58 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons BURUNDI PLEDGE FORM The Government of the Republic of Burundi pledges to: 1. Initiate the process of withdrawing its reservations to the 1967 Protocol relating to Refugee Status, i.e. its reservations concerning Articles 22, 17, and 26. 2. Implement as of next year the provisions of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees concerning the issuance of travel documents to recognised refugees in Burundi and meeting the requirements of Document 9303 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), thereby guaranteeing full freedom of movement for refugees. 3. Take urban refugees into account in urban planning as well as in strategies to reduce poverty and disaster risk. 4. Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and to continue the process of ratifying the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, signed by Burundi in October 2009. 5. Carry out in the shortest possible time and with the support of UNHCR the detailed profiling of people who are at risk of statelessness in Burundi, and to authorize their stay on Burundi’s territory during the profiling operation and the establishment and implementation of a strategy relating to the risks they face. CANADA PLEDGE FORM The Government of Canada has made a commitment to resettle 20,000 Iraqi refugees. We pledge to continue our Iraqi resettlement efforts in the Middle East region through 2015. As part of efforts to reform Canada’s asylum system, Canada pledges to establish an appeal mechanism on the merits of a claim. Canada also pledges to increase the number of refugees we resettle by 20%. The number of refugees resettled through the Government-Assisted Refugees Program will be increased by up to 500 people, and a further 2,000 resettlement spaces will be added to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. These spaces will be phased in by 2013.