Women refugees

A/RES/34/161

34. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE

161. Women refugees

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 34/60, 34/61 and 34/62, adopted by consensus on 29 November 1979 under agenda item 83, on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

Recognizing the urgent needs and problems of women refugees the world over,

Conscious that the situation of women refugees has not yet been systematically studied,

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 Peace¹ 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 meeting
17 December 1979

1 Ibid.