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Human Rights and Mass Exoduses

A/RES/40/149No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 1983–2004
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/169
  • 2004A/RES/58/169Human rights and mass exodusesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2002A/RES/56/166Human rights and mass exodusesCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/180Human rights and mass exodusesCompare with previous version
  • 1998A/RES/52/132Human rights and mass exodusesCompare with previous version
  • 1996A/RES/50/182Human rights and mass exodusesCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Displaced PersonsHumanitarian AssistanceInternational CooperationMass ExodusesRefugees

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
2
Invites Governments and international organizations to intensify their co-operation and assistance in world-wide efforts to address the serious problem of mass exoduscs of refugees and displaced persons;
3
Welcomes the special interest which the Secretary- General has taken in this question, and reiterates its request to him to follow closely developments in the field of human rights and mass exoduses;
Encourages the Secretary-General in his efforts to enable the United Nations to anticípate and react more adequately and speedily to cases requiring humanitarian assistance, as mentioned in the report of the Secretary- General on the work of the Organization submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session;205 5.
Invites the Commission on Human Rights to keep the question of human rights and mass exoduses under review with the objective of making appropriate recommendations conceming the further measures to be taken in this field;
6
Decides to review the question of human rights and mass exoduses at its forty-first session.

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