(iii) There will be others unwilling or unable to return because of political, religious or   
ial conditions.  These will constitute the long-term refugee
 
                                                            
 
 
 (iv) A clear distinction should be kept between the short-term and the long-term refugees,   
and groups of persons should not be recognized as long-term refugees until it is clear from the   
     facts that they will have to be treated as such.       
 
                                                            
 
 
  (v) During the emergency period immediately following the war, which may extend for two or   
three years, widespread measures of relief will be necessary.  Such measures will include the   
provision of food, clothing, medical supplies, etc., and will cover nationals and all classes   
displaced persons, including short-term and long-term refuge
 
                                                            
 
 
  (vi) The primary responsibility during the emergency period for such relief measures, and   
also for transporting persons back to their countries, should, in so far as international action   
s required, be that of the International Relief Organization
 
                                                            
 
 
 (vii) The same standards of relief should be applied to all persons coming within the ambit   
                        of relief.                          
 
                                                            
 
 
   (viii) There should be an International Refugee Authority, as representative as possible of   
the various governments, and including representatives of the International Labor Office.    
                                                            
 
 
ial constitution should be along the lines described in para
 
                                                            
 
 
 (x) This authority should include within its mandate all groups of long-term refugees.  It   
thority which decides whether a particular group comes withi
 
                                                            
 
 
 (xi) Except in so far as relief measures are undertaken by the International Relief   
Organization, it should be primarily responsible for all matters of an international character   
o long-term refugees, including their legal and political pr
 
                                                            
 
 
 (xii) The Refugee Authority should not undertake direct relief measures immediately after   
the war, this being the function of the Relief Organization.  Even later, this should be avoided   
if it involves the setting-up of a dual and parallel executive relief agency.  It should, however,   
be practicable, for some groups and in some countries, gradually to organize relief measures   
through voluntary or unofficial refugee organizations, subsidized where necessary for the purpose.    
This might well be accompanied by transfer of responsiblility for relief in such cases from the   
      Relief Organization to the Refugee Authority.         
 
                                                            
 
 
 (xiii) Apart from questions affecting groups of long-term refugees accepted as such by the   
Refugee Authority, there may be long-term problems relating to other groups which might properly   
uitably be brought within the mandate of the Refugee Authori
 
                                                            
 
 
   (xiv) The activities of the Refugee Authority should not, therefore, be rigidly defined at   
the outset.  The mandate should contain a large element of flexibility in order to permit the   
authority to cope with problems and developments as they arise.  Similarly, the administrative   
cutive organizations should be capable of expansion and adju