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Assistance to Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

A/RES/49/172No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1995–2004
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/150
  • 2004A/RES/58/150Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minorsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2002A/RES/56/136Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minorsCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/145Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minorsCompare with previous version
  • 1999A/RES/53/122Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minorsCompare with previous version
  • 1998A/RES/52/105Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minorsCompare 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?

12 topics
Child HealthChild RefugeesChild SoldiersChild WelfareEducational AssistanceEmergency ReliefFamily ReunificationMinorsRefugee AssistanceRefugee ProtectionRehabilitationResources Mobilization

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Expresses its deep concern at the plight of unaccompanied refugee minors and emphasizes the need for their early identification and for timely, detailed and accurate information on their number and whereabouts;
2
Calls upon all Governments, the Secretary-General, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and all other United Nations organizations and non-governmental organizations concerned to exert the maximum effort to assist and protect refugee minors and to expedite the return to and reunification with their families of unaccompanied refugee minors;
3
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other United Nations organizations concerned to take appropriate steps to mobilize resources commensurate to the needs and interests of the unaccompanied refugee minors and for their reunification with their families;
4
Condemns all acts of exploitation of the unaccompanied refugee minors, including their use as soldiers or human shields in armed conflict and their recruitment in military forces, and any other acts that endanger their safety and personal security;
5
Calls upon the Secretary-General, the High Commissioner, the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Children's Fund and other United Nations organizations to mobilize, within existing resources, adequate assistance to unaccompanied minors in the areas of relief, education, health and psychological rehabilitation;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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