Economic and Social Council resolution 248 B (IX) of 8 August 1949 (Survey on statelessness) Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Matters containing the text of the draft Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including the commentaries, from 16 January to 16 February 1950 (E/1618 (E/AC.32/5) and Corr.1) Comments by Governments and special organizations Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems (E/1703 and Add.1-7 and E/1704 and Corr.1 and 2) Compilation of comments by Governments and specialized agencies on the report of the Special Economic and Social Committee on statelessness and related problems prepared by the Secretary-General (E/AC.32/L.40, 10 August 1950), Summary notes from meeting members. 399 and 406-407 of 2,325, held on 14 December 1950 (A/PV.325), General Assembly resolution 429 (V) of 14 December 1950. Final Act of the Conference of United Nations Representatives on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons and Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, Geneva, 2-25 July 1951 (A/CONF.2/108/Rev.1) For further recordings of the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons and convention on the Status of Refugees, see the official website of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain. After extensive discussion in its Third Committee, the General Assembly decided to replace the IRO with a subsidiary organ (in accordance with Article 22 of the Charter of the United Nations) and by its resolution 428 (V) of 14 On 1 December 1950, it decided to establish the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with effect from 1 January 1951. Initially established for a period of three years, the mandate of the High Commissioner was subsequently extended periodically for five years, until the General Assembly decided to “continue the Office until the resolution of the refugee problem” (resolution 58/153 of 22 December 2003, para. 9). Contractual monitoring mechanisms, as established in the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, have different tasks, which may include both the consideration of national reports and the decision on individual or intergovernmental complaints. UNHCR does not have these functions and the exact nature of the obligation incumbent on States is not always clear, although, together with the legal role conferred on UNHCR by the General Assembly, it is sufficient to give the Office a sufficient legal interest (power of appeal) with regard to the fulfilment of States` obligations under the Convention and protocol. . . .