Chapter II.
Theme of the Pledge
Revising and amending
national refugee
legislation or adopting
new laws, to enable
better implementation
of the 1951 Convention
and strengthen
protection for asylumseekers and refugees
States/Groups of
States/Organizations
making a pledge
Africa: Chad, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,
Republic of the Congo,
Senegal, Sierra Leone,
South Sudan, Togo, the
United Republic of Tanzania
and Zambia
Americas: Argentina and
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Asia and the Pacific:
Afghanistan, China, Papua
New Guinea and Republic
of Korea
Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Liechtenstein,
Montenegro and the Russian
Federation
Middle East and North
Africa: Yemen
ANALYSIS OF PLEDGES
Example of pledges
Yemen: “Yemen pledges
to develop national
legislation addressing
refugee affairs in
conformity with
international standards
as stipulated in the 1951
Convention and its 1967
Protocol.”
Establishing/improving Africa: Angola, Chad,
national asylum policies Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau,
South Africa and Togo
Americas: Bolivia
(Plurinational State of) and
the Dominican Republic
Asia and the Pacific: Papua
New Guinea and the
Republic of Korea
Europe: Austria
Papua New Guinea:
“The Government of
the Independent State
of Papua New Guinea
commits to reviewing
all existing domestic
legislation and policies
relating to refugees with
the aim of formulating
a comprehensive
national refugee policy
for Papua New Guinea
to effectively address
refugee issues in full
compliance with the 1951
Convention relating to
the Status of Refugees
and the 1967 Protocol.”
Improving detention
practices and/or
conditions in reception
centres
Denmark: “Denmark is
committed to ensuring
reception conditions
of asylum-seekers of a
continued high standard.
Denmark pledges to
launch in 2012 a process
on the development
of a new model for
reception conditions for
asylum-seekers."
Africa: Togo and Zimbabwe
Americas: Mexico and the
United States of America
Asia and the Pacific: Japan
Europe: Belgium, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Romania,
the Russian Federation and
Sweden
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