A/RES/73/150. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/150
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /73/ 150

General Assembly

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21 Janu ary 201 9

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 65

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 17 December 2018

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/73/ 583)]

73/150. Assistance to refugees, returnees and displ aced person s in Africa

The General Assembl y,

Reca llin g th e Organi zation of African Unity Conventi on gove rning th e speci fic

aspe cts of refu gee probl ems in Afri ca of 1969

1

and t he African C harter on Human an d

Peop les’ Right s,

2

Reaf firm ing that the 1 951 Con vention relating to the Sta tus of R efugees,

3

toge ther with the 1967 Prot ocol thereto ,

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as comp lemente d by the Org anizatio n o f

Afric an Uni ty Conve ntion of 19 69, re mains th e found ation o f the i nternati onal

refug ee prot ection r egime in Africa,

Welcomi ng t he entry into for ce on 6 D ecember 2012 and the ongo ing pro cess of

ratif ication of the Afric an Union Conv ention for the Pr otection an d Ass istance of

Inter nally Disp laced Pers ons in Africa, whic h mark a s ignific ant st ep tow ards

stre ngthenin g the natio nal an d reg ional normati ve fra mewor ks for the protec tion o f

and assistan ce to in ternally displac ed pers ons,

Welcomi ng also t he decisio n of the Afri can Unio n to declar e 2019 as t he African

Year of Re fugees, R eturnees a nd Inter nally Disp laced Per sons: Towar ds Durabl e

Solut ions to Forc ed Di splacem ent in Africa, in comm emorati on of th e fift ieth

anni versary of the Organi zation of Africa n Unit y Conv ention governi ng the specifi c

aspe cts of refu gee probl ems in Afric a of 1969 an d the tent h anniver sary of the Af rican

Unio n Conve ntion for the Prote ction a nd Assist ance of Intern ally Di splaced Person s

in Afr ica (Ka mpala Co nventio n) of 20 09,

Reco gniz ing t he partic ular vuln erabilit y of wome n and child ren, as we ll as olde r

perso ns and pe rsons wi th d isabilit ies, amo ng r efugees a nd d isplaced per sons,

includi ng exp osure t o discr iminatio n, sexu al exp loitatio n and abuse, physical abuse ,

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1

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 1001, N o. 14 691 .

2

Ibid., vol. 152 0, No . 263 63.

3

Ibid., vol. 189 , No. 254 5.

4

Ibid., vo l. 606, N o. 8 791.