CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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1976 (Executive Committee—27 th Session)<br />
<strong>CONCLUSIONS</strong> <strong>ADOPTED</strong><br />
<strong>BY</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>EXECUTIVE</strong> COMMITTEE<br />
ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND ON <strong>THE</strong> SUB-COMMITTEE OF <strong>THE</strong><br />
WHOLE 1<br />
The Executive Committee,<br />
No. 2 (XXVII) FUNCTIONING OF <strong>THE</strong><br />
SUB-COMMITTEE AND GENERAL (1976)<br />
(a) Was gravely preoccupied by the serious recurring violations of human rights of refugees and of their<br />
rights under legal instruments concerning them and was particularly concerned by the situation of several groups<br />
of refugees whose safety was in danger;<br />
(b) Welcomed new accessions to the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol and urged all Governments to<br />
accede to these instruments and scrupulously to observe their provisions;<br />
(c) Recommended that the High Commission should continue to follow up on the application and<br />
implementation of the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol in various member States, including national practice<br />
and procedures for the recognition of refugee status, and to submit a report to the Executive Committee on the<br />
subject in due course;<br />
(d) Noted with satisfaction the decision of the General Assembly to convene a Conference of<br />
Plenipotentiaries to consider and adopt a Convention on Territorial Asylum;<br />
(e) Recommended that non-governmental organizations concerned with problems relating to the protection<br />
of refugees be invited to attend the forthcoming Conference of Plenipotentiaries in observer capacity;<br />
(f) Was deeply concerned at the fate of asylum-seekers who had left their country in small boats and were<br />
in need of rescue or admission to a country of first asylum and eventually of final settlement;<br />
(g) Appealed to States scrupulously to observe the legal provisions relating to the rescue of persons at sea,<br />
as contained in the Brussels Convention of 1910 and the United Nations Convention on the High Seas of 1958,<br />
and urged States to make every possible effort to ensure that the provisions of these legal instruments be<br />
respected by ship masters under all circumstances;<br />
(h) Further appealed to States:<br />
(i) To grant first asylum to refugees and displaced persons rescued at sea or who had come directly<br />
by sea; and<br />
(ii) To offer resettlement opportunities to those who had been unable to obtain permanent residence<br />
in the State of first asylum;<br />
(i) Reaffirmed the need to intensify its role in the field of protection and welcomed the establishment of a<br />
Sub-Committee of the Whole on protection, designed to focus attention on protection issues with a view to<br />
determining existing shortcomings in this field and to proposing appropriate remedies;<br />
(j) Decided that the Sub-Committee of the whole would meet for one day before the twenty-eighth session<br />
of the executive committee.<br />
1 Contained in United Nations General Assembly Document No. 12A (A/10012/Add.1)<br />
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