A/RES/60/129 Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities in today’s changing international environment; 3. 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 one hundred and forty-six States are now parties to one instrument or to both, encourages States not parties to consider acceding to those instruments, underlines in particular the importance of full respect for the principle of non-refoulement, and recognizes that a number of States not parties to the international refugee instruments have shown a generous approach to hosting refugees; Notes that fifty-eight States are now parties to the 1954 Convention 4. relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 7 and that thirty States are parties to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 8 and encourages the High Commissioner to continue his activities on behalf of stateless persons; 5. Notes with interest the Mexico Plan of Action to Strengthen International Protection of Refugees in Latin America, endorsed by States participating in the meeting commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees convened in Mexico City on 15 and 16 November 2004, 9 and expresses its support for the efforts of interested States and the Office of the High Commissioner to promote its implementation, with the cooperation and assistance of the international community; Welcomes the successful conclusion of the follow-up process to the 1996 6. Geneva Conference on the problems of refugees, displaced persons, migration and asylum issues in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and encourages States, the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant actors to continue to work collaboratively, building on the successes of the Conference process to date; Re-emphasizes that the protection of refugees is primarily the 7. responsibility of States, whose full and effective cooperation, action and political resolve are required to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to fulfil its mandated functions; Urges all States and relevant non-governmental and other organizations, 8. in conjunction with the Office of the High Commissioner, in a spirit of international solidarity and burden- and responsibility-sharing, to cooperate and to mobilize resources with a view to enhancing the capacity of, and reducing the heavy burden borne by, countries that have received large numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers, and calls upon the Office to continue to play its catalytic role in mobilizing assistance from the international community to address the root causes as well as the economic, environmental and social impact of large-scale refugee populations in developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, and countries with economies in transition; _______________ 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545. Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791. 7 Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158. 8 Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458. 9 Available from www.unhcr.org. 6 2