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Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (THE)
PLEDGE FORM
I. The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo pledges
to support the legal, social and economic integration of Angolan refugees into the host community, including by facilitating access to agricultural land, employment opportunities, education and/or long-term
residency status.
II. The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo pledges to
take initiatives such as:
Identifying cases of statelessness on its national territory; preventing
statelessness by setting up national mechanisms in compliance with its
national legislation and through registering children by the Registrar of
Civil Status, encouraging civil marriage, and applying the provisions of
law No. 04/024 of 12/11/2004 on Congolese nationality.
III. The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo pledges and
confirms that it is party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
DENMARK
PLEDGE FORM
1. Denmark maintains one reservation to the 1951 Convention relating to
the Status of Refugees. Denmark pledges that it will conduct a review
process in 2012 on the necessity of maintaining this reservation.
2. Denmark is committed to ensuring reception conditions of asylumseekers 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.
3. Denmark pledges to work with other Member States, UNHCR and partners to enhance the delivery of comprehensive durable solutions, notably in protracted refugee situations, to promote increased opportunities for refugee resettlement, the participation of new resettlement
countries, improved integration outcomes for resettled refugees, and
support the use of resettlement to unlock the other durable solutions
of voluntary repatriation and local integration.