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for Children and Armed Conflict and that cooperation between them, in accordance with their respective
mandates, as well as coordination between the human rights, political and security components of United
Nations operations, make important contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights of persons
forced into mass exodus and displacement,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;8
2. Strongly deplores ethnic and other forms of intolerance as one of the major causes of forced
migratory movements, and urges States to take all necessary steps to ensure respect for human rights,
especially the rights of persons belonging to minorities;
3. Reaffirms the need for all Governments, intergovernmental bodies and concerned international
organizations to intensify their cooperation and assistance in worldwide efforts to address human rights
situations that lead to, as well as the serious problems that result from, mass exoduses of refugees and
displaced persons;
4. Emphasizes the responsibility of all States and international organizations to cooperate with those
countries, particularly developing ones, affected by mass exoduses of refugees and displaced persons, and
calls upon Governments, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant parts of the United Nations system to continue to respond to
assistance needs of countries hosting large numbers of refugees until durable solutions are found;
5. Urges the Secretary-General to give high priority to and to allocate the necessary resources within
the regular budget of the United Nations for the consolidation and strengthening of emergency preparedness
and response mechanisms, including early warning activities in the humanitarian area, for the purpose of
ensuring, inter alia, that effective action is taken to identify all human rights abuses that contribute to mass
exoduses of persons;
6. Invites the special rapporteurs, special representatives and working groups of the Commission on
Human Rights and the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, acting within their mandates, to seek
information, where appropriate, on human rights problems that may result in mass exoduses of populations
or impede their voluntary return home and, where appropriate, to include such information, together with
recommendations thereon, in their reports and to bring such information to the attention of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for appropriate action in fulfilment of her mandate, in
consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
7. 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;
8. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the exercise of her mandate,
as set out in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, to coordinate human rights activities
throughout the United Nations system and, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for
8
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