CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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The Executive Committee,<br />
1983 (Executive Committee—34 th Session)<br />
No. 32 (XXXIV) MILITARY ATTACKS ON<br />
REFUGEE CAMPS AND SETTLEMENTS IN<br />
SOU<strong>THE</strong>RN AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE (1983)<br />
(a) Expressed profound concern at the continuation of military or armed attacks on refugee camps and<br />
settlements which was causing untold suffering to refugees, including women and children and elderly persons;<br />
(b) Stressed the utmost importance and urgency of responding to this grave humanitarian problem;<br />
(c) Took note of the report of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection (A/AC.96/629)<br />
which includes a draft statement of principles on the Prohibition of Military and Armed Attacks on Refugee<br />
Camps and Settlements;<br />
(d) Noted with regret that it had not been possible to reach a consensus on these principles in the time<br />
available;<br />
(e) Requested the Chairman to continue his consultations in order to seek final agreement on these<br />
principles with the least possible delay.<br />
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