72 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons new resettlement countries, improved integration outcomes for resettled refugees, and the strategic use of resettlement to unlock the other durable solutions of voluntary repatriation and local integration. (Group Pledge) FRANCE PLEDGE FORM France makes the following pledges: 1. To continue to uphold, in compliance with its international commitments and European obligations, high protection standards as well as to implement refugee status determination procedures that are efficient and respectful of rights, to ensure the integration in France of refugees and stateless persons under its protection, and to cooperate with UNHCR with a view to seeking durable solutions for refugees; 2. To modernize the travel documents issued to refugees, stateless persons as well as to beneficiaries of subsidiary protection who reside in France. The aim is to issue documents in conformity with the most recent international requirements in order to enable the holders to travel easily; 3. To reinforce the language training given to refugees and their family members hosted in France. The aim is to facilitate integration into French society of people aspiring to remain in France on a durable basis and who, because of their personal history and experiences, need specific support; 4. To actively support the efforts of the countries from the South of the Mediterranean with partnership agreements with the European Union to build their national asylum and protection systems notably within the framework of regional protection programmes. GAMBIA (THE) PLEDGE FORM The Gambia hosts a population of 9,390 rural Senegalese refugees and 1,061 urban refugees and asylum-seekers from Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Togo, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon.

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