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Commends the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and la staff for the efficient manner in which they continue to discharge their way responsibilities in assisting refugees and displaced persons;

2.

Requests the High Commissioner to continue to promote, in

close co-operation with Governments, the United Nations system and non-

governmental organizations, durable and speedy solutions to refugee prob- legs whefever they occur, and in particular in Africa, Asia and Latin

America;

3. Urges Governments to intensify their support for the humanitarian

activities of the High Commissioner by:

4.

(a) facilitating the accomplishment of his tasks in the field

of international protection, in particular by granting

asylum to those seeking refuge and by scrupulously obser-

ving the principle of non-refoulement;

(b) considering accession to relevant international instruments

blished notably the 1951. Convention relating to the

Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol relating to the

Status of Refugees;

(c) facilitating his efforts to promote durable solutions

through voluntary repatriation and assistance in rehabilita-

tion of returnees, integration in countries of asylum or

resettlement in other countries;

Further urges Governments to:

(a) strengthen their support to the High Commissioner's efforts

on behalf of refugees in Africa;

(b) provide increased opportunities for durable solutions for

refugees and displaced persons who are in South East Asia;

5. Calls upon Governments to continue to contribute generously

towards the financing of the High Commissioner's activities in order to

attain the objectives of his humanitarian programmes.

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