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The resolution (S. Res. 357) submitted by Mr. JAVITS (for himself and other Senators). was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. as follows: Whereas there are in many areas of the world hundreds of thousands of nonresettled refugees. a great portion of them being refugees from Communist and totalitarian governments. Whereas a great number of these refugees are living in official and unofficial camps. hutments and submarginal dwellings under conditions of bare subsistence. Whereas numerous agencies have been established and numerous programs undertaken to alleviate the needs of refugees and assist in their resettlement. Whereas the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations to take over the protection of the refugees from the International Refugee Organization on its termination. Whereas the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration was established at a Conference on Migration which took place in Brussels in December 1951. and Whereas the United States escapee program was established on March 22. 1952. with the twofold function of supplementing the assistance then given to escapees by the countries of first asylum and of expediting their reestablishment within Europe and overseas: Therefore be it Resolved. That it is the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States. through the representatives of the United States on the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration. should initiate in the Committee such action as may be necessary to convene an international conference of nations of the Free World (including representatives of such interested groups or agencies as may be determined) for the purpose of formulating and coordinating satisfactory programs for the solution of these refugee problems and preparing plans for carrying such programs to a successful completion.