Assistance to Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions, published in 1997.

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8 versions · 1995–2004

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/150

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Child Refugees Child Soldiers Family Reunification Refugee Assistance Refugee Protection

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;

Expresses its deep concern at the continued plight of unaccompanied refugee minors, and emphasizes once again the urgent need for their early identification and for timely, detailed and accurate information on their number and whereabouts;

Expresses the hope that adequate resources will be provided for programmes of identification and tracing of unaccompanied refugee minors;

Calls upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in cooperation with other relevant United Nations bodies, to incorporate policies that aim at preventing refugee family separation into its programmes, conscious of the importance of family unity;

Calls upon all Governments, the Secretary-General, the Office of the High Commissioner, all United Nations organizations, other international 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;

Urges the Office of the High Commissioner, all United Nations organizations, other international organizations and non-governmental 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;

Condemns all acts of exploitation of unaccompanied refugee minors, including their use as soldiers or human shields in armed conflict and their forced recruitment into military forces, and any other acts that endanger their safety and personal security;

Calls upon the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Children's Fund and other United Nations organizations and international organizations to mobilize adequate assistance to unaccompanied minors in the areas of relief, education, health and psychological rehabilitation;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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