76 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons Furthermore, Germany pledges to: • Establish a permanent resettlement programme for refugees in cooperation with the UNHCR. • Resettle to Germany 300 refugees per annum from 2012 to 2014. Germany welcomes UNHCR’s recognition of climate change as an additional trigger of displacement. The German Government is ready to lend its support to initiatives that contribute to analyzing the impact of climate change and finding strategies to curb its effects, and help vulnerable populations build up a higher level of resilience. In this regard, Germany explicitly endorses the Swiss-Norwegian pledge. (Group pledge with Mexico, Norway and Switzerland). GHANA PLEDGE FORM The Government of the Republic of Ghana pledges its continued support to UNHCR as well as its readiness to work in accordance with the Ministerial Communiqué adopted at the UNHCR Intergovernmental event at the ministerial level held in Geneva on 7-8 December 2011. GREECE PLEDGE FORM It has generally been acknowledged that Greece faces a particularly strong mixed migratory pressure, due to its geographic position at the external border of the EU, its extensive land and sea borders and its proximity with main countries of origin and transit of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers. Despite this overwhelming situation, Greece considers the effective management of migration as a matter of highest priority and, in this respect, reaffirms its commitment to international cooperation for the protection of refugees. International and regional cooperation, solidarity and burden sharing are the only way to tackle effectively all consequences caused by increased migration and refugee movements due to recent humanitarian crises in different areas of the world.

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