United Nations
A/RES/68/143
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 January 2014
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 62
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/450)]
68/143. Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons
in Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling the Organization of African Unity Convention governing the specific
aspects of refugee problems in Africa of 1969 1 and the African Charter on Human
and Peoples’ Rights, 2
Reaffirming that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 3
together with the 1967 Protocol thereto, 4 as complemented by the Organization of
African Unity Convention of 1969, remains the foundation of the international
refugee protection regime in Africa,
Welcoming the entry into force on 6 December 2012 and the ongoing process
of ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of
Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, which mark a significant step towards
strengthening the national and regional normative frameworks for the protection of
and assistance to internally displaced persons,
Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and children among
refugees and displaced persons, including exposure to discrimination and sexual and
physical abuse, violence and exploitation, and in this regard acknowledging the
importance of preventing, responding to and addressing sexual and gender-based
violence,
Gravely concerned about the rising number of refugees and displaced persons
in various parts of the continent,
Acknowledging the efforts of Member States, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and other stakeholders in improving the situation of
refugees, and expressing grave concern about the deteriorating living conditions in
many refugee camps in Africa,
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1001, No. 14691.
Ibid., vol. 1520, No. 26363.
Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
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