Chapter III. PLEDGES QATAR EXCERPT FROM NATIONAL STATEMENT We renew the State of Qatar's commitment to the noble humanitarian principles of the UNHCR and its pledge to continue providing necessary support to UNHCR's different activities to ensure a dignified life for all. REPUBLIC OF KOREA (THE) PLEDGE FORM The Government of the Republic of Korea pledges to: • Work with relevant actors towards the adoption of legislation that promotes the rights and protection of refugees and asylumseekers such as “The Bill on the Status and Treatment of Refugees and Others” introduced by Member of National Assembly Hwang, Woo Yea, and currently pending at the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly. • Address language barriers of asylum-seekers and ensure fair assessment of their cases by improving interpretation support service during refugee status determination interviews through the buildup of an interpreter roster for over 30 different languages. • Provide basic subsistence support to asylum-seekers and assist in the integration of refugees into Korean society through the Refugee Reception Center due to be established in Incheon by June 2013. • Ensure asylum-seekers and refugees are provided improved education, health and social welfare services through strengthened partnership with relevant governmental and non-governmental organizations. • Improve on governmental institutions responsible for refugee status determination and asylum policy such as the creation of an independent Refugee Division at Seoul Immigration Office, with the aim to better address the needs of an increasing number of asylum-seekers. • Strengthen the capacity of asylum adjudicators by providing more comprehensive and ongoing professional training on such areas as asylum law and country of origin information analysis. 107