UN General Assembly
1951

148. The repatriation of Greek children taken from their homes and now in neighbouring countries has not made any considerable progress, despite the recommendations of the General Assembly and the requests of the International Red Cross to the Red Cross Societies of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. Only the last-named State, which has recently re-established official relations with Greece, has responded to these appeals and has co-operated to the extent of repatriating 289 children, as appears from the Special Committee’s report. It is terrible to think that there are still more than 10,000 children who have not been repatriated. 149. It has proved impossible to repatriate thousands of civilians who are at present, as a result of guerilla warfare, held in States bordering on Greece, as well as Greek military personnel captured by guerillas and detained in neighbouring States.