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IV.
43.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY, BURDEN-SHARING AND DUTIES OF STATES
(a)
(b)
Within the framework of international solidarity and burden- sharing, States shall take all necessary measures to assist, at their request, States which have admitted asylum-seekers in large-scale influx situations.
Such action should be taken bilaterally or multilaterally, at the regional or at the univeral levels and in co-operation with UNHCR, as appropriate. Primary consideration should be given to the possibility of finding appropriate solutions within the regional context.
(c)
(d)
(e)
Action with a view to burden-sharing should be directed towards facilitating voluntary repatriation, promoting local settlement in the receiving country, providing resettlement possibilities in third countries, as appropriate.
The measures to be taken within the context of such burden-sharing arrangements should be adapted to the particular situation. They should include, as necessary, emergency financial and technical assistance, assistance in kind and advance pledging of further financial or other asistance beyond the emergency phase until durable solutions are found, and where voluntary repatriation or local settlement cannot be envisaged, the provision for asylum-seekers of resettlement possibilities in a cultural environment appropriate for their well-being.
Consideration should be given to the strengthening of existing mechanisms and, if appropriate, the setting up of new arrangements, if possible on a permanent basis, to ensure that the necessary funds and other material and technical assistance are immediately
made available.
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