1977 (Executive Committee-28th Session)
(ii) The applicant should receive the necessary guidance as to
the procedure to be followed.
(iii) There should be a clearly identified authority-wherever possible a single central authority-with responsibility for examining requests for refugee status and taking a decision in the first instance.
(iv) The applicant should be given the necessary facilities, including the services of a competent interpreter, for sub- mitting his case to the authorities concerned. Applicants should also be given the opportunity, of which they should be duly informed, to contact a representative of UNHCR.
(v) If the applicant is recognized as a refugee, he should be informed accordingly and issued with documentation certi- fying his refugee status.
(vi) If the applicant is not recognized, he should be given a rea- sonable time to appeal for a formal reconsideration of the decision, either to the same or to a different authority, whether administrative or judicial, according to the pre- vailing system.
(vii) The applicant should be permitted to remain in the country pending a decision on his initial request by the competent authority referred to in paragraph (iii) above, unless it has been established by that authority that his request is clearly abusive. He should also be permitted to remain in the country while an appeal to a higher administrative authority or to the courts is pending.
(f) Requested UNHCR to prepare, after due consideration of the opinions of States parties to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol, a detailed study on the question of the extra-territorial effect of determin- ation of refugee status in order to enable the Committee to take a consid- ered view on the matter at a subsequent session taking into account the opinion expressed by representatives that the acceptance by a Con- tracting State of refugee status as determined by other States parties to these instruments would be generally desirable;
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