28 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons Theme of the Pledge Responding to protracted refugee situations, including through • Work towards addressing root causes of displacement; • Linkages to development funding; • Assistance to host countries; • Durable solutions for Afghan refugees; and • Durable solutions to resolve the refugee situation in the Western Balkans States/Groups of States/Organizations making a pledge Africa: Chad, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Uganda, Rwanda and Zimbabwe Americas: Canada and the United States of America Asia and the Pacific: Afghanistan, Australia, China, Indonesia and Japan Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Sweden Middle East and North Africa: Israel International organization: African Union Example of pledges Montenegro: “The Government of Montenegro pledges to continue its efforts, both at national and regional levels, to support the process of achieving durable solutions and to end the protracted refugee situation of the people displaced from the Former Yugoslavia (19911995) and Kosovo (1999) in its territory through the implementation of the National Strategy and its Action Plan (supporting the legal, social and economic integration) and the efficient implementation of the Joint Regional Programme on Durable Solutions for Refugees and Displaced Persons, in a comprehensive and collaborative way with other partner countries in the Region and international donor community (Sarajevo Process).”