Women refugees.
- Author: UN General Assembly (34th sess. : 1979-1980)
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Date:
17 December 1979
34. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
161. Women refugees
1. Decides that the situation of women refugees the world over should be included in the provisional agenda for the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace[1] as a sub-item under agenda item 9, on the programme of action for the second half of the United Nations Decade for Women;
2. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to prepare a draft report to be submitted to the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women at its third session and a final report to be submitted to the Conference, which would:
(a) Review the situation of women refugees the world over within the framework of the over-all problem with which the Office is seized;
(b) Make recommendations concerning measures which could be undertaken by Member States, the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations to assist women refugees, taking into account the requirements of the regions concerned.
105th plenary meeting17 December 1979
[1] Ibid.
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