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the High Commissioner to continue to work in this area in accordance with relevant
General Assembly resolutions and Executive Committee conclusions;
8.
Re-emphasizes that prevention and reduction of statelessness are primarily
the responsibility of States, in appropriate cooperation with the international
community, in this regard welcomes the results achieved in the first five years of the
global campaign to end statelessness within a decade, and notes the high-level
segment that took place at the start of the seventieth plenary session of the Executive
Committee, which discussed the issue of statelessness, encourages all States to
consider actions they may take to further the prevention and reduction of
statelessness, and welcomes efforts that have been made by States in this regard;
9.
Also re-emphasizes that protection of and assistance to internally displaced
persons are primarily the responsibility of States, in appropriate cooperation with the
international community, aimed at, inter alia, facilitating voluntary, safe and dignified
return, integration or relocation in their own country;
10. Notes the current activities of the Office of the High Commissioner related
to protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, including in the context
of inter-agency arrangements in this field, emphasizes that such activities should be
carried out with the full consent of the affected States, consistent with relevant
General Assembly resolutions, and should not undermine the refugee mandate of the
Office and the institution of asylum, and encourages the High Commissioner to
continue his dialogue with States on the role of his Office in this regard;
11. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to respond
adequately to emergencies, in accordance with its mandate and in cooperation with
States, notes the ongoing measures to strengthen its capacity to respond to emergencies,
and encourages the Office to pursue efforts to further strengthen its emergency
response capacity to ensure a more predictable, effective and timely response;
12. Also encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to work in
partnership and full cooperation with relevant national authorities, United Nations
offices and agencies, international and intergovernmental organizations, regional
organizations, the private sector and non-governmental organizations to continue to
contribute to the development of humanitarian response capacities at all levels;
13. Welcomes the efforts by the Office of the High Commissioner to ensure a
more inclusive, transparent, predictable and well-coordinated response to refugees as
well as internally displaced persons and other persons of concern, consistent with its
mandate, and in this regard takes note of the implementation of the refugee
coordination model;
14. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to work with
the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to enhance
the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian response and to
contribute, in consultation with States, as appropriate, to making further progress
towards common humanitarian needs assessments, as stated, among other important
issues, in General Assembly resolution 73/139 on the strengthening of the coordination
of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, and recalls the role of
the Office of the High Commissioner as the leading entity of the clusters for protection,
camp coordination and management and emergency shelter in complex emergencies ;
15. Underlines the centrality of international cooperation to the refugee
protection regime, recognizes the burden that large movements of refugees place on
major and long-standing refugee-hosting countries and communities, as well as their
national resources, especially in the case of developing countries, and calls for a more
equitable sharing of the burden and responsibility for hosting and supporting the
world’s refugees, addressing the needs of refugees and hosting States, while taking
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