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Republicans, to establish themselves temporarily in order to enable them to return to Spain when the present Falangist regime is succeeded by a democratic regime; That resettlement and re-establishment of refugees and displaced persons be contemplated only in cases indicated clearly in the Constitution ; That genuine refugees and displaced persons, until such time as their repatriation or resettlement and re-establishment is effectively completed, should be protected in their rights and legitimate interests, should receive care and assistance and, as far as possible, should be put to useful employment in order to avoid the evil and anti-social consequences of continued idleness ] and That the expenses of repatriation to the extent practicable should be charged to Germany and Japan for persons displaced by those Powers from countries occupied by them : Have agreed : For the accomplishment of the foregoing purposes in the shortest possible time, to establish and do hereby establish a non-permanent organization to be called the International Refugee Organization, a specialized agency to be brought into relationship with the United Nations, and accordingly Have accepted the following articles : ARTICLE 1 Mandate The mandate of the Organization shall extend to refugees and displaced persons in accordance with the principles, definitions and conditions set forth in Annex I, which is attached to and made an integral part of this Constitution. ARTICLE 2 Functions and Powers 1. The functions of the Organization to be carried out in accordance with the purposes and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations shall be : the repatriation ; the identification, registration and classification ; the care and Assistance; the legal and political protection ; the transport; and the resettlement and re-establishment, in countries able and willing to receive them, of persons who are the concern of the Organization under the provisions of Annex I. Such functions shall be exercised with a view: (a) To encouraging and assisting in every way possible the early return to their country of nationality, or former habitual residence, of those persons who are the concern of the Organization having