The United States Government, which appropriated $1,200,000 in 1955 for the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is prepared to ask Congress “for a further substantial contribution for 1956” if other governments do their share, it was announced here today by Jacob Blaustein, U.S. delegate to the General Assembly’s Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee.
Mr. Blaustein, who is honorary president of the American Jewish Committee, made his maiden speech during the General Assembly as the opening speaker on the annual report delivered this morning by Dr. G.J. van Heuven Goedhart, UN High Commissioner for Refugees. On behalf of the United States, Mr. Blaustein praised the Commissioner’s work and called for further governmental aid.
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