Global Consultations First Track

Ministerial Meeting of States Parties 12 and 13 December 2001

• Declaration adopted at the Ministerial Meeting
• Closing remarks by the High Commissioner to the Ministerial Meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol (13 December 2001)
• Chairperson's Report of Roundtable 3: "Upholding Refugee Protection in the face of Contemporary Challenges involving Mixed Flows" (inter alia asylum systems) (13 December 2001)
• Chairperson's Report of Roundtable 2: "International Cooperation to Protect Masses in Flight" (inter alia mass influx, burden and responsibility sharing, security and additional instruments) (13 December 2001)
• Chairperson's Report of Roundtable 1: "1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol Framework: Strengthening Implementation" (13 December 2001)
• Summary Report of the second day of the Ministerial Meeting of States Parties, 13 December 2001
• Summary Report of the first day of the Ministerial Meeting of States Parties, 12 December 2001
• Opening remarks by the High Commissioner to the Ministerial Meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol (12 December 2001)
• List of Participants, Ministerial Meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol
• Background document on the Ministerial Meeting of States Parties and UNHCR'S Global Consultations on International Protection, December 2001
• Global Consultations Update - No. 2, 28 November 2001
• Global Consultations Update - No. 1, 16 November 2001
• Background Note on the Ministerial Meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva, 12 and 13 December 2001)

Expressions of Support

• The Niebla Declaration on Revitalizing the Protection of Refugees (1 December 2001)
• Statement by the OSCE Permanent Council on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (18 October 2001)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union Council resolution on the 50th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1951 Convention (Havana, 7 April 2001)
• Organization of American States resolution on the Protection of Refugee, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Americas (San José, 5 June 2001)
• Council of Europe Recommendation on UNHCR and the 50th Anniversary of the Geneva Convention (Strasbourg, 27 June 2001)
• Organization of African Unity resolution on the 50th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1951 Convention (Lusaka, 11 July 2001)
• European Union Declaration on the 50th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Brussels, 28 July 2001)

Other Events

• Paris Appeal by Refugees at the French National Assembly (16 June 2001)