International Conference on Central American Refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Urges the affected countries, according to their capacities, to strengthen their efforts to deal with the problem of refugees, returnees and displaced persons and to adapt the solutions to national and regional development plans and programmes and to action aimed, specifically, at eradicating extreme poverty; agrees on the need for projects in favour of refugees, returnees and displaced persons to promote, inter alia: (a) the participation of women; (b) the physical and intellectual development of children; (c) the preservation of ethnic and cultural values; (d) the protection of the environment; reaffirms its conviction that the voluntary repatriation of refugees and the return of displaced persons to their countries or communities of origin is one of the most positive signs of the progress of peace in the region; expresses its appreciation for the resources committed to finance the proposals submitted by the Governments of Central America, Belize and Mexico at the 1st International Meeting of the Follow-Up Committee, and welcomes with satisfaction the willingness expressed by the Follow-Up Committee to give favourable consideration to future projects submitted by the affected countries within the Conference framework and to explore all possible sources for funding them.

Adopted without vote, 68th meeting

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Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 247-248. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).