United Nations
A/RES/61/137
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 January 2007
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 41
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2006
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/61/436)]
61/137. 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 fifty-seventh session 2 and the conclusions and decisions contained
therein,
Recalling its previous annual resolutions on the work of the Office of the High
Commissioner since its establishment by the General Assembly,
Expressing its appreciation for the leadership shown by the High
Commissioner, commending the staff and implementing partners of the Office of the
High Commissioner for the competent, courageous and dedicated manner in which
they discharge their responsibilities, and underlining its strong condemnation of all
forms of violence to which humanitarian personnel and United Nations and
associated personnel are increasingly exposed,
Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the
1.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its fifty-seventh
session;2
2.
Welcomes the important work undertaken by the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its Executive Committee in the
course of the year, and notes in this context the adoption of the conclusion on
women and girls at risk and the conclusion on identification, prevention and
reduction of statelessness and protection of stateless persons, 3 which are aimed at
strengthening the international protection regime, consistent with the Agenda for
Protection, 4 and at assisting Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities
in today’s changing international environment, including by promoting the
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/61/12).
Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/61/12/Add.1).
3
Ibid., chap. III, sects. A and B.
4
Ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/57/12/Add.1), annex IV.
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