Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

A/RES/36/125View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 83 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, published in 1982.

What else is in this group?

36 documents · 1953–1986

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1986).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/118	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	—	–
1985	A/RES/39/140	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	938	–
1984	A/RES/38/121	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	516	–
1983	A/RES/37/195	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	—	–
1982	A/RES/36/125	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	1,221	–

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7 subjects

Administration Africa Conferences Refugee Assistance Refugee Protection Territorial Asylum Women Refugees

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17 operative paragraphs

Commends the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and his staff for ~e manne~ !I"! _which they have continued to discharge their respons1b1ht1es for protecting and assisting refugees and displaced persons of concern to his Office;

Takes due note of the proposals made by the H!gh Commissioner89 and generally endorsed by the ~x~cut1":i Committee of the Programme of the High Comm1ss1oner to strengthen the management of his Office on the basis of the principles and guidelines of the Gen~ral Assembly, and welcomes his intention to seek the assistance of the Administrative Management Service of the Secret~at in undertaking expeditiously a review of the managenal methods and organizational structure of his Offi~e_, as ~ecommended by the Advisory Committee on Admm1strat1ve and Budgetary Questions;91 3.

Calls upon the international community to share the burden of assisting refugees and displac~d persons the wor\d over, taking into account the economic and demographic absorptive capacity of the countries concerned;

Reaffirms the fundamental nature of the High _Commissioner's function to provide international protection to refugees and the importance. of promoting durab!e and speedy solutions, in consultat10n and agree~~nt with the countries concerned, through voluntary repatnat1on or return and subsequent assistance in rehabilitation and, whenever appropriate, integration in countries of as~lum or resettlement in other countries of refugees and displaced persons of concern to the Office of the High Commissioner;

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Urges Governments to intensify their support for activities which the High Commissioner is carrying out in accordance with his mandate and relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, especially by:

Facilitating the High Commissioner's efforts in the field of international protection, in particular by scrupulously observing the principle of asylum and non-refoulement and by protecting asyium seekers !n situations of largescale influx, as endorsed by th,· Executive Committee of the

Programme of the High Commissioner at its thirty-second session;92 (b)

Supporting his efforts to promote, in co-operation with Governments, United Nations bodies and non-governmental organizations, durable and speedy solutions to the problems of refugees and displaced persons of concern to the Office;

Urges Governments to join in greater international efforts in the suppression of piracy on the high seas, in accordance with their international obligations, and to take appropriate action to protect asylum seekers from acts of violence at sea;

Notes with great concern the serious humanitarian problems resulting from armed attacks on refugee camps and settlements which are the concern of the High Commissioner, and the need for special measures to protect and ensure the safety of such refugees;

Welcomes the measures taken to implement the recommendations on the subject of assistance to women refugees and displaced women of con~ern to the High Commissioner in the Programme of Act10n for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women,93 endorsed in General Assembly resolution 35/ 136 of 11 December 1980;

Commends the High Commissioner for his special efforts on behalf of disabled refugees on the occasion of the International Year of Disabled Persons;

Requests the High Commissioner to continue participating in the follow-up of the International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa and urges the international community to maintain the momentum gained by the Conference in providing assistance to refugees in Africa commensurate with the growing number of African refugees;

Urges the High Commissioner to provide humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of the vastly increased numbers of refugees in various regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe;

· Stresses the importance of maintaining the relief efforts and the resettlement momentum for boat and land cases in South-East Asia, including the Programme of Orderly Departure, and urges all Governments to provide opportunities for durable solutions to those refugees;

Urges the High Commissioner further to explore the elaboration of arrangements in order to facilitate the disembarkation and resettlement of asylum seekers rescued at sea;

Reaffirms the High Commissioner's leading responsibility in emergency situations regarding refugees and displaced persons of concern to his Office as well as his r~sponsibility in the co-ordination of assistance in those situations and commends him for the considerable progress made in the elaboration of adequate procedures to meet emergency situations, in co-ordination with the relevant bodies of the United Nations system;

Requests the High Commissioner, while carrying out his responsibilities, to co-ordinate and co-operate closely with other organizations within and outside the United Nations system for greatest efficiency of relief in the case of major emergencies;

Urges all Governments in a position to do so to contribute generously in order to provide the High Commissioner with the necessary means to attain the objectives of his humanitarian programme.

'' United Nations, Trem,,Series, vol. 189, No. 2545, p. 137.

"Ibid., vol. 606. No. 8791. p. 267. .. Ibid.

''' See A1AC.96/5941Add.l and Corr.I. "'Ibid., Supplement No. 12 A (A/36/12/Add. I).

"'' Official Records o( the General Assembly, Thim·-sixth Session. Sup- 86 Ibid., Thirty-sixth Session, Third Committee. 50th meeting. paras.

plement No. 12 A (A/36112/Add. I). para. 64. 2-20.

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92 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session. Supplement No. 12 A (N36/12/Add.1), para. 57 (2).

93 See Report of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Copenhagen. 14-30 July 1980 (United Nations publication. Sales No. E.80.IV.3 and corrigendum). chap. I, sect. A. 94 Resolution 35/56, annex 9 ' A/36/ 116 and Corr. I. annex. ""Resolution 34/180. annex. ''' A/361564.

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