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Election of a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Executive Committee Meetings

Election of a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Decision

10 December 1956
General Assembly

1 The General Assembly elected Mr. Auguste R. Lindt as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. G. J. van Heuven Goedhart.

613th plenary meeting

10 December 1956

1 Ibid., Supplement No. 17 (A/3572), page xi.