A/RES/67/150
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)]
67/150. Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons
in Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling the Organization of African Unity Convention governing the specific
aspects of refugee problems in Africa of 1969 1 and the African Charter on Human
and Peoples’ Rights, 2
Reaffirming that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 3
together with the 1967 Protocol thereto, 4 as complemented by the Organization of
African Unity Convention of 1969, remains the foundation of the international
refugee protection regime in Africa,
Welcoming the adoption, and the ongoing ratification process, of the African
Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons
in Africa, which marks a significant step towards strengthening the national and
regional normative framework for the protection of and assistance to internally
displaced persons,
Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and children among
refugees and displaced persons, including exposure to discrimination and sexual and
physical abuse, and in this regard acknowledging the importance of preventing and
responding to sexual and gender-based violence,
Gravely concerned about the rising number of refugees and displaced persons
in various parts of the continent,
Acknowledging the efforts of Member States, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and other stakeholders in improving the situation of
refugees, and expressing grave concern about the deteriorating living conditions in
many refugee camps in Africa,
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1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1001, No. 14691.
Ibid., vol. 1520, No. 26363.
3
Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.
4
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
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