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37TH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF UNHCR
BRIEF 2(f)(ii): PHYSICAL SAFETY OF REFUGEES: MILITARY
ATTACKS ON REFUGEE CAMPS
LINE TO TAKE
1.
Condemn violence from whatever quarter.
2.
[If appropriate).
Condemned South African attacks
on camps in neighbouring states as a "gross violation
of their Sovereignty".
3. Content with Draft Conclusion No 2 but consider
Draft Conclusion No 1 better with a reference at end of
operative paragraph 1 to the "exclusively civilian and
humanitarian character of refugee camps" or a cross
reference to Draft Conclusion No 2.
4. [If pressed]. Could accept both Draft Conclusions
with a suitable EOV on No 1.
BACKGROUND
5.
Discussions on military attacks on refugee camps
have been going on for 5 years now with the aim of
adopting principles for the prevent ion of attacks on
refugee camps and settlements (essentially a resolution
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