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for the determination of refugee status and for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, in keeping with the principles established in the international and regional instruments, as applicable. • Resolution of the General Assembly, AG/RES. 1971 (XXXIII-O/03), The Protection of Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons in the Americas (Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 10, 2003) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, […] Resolves […] 2. To urge those member states that have not yet done so to consider signing, ratifying, or acceding to, as the case may be, the international instruments on refugees and statelessness, or to consider the possibility of withdrawing the reservations entered at the time of ratification or accession, and to consider adopting the procedures and institutional mechanisms necessary for their effective implementation, in keeping with the principles established in international and regional instruments. • Resolution of the General Assembly, AG/RES. 1892 (XXXII-O/02) The Protection of Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons in the Americas (Adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June 4, 2002) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, […] Resolves […] 2. To reiterate its appeal to member states that have not yet done so to consider, in due course, signing, ratifying, or acceding to the international instruments on refugees and statelessness and adopting the procedures and institutional mechanisms necessary for their effective implementation, in accordance with the criteria established in universal and regional instruments, and to consider withdrawing reservations made at the time of ratification or accession. Council of Europe • Recommendation R (1999) 18 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Avoidance and Reduction of Statelessness http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=3ae6b3964 The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 15.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe, […] Hoping that as many member States as possible will soon sign and ratify the 1997 European Convention on Nationality, (…) UNHCR, July 2013 13

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