A Memorandum, addressed by the Executive Committee of the General Palestinian Refugee Congress in Lebanon, affirms the refugees' "unflinching hope in their return to their homes, farms and properties which they left by compulsion" and requests the implementation of General Assembly Resolutions 181 (29 November 1947), 194 (11 December 1948), and 394 (14 December 1950).
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