A/RES/69/152
United Nations
Distr.: General
17 February 2015
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 61
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/482)]
69/152. 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 sixty-fifth session 2 and the decisions contained therein,
Recalling its previous annual resolutions on the work of the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since its establishment by the
General Assembly,
Expressing deep concern that the number of people who are forcibly displaced
owing to conflict, persecution, violence and other reasons, including terrorism, has
reached the highest level since the Second World War,
Expressing
Commissioner,
its
appreciation
for
the
leadership
shown
by the
High
Commending the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner and of its
partners for the competent, courageous and dedicated manner in which they
discharge their responsibilities,
Underlining its strong condemnation of all forms of violence to which
humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel are
increasingly exposed,
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 and at assisting Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities;
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1
2
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/69/12).
Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/69/12/Add.1).
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