The Executive Committee,

Noting with appreciation the Background Note on Inter-sessional Meetings of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection (document EC/SCP/72),

(a)        Decides to request the High Commissioner to convene at least one inter-sessional meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection to continue constructive discussions on relevant protection issues;

(b)        Decides further to request the High Commissioner to report to the Executive Committee at its forty-fourth session on progress in the deliberations of the Sub-Committee.