A/RES/67/149
United Nations
Distr.: General
6 March 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 62
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/451)]
67/149. 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 the report of the Executive Committee
of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the
work of its sixty-third 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 its appreciation for the leadership shown by the High Commissioner,
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,
Welcomes the important work undertaken by the Office of the United
1.
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;
Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the
2.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty-third
session;2
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2
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/67/12).
Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/67/12/Add.1).
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