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nature of refugee camps is not compromised by the presence or the activities of
armed elements;
17. Deplores the deaths, injuries and other forms of violence sustained by
staff members of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
urges States, parties to conflict and all other relevant actors to take all necessary
measures to protect activities related to humanitarian assistance, to prevent attacks
on and kidnapping of national and international humanitarian workers and to ensure
their safety and security, calls upon States to investigate fully any crime committed
against humanitarian personnel and to bring to justice persons responsible for such
crimes, and calls upon organizations and aid workers to abide by the national laws
and regulations of the countries in which they operate;
18. Condemns any exploitation of refugees, especially their sexual
exploitation, and calls for those responsible for such deplorable acts to be brought to
justice;
19. Welcomes the decision by the Office of the High Commissioner to put
into place a code of conduct for humanitarian personnel aimed at preventing the
exploitation of refugees, especially in the area of sexual exploitation;
20. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner, the African Union,
subregional organizations and all African States, in conjunction with agencies of the
United Nations system, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and
the international community, to strengthen and revitalize existing partnerships and
forge new ones in support of the international refugee protection system;
21. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner, the international
community and other concerned entities to intensify their support to African
Governments through appropriate capacity-building activities, including training of
relevant officers, disseminating information about refugee instruments and
principles, providing financial, technical and advisory services to accelerate the
enactment or amendment and implementation of legislation relating to refugees,
strengthening emergency response and enhancing capacities for the coordination of
humanitarian activities;
22. Reaffirms the right of return and also the principle of voluntary
repatriation, appeals to countries of origin and countries of asylum to create
conditions that are conducive to voluntary repatriation, and recognizes that, while
voluntary repatriation remains the pre-eminent solution, local integration and
third-country resettlement, where appropriate and feasible, are also viable options
for dealing with the situation of African refugees who, owing to prevailing
circumstances in their respective countries of origin, are unable to return home;
23. Notes with satisfaction the voluntary return of millions of refugees to
their homelands following the successful repatriation and reintegration operations
carried out by the Office of the High Commissioner with the cooperation and
collaboration of countries hosting refugees and countries of origin, and looks
forward to other programmes to assist the voluntary repatriation and reintegration of
all refugees in Africa;
24. Appeals to the international community to respond positively, in the
spirit of solidarity and burden-sharing, to the third-country resettlement requests of
African refugees, and notes with appreciation that some African countries have
offered resettlement places for refugees;
25. Calls upon the international donor community to provide financial and
material assistance for the implementation of community-based development
programmes in refugee-hosting areas, in agreement with host countries, which
benefit both refugees and host communities, as appropriate;
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