A/RES/58/151 Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities in today’s changing international environment; 3. Reaffirms the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 5 and its 1967 Protocol 6 as the foundation of the international refugee protection regime, and recognizes the importance of their full and effective application by States parties and the values they embody, notes with satisfaction that one hundred and forty-five States are now parties to one instrument or to both, encourages States not parties to consider acceding to those instruments, underlines in particular the importance of full respect for the principle of non-refoulement, and recognizes that a number of States not parties to the international refugee instruments have shown a generous approach to hosting refugees; Notes that fifty-five States are now parties to the 1954 Convention 4. relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 7 and that twenty-seven States are parties to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 8 and encourages the High Commissioner to continue his activities on behalf of stateless persons; 5. Re-emphasizes that the protection of refugees is primarily the responsibility of States, whose full and effective cooperation, action and political resolve are required to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to fulfil its mandated functions; Emphasizes that international protection is a dynamic and action-oriented 6. function that is at the core of the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner and which includes, in cooperation with States and other partners, the promotion and facilitation of, inter alia, the admission, reception and treatment of refugees and the ensuring of durable, protection-oriented solutions, bearing in mind the particular needs of vulnerable groups, and notes in this context that the delivery of international protection is a staff-intensive service that requires adequate staff with the appropriate expertise, especially at the field level; Welcomes the High Commissioner’s “Convention Plus” initiative, 9 and 7. encourages the High Commissioner and those States that have offered to facilitate Convention Plus agreements to strengthen the international protection regime through the development of comprehensive approaches to resolving refugee situations, including improving international burden- and responsibility-sharing and realizing durable solutions; Recalls the important role of effective partnerships and coordination in 8. meeting the needs of refugees and other displaced persons and in finding durable solutions to their situations, and welcomes the efforts under way, in cooperation with other United Nations agencies and development actors, to promote a framework for durable solutions, particularly in protracted refugee situations, including the “4Rs” approach (repatriation, reintegration, rehabilitation and reconstruction) to sustainable return; _______________ 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545. Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791. 7 Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158. 8 Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458. 9 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/58/12), para. 24. 6 2