CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR

1985 (Executive Committee—36 th Session)
(m) Reiterated the importance of the Office's continued efforts to promote the development and
strengthening of international refugee law, in particular through its cooperation with the International Institute of
Humanitarian Law in San Remo.
No. 37 (XXXVI) CENTRAL AMERICAN REFUGEES AND THE CARTAGENA
DECLARATION (1985)
The Executive Committee,
(a) Recognized the complexity and gravity of the refugees situation in the Central American region which
has recently received special attention;
(b) Acknowledged the provisions relating to refugees in the Contadora Act for Peace and Co-operation in
Central America;
(c) Noted with interest the Cartagena Declaration, embodying the conclusions of the Colloquium on
International Protection of Refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama: Juridical and Humanitarian
Problems, held in Cartagena, Colombia from 19 to 22 November 1984, under the auspices of the Government of
the Republic of Colombia;
(d) Welcomed the use of regional approaches in resolving refugee problems of regional scope, as amply
demonstrated by the Colloquium.
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