A resolution empowering the secretary-general of the International Refugee Organization to reimburse private organizations for the movement of displaced persons to Israel, up to a total of $4,000,000, was adopted here over the weekend by the I.R.0. executive committee. The resolution in effect rescinds an eight-month-old ban on financial assistance to refugees seeking to enter Israel.
The final draft of the resolution also provides that in the event any funds refrain after the private organizations are reimbursed, further transportation to the Jewish state can be financed by the I.R.O. subject to consultations with the U.N. Conciliation Commission for Palestine. The director-general must also seek the executive committee’s approval to expend more than $4,000,000 for the resettlement of refugees in Israel. Officials of Jewish organization here pointed out that approximately 60,000 eligible displaced persons were transferred to Israel since last May 18, when the I.R.0. prohibition on financial aid went into effect.
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