1985 (Executive Committee—36th Session) (m) Reiterated the importance of the Office's continued efforts to promote the development and strengthening of international refugee law, in particular through its cooperation with the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo. No. 37 (XXXVI) CENTRAL AMERICAN REFUGEES AND THE CARTAGENA DECLARATION (1985) The Executive Committee, (a) Recognized the complexity and gravity of the refugees situation in the Central American region which has recently received special attention; (b) Acknowledged the provisions relating to refugees in the Contadora Act for Peace and Co-operation in Central America; (c) Noted with interest the Cartagena Declaration, embodying the conclusions of the Colloquium on International Protection of Refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama: Juridical and Humanitarian Problems, held in Cartagena, Colombia from 19 to 22 November 1984, under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Colombia; (d) Welcomed the use of regional approaches in resolving refugee problems of regional scope, as amply demonstrated by the Colloquium. 48