A/RES/54/180 Page 2 Recalling with satisfaction its endorsement, in its resolution 41/70 of 3 December 1986, of the call upon all States to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms and to refrain from denying these to individuals in their population because of nationality, ethnicity, race, gender, age, religion or language, Recalling all relevant human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,4 the principles of international protection for refugees and the general conclusion of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on international protection5 and the fact that asylum applicants should have access to fair and expeditious status-determination procedures, Stressing the importance of adherence to international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law in order to avert mass exoduses and to protect refugees and internally displaced persons, and expressing its deep concern at the lack of respect for those laws and principles, especially during armed conflict, including the denial of safe and unimpeded access to the displaced, Noting, in this regard, the entry into force of the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of 9 December 1994,6 urging States to consider ratifying or acceding to the Convention, and condemning attacks and the use of force against United Nations and associated personnel, as well as personnel of international humanitarian organizations, Reaffirming the primary responsibility of States to ensure the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons, Recognizing the contribution of the establishment of the International Criminal Court to ending impunity for perpetrators of certain crimes, as defined in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,7 which lead to, or result from, mass exoduses, Noting with satisfaction the efforts by the United Nations system to develop a comprehensive approach to addressing the root causes and effects of movements of refugees and other displaced persons and the strengthening of emergency preparedness and response mechanisms, 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 to address human rights violations that cause movements of refugees and displaced persons or prevent durable solutions to their plight, Recognizing the complementarity between the systems for the protection of human rights and for humanitarian action, in particular the mandates of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as the work of the representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General 4 Resolution 217 A (III). 5 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/54/12/Add.1), chap. III, sect. A.1. 6 Resolution 49/59, annex. 7 A/CONF.183/9. /...