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10. Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International
Organization for Migration to enhance their mutual relationship with other key international actors, such as
the Council of Europe, the European Commission and human rights, development and financial institutions,
in order better to address the wide-ranging and complex issues in the Programme of Action;
11. Welcomes the progress made in building civil society, in particular through the development of the
non-governmental sector and the development of cooperation between non-governmental organizations and
the Governments of a number of countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and notes in this
regard the relationship between the progress made in implementing the Programme of Action and the success
in promoting civil society, especially in the field of human rights;
12. Encourages the involvement of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in the
follow-up to the Conference, and invites them to demonstrate stronger support for the process of
multinational constructive dialogue among a wide range of countries concerned and further action with a
view to the full implementation of the recommendations of the Conference;
13. Emphasizes the necessity of fulfilling the recommendations contained in the Programme of Action
relating to ensuring respect for human rights as an important factor in the management of migration flows,
the consolidation of democracy, the rule of law and stability;
14. Recognizes the importance of taking measures, on the basis of strict adherence to all of the
principles of international law, including humanitarian law and international human rights standards, to
prevent situations that lead to new flows of refugees, displaced persons and other forms of involuntary
displacement;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the
progress achieved in the follow-up to the Conference;
16. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its fifty-fifth session.
83rd plenary meeting
17 December 1999