CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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2000 (Executive Committee—51 st Session)<br />
States are a pragmatic response to ensure that persons in need of such protection receive it; and recognizing in<br />
this context the importance of full application of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol by States Parties;<br />
Noting <strong>UNHCR</strong>’s initiative to launch Global Consultations on International Protection and encouraging<br />
<strong>UNHCR</strong>, in parallel with these Consultations, to continue to seek practical responses, in cooperation with States<br />
and other relevant actors, to address current and future protection challenges;<br />
(a) Welcomes the proposal of <strong>UNHCR</strong> to commence a process of Global Consultations with States, with<br />
the close involvement, inter alia, of refugee protection experts, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and<br />
refugees, to revitalize the international protection regime and to discuss measures to ensure international<br />
protection for all who need it, while taking into account the legitimate concerns of States, host communities and<br />
the international community generally;<br />
(b) Affirms in this context that such a process, on the eve of the 50th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention<br />
relating to the Status of Refugees, offers important prospects for revitalizing refugee protection and promoting<br />
the effective implementation of the Convention and the Protocol, while at the same time identifying approaches<br />
to meet new situations not covered by these instruments;<br />
(c) Calls upon <strong>UNHCR</strong> to report to the Executive Committee at its fifty-second session on progress made<br />
on this process.<br />
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