United Nations
A/RES/68/141
General Assembly
Distr.: General
28 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)]
68/141. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees on the activities of his Office 1 and noting that it includes the first decennial
strategic review pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58/153 of 22 December
2003, and the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty-fourth session 2 and
the decisions contained therein,
Recalling its previous annual resolutions on the work of the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since its establishment by the
General Assembly,
Expressing
Commissioner,
its
appreciation
for
the
leadership
shown
by the
High
Commending the staff and implementing partners of the Office of the High
Commissioner for the competent, courageous and dedicated manner in which they
discharge their responsibilities,
Underlining its strong condemnation of all forms of violence to which
humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel are
increasingly exposed,
1.
Welcomes the important work undertaken by the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its Executive Committee in the
course of the year, which is aimed at strengthening the international protection
regime and at assisting Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities;
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1
2
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/68/12 (Parts I and II)).
Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/68/12/Add.1).
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