United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/58/151
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)]
58/151. 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 fifty-fourth session 2 and the conclusions and 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, and underscoring its strong condemnation of all
forms of violence to which humanitarian personnel and United Nations and
associated personnel are increasingly exposed,
Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the
1.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its fifty-fourth
session;2
2.
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, and notes in this context the conclusions adopted on international
protection, on the return of persons found not to be in need of international
protection, on protection safeguards in interception measures, and on protection
from sexual abuse and exploitation, 3 which are aimed at strengthening the
international protection regime, consistent with the Agenda for Protection 4 resulting
from the Global Consultations on International Protection, and at assisting
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/58/12).
Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/58/12/Add.1).
3
Ibid., chap. III, sects. B–E.
4
Ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/57/12/Add.1), annex IV.
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