Commends the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and his staff for the efficient manner in which they continue to discharge their many responsibilities in assisting refugees and displaced persons;
2
Requeststhe High Commissioner to continue to promote, in close co-operation with Governments, the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations, durable and speedy solutions to problems of refugees and displaced persons wherever they occur;
3
UrgesGovernments to intensify their support for the humanitarian activities of the High Commissioner by, among other things:
a
Facilitating the accomplishment of his tasks in the field of international protection, in particular by granting asylum to those seeking refuge and by scrupulously observing the principle of non-refoulement;
b
Considering accession to relevant international instruments, notably the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees58 and the 1967 Protocol59 relating to the Status of Refugees;
c
Facilitating his efforts to promote durable solutions through voluntary repatriation or return and assistance in the rehabilitation of persons returning to their countries, integration in countries of asylum or resettlement in other countries;
4
Further urgesGovernments:
a
To strengthen their support for the High Commissioner's efforts on behalf of refugees and displaced persons;
b
To provide increased opportunities for durable solutions to the problems of refugees and displaced persons, in particular those who are in Africa, Asia and Latin America;
5
Calls upon Governments to continue to contribute generously towards the financing of the High Commissioner's activities in order to attain the objectives of his humanitarian programmes.
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