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(f) Called upon States not having acceded to the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol to accede to these instruments;

(g) Recommended consideration of the withdrawal of the geographical limitation and reservations to these instruments by those States that still maintain them;

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Recalled that the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol are complemented by various international instruments of relevance to refugees adopted at the universal level as well as by a number of standard-setting instruments adopted at the regional level and called upon States to consider acceding to such additional universal instruments and to such other instruments as are applicable to their region;

(i) Noted that accession to the various international refugee instruments, whether of a universal or regional character, is now of utmost importance in view of the magnitude and the seriousness of the contemporary refugee problem and requested the High Commissioner to continue his efforts at the highest level to promote further accession to the international refugee instruments;

(j) Recommended to States, that have not yet done so to consider adopting appropriate legislative and/or administrative measures for the effective implementation of the international refugee instruments, making the necessary distinction between refugees and other aliens.

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Geneva Declaration on the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol

Whereas serious and large-scale refugee problems continue to exist in many regions of the world;

Whereas accession to the United Nations 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol is of importance in strengthening the legal situation of refugees and in facilitating the exercise by the High Commissioner of his international protection function;

Whereas accession to these basic humanitarian instruments defining the legal status of refugees by a large number of States in different regions of the world reflects the fundamental importance, often recalled in resolutions of the General Assembly, of the principles they contain and assists in establishing their universal applicability;

Whereas recent accessions to the Convention and the Protocol have brought the number of States parties to these instruments to one hundred and one;

Now therefore,

The Executive Committee, recalling the need for universal accession to these instruments,

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Solemnly calls upon all States that have not yet become parties to these basic humanitarian instruments to accede to them so that they can acquire a truly universal character;

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