A/RES/73/151
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Reaffirming the need for consistency with international law, including
international refugee law, and relevant General Assembly resolutions that may
concern the work of the Office of the High Commissioner, and taking into account
national policies, priorities and realities,
Recalling its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the strengthening of
the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations and all
subsequent General Assembly resolutions on the subject, including resolution 72/133
of 11 December 2017,
1.
Welcomes the important work undertaken by the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its Executive Committee in the course
of the year, which is aimed at strengthening the international protection regime a nd
at assisting Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities, and underlines
the significance of durable solutions, the securing of which is one of the principal
goals of international protection;
2.
Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty -ninth
session; 2
3.
Recognizes the relevance of the Executive Committee’s practice of
adopting conclusions, and encourages the Executive Committee to continue this
process;
4.
Recalls the adoption of the New York Declaration for Refugees and
Migrants 3 and the two annexes thereto at the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants, on
19 September 2016, and encourages States to implement their commitments made
therein;
5.
Notes the significant global and regional initiatives, conferences and
summits undertaken in 2018 to strengthen international solidarity with and
cooperation for refugees and other persons of concern, and encourages those who
participated to implement their commitments made therein;
6.
Reaffirms the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 4 and the
1967 Protocol thereto 5 as the foundation of the international refugee protection
regime, recognizes the importance of their full and effective application by States
parties and the values they embody, notes with satisfaction that 149 States are now
parties to one or both instruments, encourages States not parties to consider acceding
to those instruments and States parties with reservations to give consideration to
withdrawing them, underlines, in particular, the importance of full re spect for the
principle of non-refoulement, and recognizes that a number of States not parties to
the international refugee instruments have shown a generous approach to hosting
refugees;
7.
Urges States that are parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status
of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto to respect their obligations in letter and
spirit;
8.
Re-emphasizes that the protection of refugees is primarily the
responsibility of States, whose full and effective cooperation, action and politic al
resolve are required to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to fulfil its
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Resolution 71/1.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
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