or agencies of the United Nations other than the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.”134 5. The Framework for Durable Solutions135 Given the massive scope and collective character of Palestinian displacement prior, during and immediately after the 1948 War, the United Nations called for a durable solution for 1948 Palestinian refugees as a group, affirmed their rights to return, restitution of properties and compensation, and established voluntary repatriation as the primary durable solution for Palestinian refugees. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194(III), paragraph 11, of 11 December 1948 reads: Resolves that refugees wishing to return to their homes and live in peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law and equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible; Instructs the Conciliation Commission to facilitate the repatriation, resettlement and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees and the payment of compensation, and to maintain close relations with the Director of the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees and, through him, with the appropriate organs and agencies of the United Nations[.]136 Those paragraphs set forth a clear hierarchy of solutions for Palestinian refugees. The primary durable solution for Palestinian refugees is return, housing and property restitution, and compensation for loss of or damage to property. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194(III) does not “resolve” that Palestinian refugees should be resettled. Rather, refugees who choose not to exercise the rights set forth in paragraph 11(a) may opt for local integration in the host state or resettlement in third countries, as well as housing and property restitution, and compensation as delineated in paragraph 11(b). Thus, the main consideration in the integration or UN General Assembly, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954, http://www. unhcr.org/3bbb25729.html, Article 1(2)(i). Paragraph (2)(i) of Article 1 of the 1954 Stateless Persons Convention includes, in one single paragraph, the exclusion and inclusion clauses present in Article 1D of the 1951 Refugee Convention. It excludes persons who are receiving protection and assistance from UN agencies other than UNHCR but only “as long as they are receiving such protection or assistance,” which can be understood as having the same meaning as the second paragraph of Article 1D, which entitles those persons to the benefits of the convention “[w]hen such protection or assistance has ceased for any reason.” 135 BADIL Resource Center for Residency and Refugee Rights, Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2003 (Bethlehem: BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, 2004), chap. 6, http://www.BADIL.org/en/documents/category/35-publicatio ns?download=137%3Asurvey03. 136 UN General Assembly, “Res. 194(III),” para. 11.United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194(III) is annually affirmed by the United Nations since 1948. For example, see UN General Assembly, “Res. 67/19,” 19. 134 The Palestinian Refugee Problem: An Overview 23