A/RES/59/172. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2004

• Resolution Number: A/RES/59/172
• Year: 2004
• Session: 59th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/59/172

General Assembly Distr.: General

24 February 2005

Fifty-ninth session

Agenda item 100

04-48658

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2004

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/498)]

59/172. Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons

in Africa

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 58/149 of 22 December 2003,

Recalling also

the Organization of African Unity Convention governing the

specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa of 1969

1

and the African Charter on

Human and Peoples’ Rights,

2

Reaffirming

that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees,

3

together with the 1967 Protocol thereto,

4

as complemented by the Organization of

African Unity Convention of 1969, remains the foundation of the international

refugee protection regime in Africa,

1.

Takes note

of the reports of the Secretary-General

5

and the United

Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;

6

2.

Notes

the need for African States to address resolutely the root causes of

all forms of forced displacement in Africa and to foster peace, stability and

prosperity throughout the African continent so as to forestall refugee flows, and

calls upon the international community, including States, the Office of the United

Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other relevant United Nations

organizations, within their respective mandates, to take concrete action to meet the

protection and assistance needs of refugees, returnees and displaced persons and to

contribute generously to projects and programmes aimed at alleviating their plight

and facilitating durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons;

3.

Wel co me s

decision EX/CL/Dec.127 (V) on the situation of refugees,

returnees and displaced persons in Africa adopted by the Executive Council of the

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1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1001, No. 14691.

2 Ibid., vol. 1520, No. 26363.

3 Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.

4 Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.

5 A/59/317.

6 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/59/12).