Deeply preoccupied by the increasingly heavy burden being imposed, particularly upon developing countries with limited resources of their own. and upon the intemational communit) as a whole, by these sudden and mass exoduses and displacements of population,
Recalling its resolution 32/130 of 16 December I 977 and Commission on Human Rights resolution 4 (XXXIII) of 21 February 1977 i,; on thc full realization of economir. social and rnltural rights.
Reca/ling a/so its rcsolutions 35/ 124 of 11 Deccmber 1980, 36/148 of 1(, 1Jeccrnbr1 1481 a11d 37;)2I of 16 Deccmbcr 1982 on mtcrnatio11al co-opcration to avcrt new flows of rcfugccs. 35' 1 % ol 15 Dcccmber 1980 and 37 / 186 of 17 Deccmber 11>82 (>11 human rights and mass exoduses and ( ·omm1ssion 011 l luman R1ghts rcsolutions 29 (XXXVII) of 11 March 1981 ."'' 1982(\2 of 11 March 1982 121 and 1983/35 ol 8 Man:h ll/83. i • Conrinced that thcrc is an urgcnt rn:cd to improvc coordination within thc cxisting internatiunal machincry to <leal with mass exoduses and displaccmrnts of population,
Recognizing that thc study on human rights and massivc exoduses prcpared hy thc Spccial Rapportcur of the Commission on Human Rights 129 can make an importan! contribution to thc dcvclopmcnt of intcrnational thinking on the present problcm of mass exoduses and their causes. and thus help in the prcvention ol' further mass movements of population ami thc rnitigation of thcir consequences.
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Takcs duc 1wlc of thr repon of the Sccrctary- General on human rights and mass cxoduscs: 1 "' 2.
Invites (iovcrnments to intcn~ify thelf co-opcration and assistance in world-wide clforts to addrcss thc incrcasingly scrious problcm of mass cxnduses:
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Requeststhosc Govcrnmcnts that havc not yct done so to communicate to the Secretary-Cicneral their opinions on the study prepared by the Spccial Rapporteur and the recommendations made therein with a vicw to the General Assembly taking a dccision on !hose rccommendations:
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Notes the Sccretary-General's rcqucst to the agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to make recommendations and to takc whatcvcr stcps possible, within their mandatcs and cxisting resourccs. to improve international co-operation rn thesc lields:
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Cnnsiders it dcsirah/c for thc Sccretarv-Gcneral to utilize to thc grcatcst extcnt possiblc relc~ant United Nations machinery to analysc promptly information on situations which might cause mass cxoduses;
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Notes with inlcrcst that the Secrctary-General has on many occasions dcsignated special representatives on humanitarian issues on an ad hoc basis. and his rcadiness to continuc ami expand this practicc:
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Rcquests thc Secretary-Gencral to follow closely developments on this qucstion. to take into consideration ali the furthcr comments of Member States. including those expressed at the th irty-cighth session of the General Assembly and at the forticth session or the Commission on Human Rights. and to kcep undcr rcvicw thc recommcndations of the Special Rapportcur:
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Rccalls that, in its rcsolution 36/ 148, the General Assembly requested the Uroup of Govcrnmental Experts on Intemational Co-operation to A vert New Flows of Refugees to undcrtake a comprehcnsivc rcvicw ofthc problcm of massive flows of rcfugees and. in accordancc with paragraph 7 of that resolution, invitcd the Group of Governmental Experts to consider the rccommcndations of the Special Rapportcur which fall within its mandatc:
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Decides to considcr thc question of human rights and mass exoduses at its thirt) -ninlh sc~sion.
/()11/h plcnary meeting I (1 Dffcmhcr 1983 Re~nlutions adopted on the report, of the Third Commitlt't'
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