CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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2002 (Executive Committee—53 rd Session)<br />
<strong>CONCLUSIONS</strong> <strong>ADOPTED</strong><br />
<strong>BY</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>EXECUTIVE</strong> COMMITTEE ON <strong>THE</strong> INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF REFUGEES 1<br />
The Executive Committee,<br />
No. 92 (LIII) – GENERAL (2002)<br />
Welcoming the contribution of the Global Consultations on International Protection to strengthening the<br />
international framework for refugee protection and to equip States better to address the challenges in a spirit of<br />
dialogue and cooperation,<br />
Welcoming particularly in this context the Declaration of States Parties adopted during the Ministerial<br />
Meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees,<br />
convened in Geneva on 12 and 13 December 2001, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Convention,<br />
Commending <strong>UNHCR</strong> for the considerable efforts expended to make the Global Consultations process a<br />
success,<br />
Recalling its Conclusion No. 90 (LII) on international protection, which affirmed the intention to pursue,<br />
with broadly based participation, follow-up activities stemming from the Global Consultations set out in a joint<br />
Executive Committee and <strong>UNHCR</strong> Agenda for Protection,<br />
(a) Endorses the Agenda for Protection contained in document A/AC.96/965/Add.1, flowing from the<br />
Global Consultations process, pursuant to the decision of the Standing Committee at its twenty-fourth meeting;<br />
(b) Recognizes that the Agenda for Protection is a statement of goals and objectives and an important<br />
inventory of recommended actions to reinforce the international protection of refugees, and is intended to guide<br />
action by States and <strong>UNHCR</strong>, together with other United Nations organizations, and other inter-governmental as<br />
well as non-governmental organizations;<br />
(c) Requests <strong>UNHCR</strong> to transmit the Agenda for Protection to the General Assembly, as an annex to the<br />
report of the fifty-third session of the Executive Committee;<br />
(d) Requests <strong>UNHCR</strong> also to disseminate the Agenda for Protection widely and to engage partners actively<br />
in its follow-up, especially by undertaking further discussion with States, including in the Standing Committee<br />
framework, to establish priorities for follow-up activities;<br />
(e) Encourages all concerned actors to implement those activities calling for their action, and to facilitate<br />
the work of and cooperate with <strong>UNHCR</strong> in carrying out its own follow-up activities;<br />
(f) Invites <strong>UNHCR</strong> and States to seize opportunities to further develop and review elements of the Agenda<br />
for Protection, as implementation progresses;<br />
(g) Invites States to cooperate with <strong>UNHCR</strong> in monitoring the progress in the implementation of the<br />
Agenda for Protection by all concerned partners;<br />
(h) Calls on <strong>UNHCR</strong>, with the cooperation of States and other actors, to keep the Executive Committee<br />
informed, through its Standing Committee, of the progress achieved and initiatives taken to implement the<br />
Agenda for Protection.<br />
1 Contained in United Nations General Assembly Document No. 12A (A/57/12/Add.1)<br />
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