Recalls with satisfaction its endorsement, in its resolution 41/70 of 3 December 1986, of the call upon all States to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms and to refrain from denying these to individuals in their population because of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion or language, and urges States to refrain from denying them because of gender;
3
Strongly deplores ethnic and other forms of intolerance as one of the major causes of forced migratory movements, and urges States to take all necessary steps to ensure respect for human rights, especially the rights of persons belonging to minorities;
4
Again invitesall Governments and regional, intergovernmental and humanitarian organizations concerned, where appropriate, to intensify their cooperation and assistance in worldwide efforts to address the serious problems resulting from mass exoduses of refugees and displaced persons and the causes of such exoduses;
5
Emphasizes the responsibility of all States and international organizations to cooperate with those countries, particularly developing countries, affected by mass exoduses of refugees and displaced persons, and calls on Governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to respond to the assistance needs of countries hosting large numbers of refugees until durable solutions are found;
6
Urgesall bodies involved in inter-agency consultations on early warning to cooperate fully in and to increase the necessary commitment and resources to the successful operation of the consultations;
7
Invitesthe special rapporteurs, special representatives and working groups of the Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, acting within their mandates, to seek information, where appropriate, on human rights problems which may result in mass exoduses of populations or impede their voluntary return home, to include, where appropriate, such information, together with recommendations thereon, in their reports and to bring such information to the attention of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for appropriate action in fulfilment of her mandate, in consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
8
Requestsall United Nations bodies, including the human rights treaty bodies, acting within their mandates, the specialized agencies and governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to cooperate fully with all mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights and, in particular, to provide them with all relevant information in their possession on the human rights situations creating or affecting refugees and displaced persons;
9
Requeststhe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the exercise of her mandate, as set out in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, to coordinate human rights activities throughout the United Nations system and, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to pay particular attention to situations which cause or threaten to cause mass exoduses and to contribute to efforts to address such situations effectively through protection measures, emergency preparedness and response mechanisms, including information sharing with the United Nations early-warning mechanisms, and the provision of technical advice, expertise and cooperation in countries of origin as well as in host countries;
10
Welcomes the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to contribute to the creation of an environment viable for return in post-conflict societies through initiatives such as the rehabilitation of the justice system, the creation of national institutions capable of defending human rights, broad-based programmes of human rights education and strengthening of local non-governmental organizations through programmes of advisory services and technical cooperation;
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Urgesthe Secretary-General to give high priority and to allocate the necessary resources within the regular budget of the United Nations for the consolidation and strengthening of emergency preparedness and response mechanisms, including early-warning activities in the humanitarian area, for the purpose of ensuring, inter alia, that effective action is taken to identify all human rights abuses which contribute to mass outflows of persons and to invite comments on this issue;
12
Welcomes with appreciation the contributions of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the deliberations by the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-third session and to other international human rights bodies and mechanisms and the Commission's invitation to her to address its fifty-fourth session;
13
EncouragesStates that have not already done so to consider acceding to the 1951 Convention3 and the 1967 Protocol10 relating to the Status of Refugees and to other relevant regional refugee instruments, as applicable, and to relevant international human rights instruments;
Notes with appreciation that a number of States not parties to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol continue to maintain a generous approach to asylum;
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EncouragesStates parties to the 1951 Convention to provide information to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in accordance with article 35 of the Convention;
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Calls uponStates to ensure effective protection of refugees by, inter alia, respecting the principle of non-refoulement;
17
Requeststhe Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution as it pertains to all aspects of human rights and mass exoduses, including detailed information on the programmatic, institutional, administrative, financial and management efforts instituted to enhance the capacity of the United Nations to avert new flows of refugees and to tackle the root causes of such flows;
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Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its fifty-fourth session.
