The General Assembly,
 
      Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 1996/212 of 9
February 1996 concerning the enlargement of the Executive Committee of the
Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
 
      Taking note also of the request regarding the enlargement of the
Executive Committee contained in the letter dated 23 November 1995 from the
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland to the Secretary-General,
 
      1.    Decides to increase the number of members of the Executive
Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees from fifty to fifty-one States;
 
      2.    Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect the additional
member at its substantive session of 1996.