CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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1994 (Executive Committee—45 th Session)<br />
No. 76 (XLV) RECOMMENDATIONS OF <strong>THE</strong> OAU/<strong>UNHCR</strong> COMMEMORATIVE<br />
SYMPOSIUM ON REFUGEES AND FORCED POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS IN<br />
AFRICA (1994)<br />
The Executive Committee,<br />
Recalling its Conclusion on International Protection of 1993, in which it, inter alia, looked forward to events<br />
commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption by the Organization of African Unity of the OAU<br />
Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa and encouraged <strong>UNHCR</strong> to participate<br />
actively in its commemoration (A/AC.96/821, para. 19 (o)),<br />
(a) Takes note with satisfaction of the activities which have been carried out in commemoration of the<br />
twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption, and the twentieth year of the entry into force, of the 1969 OAU<br />
Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa;<br />
(b) Congratulates the High Commissioner and the Organization of African Unity upon having successfully<br />
organized jointly the OAU/<strong>UNHCR</strong> Symposium on Refugees and Forced Population Displacements in Africa,<br />
which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8 to 10 September 1994, as one of the commemorative<br />
activities;<br />
(c) Welcomes the recommendations adopted by the above-mentioned Symposium as an important<br />
contribution to the framework for tackling the problems and challenges of forced population displacements in<br />
Africa in general; providing asylum, protection and assistance to refugees and other victims of forced<br />
displacements; as well as for finding the necessary solutions for these problems;<br />
(d) Commends the recommendations to the relevant States, and intergovernmental and non-governmental<br />
organizations for consideration and implementation as necessary;<br />
(e) Requests the High Commissioner, in close collaboration with the relevant States and intergovernmental<br />
and non-governmental organizations, most particularly the Organization of African Unity, to disseminate the<br />
recommendations widely, promote as necessary their implementation, and keep the Executive Committee<br />
informed of progress in this regard.<br />
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