A/RES/72/150
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Reaffirming the need for consistency with international law, including
international refugee law, and relevant General Assembly resolutions that may
concern the work of the Office of the High Commissioner, and taking into account
national policies, priorities and realities,
Recalling its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the strengthening of
the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations and all
subsequent General Assembly resolutions on the subject, including resolution 71/127
of 8 December 2016,
1.
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, which is aimed at strengthening the international protection regime a nd
at assisting Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities, and underlines
the significance of durable solutions, the securing of which is one of the principal
goals of international protection;
2.
Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty-eighth
session; 2
3.
Welcomes the adoption of the conclusion on machine-readable travel
documents for refugees and stateless persons by the Executive Committee at its sixty eighth session; 3
4.
Recalls the special segment on the comprehensive refugee response
framework of the sixty-eighth session of the Executive Committee, renews its call
upon all States to provide the necessary support with a view to sharing the burden of
the host countries, and underscores the critical importance of development support
for host communities;
5.
Notes with appreciation the adoption of the New York Declaration for
Refugees and Migrants 4 and the two annexes thereto at the high-level plenary meeting
of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants,
on 19 September 2016, and encourages States to implement their commitments made
therein;
6.
Notes the significant global and regional initiatives, conferences and
summits undertaken in 2017 to strengthen international solidarity with and
cooperation for refugees and other persons of concern, in particular, th e Oslo
Humanitarian Conference on 24 February, the Special Intergovernmental Authority
on Development Summit in Nairobi on 25 March, the Brussels Conference on 4 April,
the high-level pledging conference in Geneva on 25 April, the London Conference on
11 May, the Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees on 22 and 23 June and the
pledging conference in Geneva on 23 October, and encourages those who participated
to implement their commitments made therein;
7.
Reaffirms the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 5 and the
1967 Protocol thereto 6 as the foundation of the international refugee protection
regime, recognizes the importance of their full and effective application by States
parties and the values they embody, notes with satisfaction that 148 States are now
parties to one or both instruments, encourages States not parties to consider acceding
to those instruments and States parties with reservations to give consideration to
withdrawing them, underlines, in particular, the importance of full res pect for the
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Ibid., chap. III, sect. A.
Resolution 71/1.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
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