Argentina has completed full membership ratification as the fourteenth member of the International Refugee Organization, bringing it within one step of the fifteen-nation membership required for establishment as a full-fledged organization, it was announced here today by Acting Executive Secretary Sir Arthur Rucker.
The Argentine membership raises the contributions to the operating budget to 76.74 percent, topping the 75 percent total required for establishment of the organization, Argentina has already accepted approximately 2,000 displaced persons and 4,000 Anders Poles from Great Britain and has ordered the issuance of landing permits for approximately 18,000 more DP’s However, few Jews will benefit from this order.
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