CHAPTER V

REFUGEES AND STATELESS PERSONS1Constitution of the International Refugee Organization*New York, 15 December 1946Entry into force20 August 1948, in accordance with article 18.Registration20 August 1948, No. 283StatusSignatories17Parties18TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 18, p. 3.The Constitution was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_RES_I_62-E.pdf" target="_blank">62 (I)</a> of 15 December 1946. Resolution No. 108, adopted by the General Council of the International Refugee Organization at its 101st meeting on 15 February 1952, provided for the liquidation of the Organization.EXPIRATIONTreaties which have been terminated are denoted by an asterisk. For those treaties, the participant tables have been removed.