CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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1986 (Executive Committee—37 th Session)<br />
No. 43 (XXXVII) GENEVA DECLARATION ON <strong>THE</strong> 1951 UNITED NATIONS<br />
CONVENTION AND <strong>THE</strong> 1967 PROTOCOL RELATING TO <strong>THE</strong> STATUS OF<br />
REFUGEES ∗ (1986)<br />
Whereas serious and large-scale refugee problems continue to exist in many regions of the world;<br />
Whereas accession to the 1951 United Nations Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of<br />
Refugees is of importance in strengthening the legal situation of refugees and in facilitating the exercise by the<br />
High Commissioner of his international protection function;<br />
Whereas accession to these basic humanitarian instruments defining the legal status of refugees by a large<br />
number of States in different regions of the world reflects the fundamental importance, often recalled in<br />
resolutions of the General Assembly, of the principles they contain and assists in establishing their universal<br />
applicability;<br />
Whereas recent accessions to the Convention and the Protocol have brought the number of States parties to<br />
these instruments to one hundred and one;<br />
Now therefore,<br />
The Executive Committee, recalling the need for universal accession to these instruments,<br />
1. Solemnly calls upon States that have not yet become parties to these basic humanitarian instruments to<br />
accede to them so that they can acquire a truly universal character;<br />
2. Expresses the hope that by the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the 1951 Convention relating to the<br />
Status of Refugees all Member States of the United Nations will have acceded to these instruments;<br />
3. Stresses that, in addition to accession, effective application of the principles and provisions of the 1951<br />
Convention and the 1967 Protocol are of the utmost importance;<br />
4. Calls upon the Chairman and Member States of the Executive Committee to assist the High<br />
Commissioner in his efforts to promote further accessions to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol.<br />
∗ DECLARATION ENDORSED <strong>BY</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>EXECUTIVE</strong> COMMITTEE OF <strong>THE</strong> HIGH COMMISSIONER’S<br />
PROGRAMME UPON <strong>THE</strong> RECOMMENDATION OF <strong>THE</strong> SUB-COMMITTEE OF <strong>THE</strong> WHOLE ON<br />
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF REFUGEES<br />
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