Editorial Note
On November 29, the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, John B. Blandford, Jr., together with the Advisory Commission of the Agency, submitted a special report (U.N. Doc. A/1905/Add. 1) containing recommendations for the future conduct of the program of assistance to Palestine refugees. The report requested the General Assembly to endorse and urge contributions for a $250 million program of assistance to Near Eastern governments for the relief and reintegration of Palestine refugees, to be carried out over a period of approximately 3 years starting July 1, 1951. It was proposed that the program provide $50 million for relief and $200 million for reintegration, with local governments assuming the maximum possible administrative responsibility at the earliest date. The report stated further that every effort should be made by the Agency and the governments to arrange for the transfer of relief administration to the governments not later than July 1, 1952. It was recommended that expenditures for relief be reduced in suitable proportion to expenditures for reintegration, with both ceasing at the end of the period.