A/RES/72/150. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/150
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 150

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

17 Jan uary 20 18

17-229 47 (E) 220118

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 64

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 December 2017

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/72/ 433 and A/72/433/ Corr.1)]

72/150. Office of th e United Na tions High Commissioner for Ref ugees

The General Assembly ,

Havi ng conside red the report of the Un ited Natio ns High Commi ssioner for

Refu gees o n the activit ies of his Office

1

an d the report of t he Exe cutive Commit tee

of the Progr amme of the United Nat ions High Commi ssioner for Ref ugees on the

work of its sixty-ei ghth se ssion

2

and the dec isions c ontained therein ,

Reca llin g its p revious a nnual res olutions on the wor k of the Offi ce of the Un ited

Nati ons High Co mmission er for Refu gees since i ts establi shment by th e General

Asse mbly,

Expre ssing d eep con cern t hat the numbe r of pe ople w ho are forcibl y displ aced

owin g to, int er alia, confl ict, per secutio n and vio lence, i ncluding terrori sm, has

reac hed the highest level si nce the Second Wor ld War,

Noti ng with g rave conc ern tha t, despit e the tre mendous gener osity o f host

count ries and donors, inc luding unpre cedented lev els of hu manitar ian funding, the

gap between needs a nd huma nitarian funding contin ues to g row,

Reco gniz ing that force d di splaceme nt ha s, in ter a lia, h umanita rian a nd

deve lopment implica tions,

Expre ssing its ap preciatio n for the lea dership sh own by the Hi gh Commis sioner,

and co mmendi ng the staf f of his Offi ce and its p artners fo r the comp etent, co urageou s

and dedicate d manne r in wh ich they discharg e their respons ibilitie s,

Unde rlining its stro ng cond emnation of all for ms of vi olence t o w hich

huma nitarian personne l and Unit ed Natio ns and asso ciated pe rsonnel are increa singly

expo sed,

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1

Officia l Reco rds of t he Gen eral As sembly, Sevent y-sec ond Se ssion, Supple ment N o. 12 (A/ 72/1 2).

2

Ibid., Supple ment No . 12A ( A/72/1 2/A dd.1 ).