United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/150 Distr.: General 24 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 112 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/503)] 58/150. 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, 52/105 of 12 December 1997, 53/122 of 9 December 1998, 54/145 of 17 December 1999 and 56/136 of 19 December 2001, 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, abuse and vulnerability to infectious disease, such as human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, malaria and tuberculosis, 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, Bearing in mind that the most important steps in working with unaccompanied minors are rapid identification, immediate registration and documentation and tracing of family, Recalling the outcome document entitled “A world fit for children”, adopted on 10 May 2002 by the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh special session, 1 Noting with appreciation the efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Children’s Fund in the identification and tracing of unaccompanied minors, and welcoming their efforts in reunifying families of refugees, Welcoming the efforts exerted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to reunite refugees with their families, Noting the efforts of the High Commissioner to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, including children and unaccompanied minors, and that further enhanced efforts need to be exerted to this effect, _______________ 1 03 50358 Resolution S-27/2, annex.

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