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  International Refugee Organization (IRO)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
International Refugee Organization (IRO) was the official agency of the United Nations (UN) for the maintenance and resettlement of European refugees.
When IRO was discontinued, part of its work was assumed by the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees established by UN in December 1950, and part by the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, organized in late 1951 on the initiative of the United States.
The Intergovernmental Committee for Refugees, established in 1945, assumed responsibility for the relief of refugees in Western European and neutral countries where the MCC was not operating.
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 International Refugee Organization
The International Refugee Organization (IRO) was founded in 1946 to deal with the massive refugee problem created by World War II.
In 1952 its operations ceased, and it was replaced by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
It was established by the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/decade/decad053.htm), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 15, 1952.
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 International Refugee Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1952 its operations ceased, and it was replaced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
It was established by the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 15, 1952.
The IRO was established in 1947 and officially took up its duties in 1948.
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 The Avalon Project : Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, December 15, 1946
Members of the Organization which are suspended from the ex-ercise of the rights and privileges of Membership of the United Nations shall, upon request of the latter, be suspended from the rights and privileges of this Organization.
A member of the Organization which has persistently violated the principles contained in the present Constitution, may be suspended from the rights and privileges of the Organization by the General Council, and with the approval of the General Assembly of the United Nations, may be expelled from the Organization.
The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its members such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfilment of its objectives.
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 International Refugee Organization - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
International Refugee Organization (IRO), temporary agency of the United Nations, established in 1946.
In arranging for the care and the repatriation or resettlement of Europeans made homeless by World War II, the organization brought to a conclusion part of the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
The impact of non-governmental organizations and language skills on the employability of refugee claimants: evidence from Quebec.
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 International Refugee Organization — Infoplease.com
International Refugee Organization (IRO), temporary agency of the
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Hidden children: refugee fostering in Guinea International Rescue Committee, host country foster care project in Guinea.
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