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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/122
10 February 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 105
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/620)]
53/122. Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 49/172 of 23 December 1994, 50/150 of 21 December 1995, 51/73 of 12
December 1996 and 52/105 of 12 December 1997,
Aware of the fact that the majority of refugees are children and women,
Bearing in mind that unaccompanied refugee minors are among the most vulnerable refugees and the
most at risk of neglect, violence, forced military recruitment, sexual assault and other abuses and therefore
require special assistance and care,
Mindful of the fact that the ultimate solution to the plight of unaccompanied minors is their return to and
reunification with their families,
Noting the revised Guidelines on Refugee Children issued by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees in May 1994 and the development of an emergency kit to facilitate coordination
and to enhance the quality of responses to the needs of unaccompanied minors by the Office of the High
Commissioner, the United Nations Children’s Fund and non-governmental organizations,
Noting with appreciation the efforts of the Office of the High Commissioner and the United Nations
Children's Fund in the identification and tracing of unaccompanied refugee minors, and welcoming their
efforts in reunifying family members of refugees,
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