CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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1988 (Executive Committee—39 th Session)<br />
No. 52 (XXXIX) INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ∗ (1988)<br />
The Executive Committee,<br />
Remaining deeply concerned about the gravity and complexity of refugee problems throughout the world,<br />
the serious violations of human rights which accompany them and the dislocation and distress they cause for the<br />
millions of individuals involved;<br />
Reaffirming that refugee problems are the concern of the international community and their resolution is<br />
dependent on the will and capacity of States to respond in concert and wholeheartedly, in a spirit of true<br />
humanitarianism and international solidarity;<br />
Noting that States have obligations or responsibilities to accord protection and a basic standard of treatment<br />
to refugees and that these must be performed in good faith;<br />
Noting also that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was created in the<br />
context of an urgent need to provide protection to refugees and that it is this protection function which uniquely<br />
characterizes the Office;<br />
1. Underlined that States, which have defined the protection role of the Office, have a responsibility to<br />
co-operate with it in the fulfilment of its mandate on the basis of the fundamental humanitarian principles which<br />
motivate its work;<br />
2. Noted that States and <strong>UNHCR</strong> are joined in the common pursuit of solutions for refugee problems and<br />
the international protection of the fundamental rights of refugees;<br />
3. Stressed that the principle of international solidarity has a fundamental role to play in encouraging a<br />
humanitarian approach to the grant of asylum and in the effective implementation of international protection in<br />
general;<br />
4. Recalled that, in all circumstances, the respect for fundamental humanitarian principles is an obligation<br />
for all members of the international community, it being understood that the principle of international solidarity<br />
is of utmost importance to the satisfactory implementation of these principles;<br />
5. Invited all States to continue actively to support the protection functions of the High Commissioner<br />
through all appropriate means, both bilateral and multilateral, as well as to abide by their own humanitarian<br />
responsibilities towards refugees, including, particularly, to safeguard the right to seek and enjoy asylum from<br />
persecution and to ensure full respect for the principle of non-refoulement.<br />
∗ CONCLUSION 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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