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10. Requests all United Nations bodies, acting within their mandates, the
specialized agencies and governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations to cooperate fully with all mechanisms of the Commission on Human
Rights and, in particular, to provide them with all relevant information in their
possession on the human rights situations creating or affecting refugees and
displaced persons, and to exchange such information among themselves, within their
mandates, in order to encourage effective international responses;
11. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
the exercise of his mandate, as set out in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of
20 December 1993, and in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, to pay particular attention to situations that cause or threaten to cause
mass exoduses or displacements and to contribute to efforts to address such
situations effectively and promote sustainable returns through promotion and
protection measures, including human rights monitoring of those who have fled or
returned as part of mass exoduses, emergency preparedness and response
mechanisms, early warning and information-sharing, technical advice, expertise and
cooperation in countries of origin as well as host countries;
12. Welcomes the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights to contribute to the creation of a viable environment for the
sustainable return of displaced persons in post-conflict societies, working in
cooperation with the States concerned, through initiatives such as the rehabilitation
of the justice system, the creation of national institutions capable of defending
human rights and broad-based programmes of human rights education and the
strengthening of local non-governmental organizations through field presences and
programmes of advisory services and technical cooperation;
13. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the General
Assembly at its sixtieth session a report on the implementation of the present
resolution as it pertains to all aspects of human rights and mass exoduses, with
particular emphasis on the efforts of the United Nations system to enhance the
protection of those who become displaced during mass exoduses, and to facilitate
their return and reintegration, as well as information on efforts to continue to
enhance the capacity of the United Nations to avert new flows of refugees and other
displaced persons and to tackle the root causes of such flows;
14.
session.
Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its sixtieth
77th plenary meeting
22 December 2003
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