CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR

1989 (Executive Committee—40 th Session)
m) Underlined that resettlement is not only a possible solution for some refugees, but is also an urgent
protection measure in the individual case, welcomed the fact that several African States provide such
resettlement opportunities, and invited all states to make places speedily available to respond to urgent or
emergency protection situations facing individual refugees;
n) Noted the accomplishments of the Office in the promotion and dissemination of refugee law, including
particularly the organization of protection training courses for government and other concerned officials, and
urged the High Commissioner to pursue his activities in this regard, making every effort to ensure that such
protection training courses continue on a significant scale;
o) Welcomed the recent accession of Hungary to the 1951 United Nations Convention and the 1967
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and encouraged the High Commissioner actively to promote further
the universal applicability of these instruments;
p) Reaffirmed the crucial role played since its inception by the Sub-Committee of the Whole on
International Protection in identifying existing shortcomings and problems in the field of refugee protection and
by formulating conclusions which serve as international guidelines to be drawn upon by States, UNHCR and
others when developing or orienting their policies on refugee issues;
q) Decide that, in view of the importance of this task and in order to allow the Sub-Committee to consider
all aspects of any issue in depth, the agenda for the Sub-Committee should preferably be limited to one or two
subjects of practical benefit to refugees, that greater use could be made of informal working groups between
annual meetings and that, whenever required, a particular issue should be considered at consecutive sessions of
the Sub-Committee.
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