A/RES/76/143
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 January 2022
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 65
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and
displaced persons and humanitarian questions
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 16 December 2021
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/76/456, para. 15)]
76/143.
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 seventy-second 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 deep concern that the number of people who are forcibly displaced
owing to, inter alia, conflict, persecution and violence, including terrorism, has
reached the highest level since the Second World War,
Noting with grave concern that, despite the tremendous generosity of host
countries and donors, including unprecedented levels of humanitarian funding, the
gap between needs and humanitarian funding continues to grow,
Recognizing that the greatest share of the refugees and other persons of concern
to the Office of the High Commissioner, the majority of whom are women and
children, are hosted by developing countries,
Noting with grave concern the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
pandemic on refugees and other persons of concern to the Office of the High
Commissioner, as well as their host communities and countries and countries of
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/76/12).
Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/76/12/Add.1).
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