Charles H. Jordan, Director General of the Joint Distribution Committee in Europe, has been named co-chairman of the newly-organized International Committee for World Refugee Year.
The new committee was initiated by 21 agencies serving refugees on an international level. The goal of the committee is cooperation in support of World Refugee Year, which has been proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly and will be started this year. Dr. Elfan Rees of the Commission of The Churches on International Affairs is chairman of the committee.
Dr. Rees and Jordan will head a nine-man executive committee made up of representatives of the World Council of Churches, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the Lutheran World Federation, the League of Red Cross Societies, the World Federation of United Nations Associations, the International Catholic Migration Commission, and the Friends Service Committee for Refugees. All non-governmental agencies working for refugees throughout the world have been invited to join the committee.
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