International Refugee Organization.
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The International Refugee Organisation (IRO) was a non-permanent specialised agency of the United Nations. It came into being on 20 Aug 1948. Its functions were previously carried out by a Preparatory Commission (PCIRO), which assumed on 1 Jul 1947 functions formerly exercised by its predecessor organisations: The League of Nations; the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees; the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the allied armies.
The IRO was concerned principally with the repatriation and resettlement of refugees. It also provided for the care and maintenance of refugees in Displaced Persons camps. The objective was to offer sufficient maintenance and care to prevent serious physical and psychological deterioration. In addition it gave legal and political protection, a function normally performed by consulates on behalf of their governments.
From the guide to the International Refugee Organisation, Bad Kissingen: Reports, 1948-1949, (Wiener Library)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Administrative Records, 1946-1950. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | Aleta Brownlee Papers, 1945-1950. | Hoover Institution Archives | |
| referencedIn | Biography: Melvyn Douglas, 1972-1980 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
| referencedIn | Blanchard, Francis,. Oral history interview with Francis Blanchard, 1999. | Nolan, Norton & Company, Incorporated | |
| referencedIn | Brownlee, Aleta. Aleta Brownlee papers, 1945-1950. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| referencedIn | Central Representation of Ukrainian Emigrants in Gemany records, 1945-1960 | University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] | |
| referencedIn | Committee on the Cause and Cure of War. Records, 1923-1948 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Countries collection: China files, 1919-1983, 1922-1964 (bulk) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Countries collection: Switzerland files, 1916-1974, 1933-1964 (bulk) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Dundurs, Erik A., 1922-1984. Erik A. Dundurs papers, 1949-1982. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
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| associatedWith | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. |
| associatedWith | Blanchard, Francis, |
| associatedWith | Briks, Mordechai, 1916- |
| associatedWith | Brownlee, Aleta. |
| associatedWith | Brownlee, Aleta. |
| associatedWith | Committee on the Cause and Cure of War |
| associatedWith | Committee on the Cause and Cure of War. |
| associatedWith | Dundurs, Erik A., 1922-1984. |
| associatedWith | Ginzburg, Mejer. |
| associatedWith | Holborn, Louise W. (Louise Wilhelmine), 1898- |
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