§ 74. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange for urgent discussions within the appropriate organs of the United Nations about ways and means to relieve the extra hardships which the onset of winter will cause to Palestinian refugees in camps on the barren plateau near Amman.
§ Mr. Goronwy Roberts:Discussions are at present in progress in the Special Political Committee of the United 280W Nations on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and the problem of the refugees including those newly displaced. The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Dr. Michelmore, in his speech in the Special Political Committee on 11th December laid particular emphasis on the plight of newly displaced refugees now made more acute by the onset of winter. The Commissioner-General has Her Majesty's Government's full confidence and support in the efforts he is making to deal with the problem.