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Election of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Executive Committee Meetings

Election of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Decision 48/307

4 November 1993

1 At its 49th plenary meeting, on 4 November 1993, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the Secretary-General2, extended the term of office of Mrs. Sadako OGATA as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a period of five years beginning on 1 January 1994 and ending on 31 December 1998.


1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/48/49).

2 A/48/568, para. 3