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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/172
24 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 99
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/609)]
49/172.
Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors
The General Assembly,
Having considered the note 1/ and the report of the SecretaryGeneral, 2/ and the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, 3/
Aware that the majority of the refugee population are children and
women,
Bearing in mind that unaccompanied refugee minors are among the most
vulnerable refugees and require special assistance and care,
Mindful of the fact that the ultimate solution to the plight of those
unaccompanied minors is their return to and reunification with their families,
Noting with satisfaction that the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees has developed revised Guidelines on Refugee
Children, issued in May 1994,
Noting with appreciation the efforts of the High Commissioner to ensure
the protection and assistance of refugees, including refugee children and
unaccompanied minors,
1/
A/49/411.
2/
A/49/643.
3/
Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session,
Supplement No. 12 (A/49/12 and Add.1).
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