaction at the important results achieved by the Office, both in
the interests of the refugees and of the countries affording them hospitality ;
“ Thanks M. Michael Hansson, President of the Governing Body of the Office, for
the tireless energy which he has displayed in the service of this cause ;
“ Requests the Governments of the States which have not yet acceded to the
Convention of October 28th, 1933, to consider the possibility of doing so, and the
Governments which have ratified this instrument with reservations to consider the
possibility of withdrawing them ;
Recommends the Governments to accede to the Agreement of June 30th, 1928 ;
“ Notes with satisfaction the reduction in the number of expulsion orders issued
against refugees ;
“ Urgently requests Governments not to expel any refugee before he has obtained
permission to enter and stay in another country ;
“ Draws the attention of Governments to the urgency of regularising the position
of refugees against whom an expulsion order has been issued, and who have been unable
to obey this order for lack of an entrance visa into another country ;
“ Requests the Governments which have not yet adopted the Nansen stamp, or
which have not made it compulsory, to adopt and generalise the system of the stamp ;
Recommends the Governments not to apply the restrictions concerning foreign
labour to the refugees, and to take the necessary steps to facilitate their absorption into
the economic system of the country of refuge ;
“ Requests the Governments concerned to assist in carrying out the Office’s plans in
regard to the transfer and settlement of the Armenian refugees in Erivan ;
Series of League of Nations Publications
XII.B. INTERNATIONAL BUREAUX
1938. XII.B. 2.
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