GEN

Calls upon Member States urgently to address the root causes of refugee movements and displacement; calls upon the international community to give priority to extending international protection to refugee women and children by implementing measures to ensure greater protection from physical violence, sexual abuse, abduction and circumstances that could force them into illegal activities; urges Member States, UN organizations and non-governmental organizations to ensure that the specific needs and resources of refugee and displaced women and children are fully considered in the planning of their activities and programmes; requests all UN and other intergovernmental organizations, Governments and non-governmental organizations and funding agencies that play a role in the assistance and protection of refugees and displaced persons to adopt a policy on refugee and displaced women and children that will provide for the full integration of women and children into their programmes, within their respective mandates, and will include a time-frame and procedures for implementation; urges the recruitment of staff, in particular, female field staff who are able to provide assistance and protection appropriate to the specific needs of refugee women and children.

Adopted without vote, 12th meeting

Adopted at the 12th plenary meeting, 30 May 1991.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1991, New York, 30 January and 5 and 7 February 1991; resumed organizational session for 1991, New York, 25 March 1991; first regular session of 1991, New York, 13-31 May 1991; resumed first regular session of 1991, New York, 17-21 June 1991 - E/1991/91 - p. 24-25 - (ESCOR, 1991, Suppl. no. 1).