§ 4. Mr. Wilkesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what replies have been received by U.N.O. to the request that all countries should declare what relaxation of their emigration laws they were prepared to make in order to facilitate Jewish and other emigration from European displaced-persons camps before this coming winter.
§ Mr. BevinI assume that my hon. Friend is referring to the resolution put forward during the recent session of the Economic and Social Council in New York by the Lebanese Delegate. This resolution recommended that the General Assembly should urge all the Governments members of the United Nations to receive into their territories for permanent resettlement their fair share of the non-repatriable refugees who will be the concern of the International Refugee Organisation. The Council decided that this resolution should be transmitted to the Genera) Assembly which opens in New York today. The recommendation contained in the Lebanese Delegate's resolution has therefore not yet been acted upon.