United Nations A/RES/57/187 General Assembly Distr.: General 6 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 104 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/551)] 57/187. 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-third session 2 and the conclusions and 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 its appreciation for the leadership shown by the High Commissioner, and 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, 1. Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its fifty-third session; 2 2. Welcomes the important work undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner and its Executive Committee in the course of the year and notes in this context the conclusion on the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum, 3 the conclusion on reception of asylum-seekers in the context of individual asylum systems 4 and the progress achieved with respect to recognizing the important contribution of host developing countries; welcomes also the importance attached to cooperation with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; 5 welcomes further the active engagement of the Office of the High Commissioner in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/57/12). Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/57/12/Add.1). 3 Ibid., chap. III, sect. C. 4 Ibid., sect. B. 5 A/57/304, annex. 2 02 55064