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early warning, require an intersectoral and multidisciplinary approach to enable a coherent response,
particularly at the international and regional levels,
Recognizing that the human rights machinery of the United Nations, including the mechanisms of the
Commission on Human Rights and the human rights treaty bodies, has important capabilities for
addressing human rights violations which cause movements of refugees and displaced persons or prevent
durable solutions to their plight,
Convinced that the activities of these mechanisms, with a view, inter alia, to preventing mass
exoduses and to strengthening emergency preparedness and response mechanisms of the United Nations
system as a whole, should be encouraged and further developed and coordinated at both the international
and regional levels, with priority given to the systematization of early-warning information collection,
Welcoming the continuation of inter-agency consultations on early warning of mass flows of refugees,
pursuant to the decision of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, with the purpose of serving
in both prevention of and preparedness for humanitarian emergencies,
Recognizing the complementarity between the systems for the protection of human rights and for
humanitarian action and that the work of humanitarian agencies makes an important contribution to the
achievement of human rights,
Welcoming the cooperation between the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development
Programme and other relevant United Nations entities to ensure effective coordination of activities within
their mandates and expertise with respect to returnee promotion and monitoring, technical advice,
institution-building and rehabilitation activities,
Recognizing that women and children constitute the majority of most refugee populations and that,
in addition to the problems they share in common with all refugees, women and girls in such
circumstances are vulnerable to gender-based discrimination and gender-specific violations of human
rights,
Recalling that States parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees3 undertake,
under article 35, to provide information on the implementation of the Convention to the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as was recalled by the Executive Committee of the
Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in its general conclusions 77 (XLVI)
of 1995,4 79 (XLVII) of 19965 and 81 (XLVIII) of 19976 on international protection,
3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.
4
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 12 A (A/50/12/Add.1),
chap. III, sect. A.1.
5
Ibid., Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 12 A and corrigendum (A/51/12/Add.1 and Corr.1),
chap. III, sect. A.1.
6
Ibid., Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 12 A (A/52/12/Add.1), chap. III, sect. A.1.
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