A
UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/150
9 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 109
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/632)]
50/150.
Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 49/172 of 23 December 1994,
Aware that the majority of refugees 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 that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees has developed revised Guidelines on Refugee Children, issued in
May 1994,
Noting also the efforts of the High Commissioner to ensure the
protection of and assistance to refugees, including children and unaccompanied
minors, and that further efforts need to be exerted to this effect,
Recalling the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child 1/ and the 1951 Convention 2/ and the 1967 Protocol 3/ relating to
the Status of Refugees,
1/
Resolution 44/25, annex.
2/
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.
3/
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
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