Future efforts will focus on situation specific approaches, notably for protracted refugee situations.

(b) Acknowledges the importance of comprehensive approaches especially for the resolution of protracted and large scale refugee situations, which incorporate, as appropriate and given the specifics of each refugee situation, voluntary repatriation, local integration and resettlement

In 2004, some two thirds of the global refugee population remained in limbo in protracted situations.

One approach to address a protracted refugee situation during the reporting period concerned the Convention Plus initiative to establish a comprehensive plan of action (CPA) for Somali refugees launched in July 2004.

Protracted refugee situations, which had lasted for more than five years, were a different type of obstacle.

Norway welcomed the High Commissioner's decision to conduct an annual review of all the protracted refugee situations with a view to formulating comprehensive plans of action, when conditions allowed, and stressed that the patience of the international community with regard to the refugee situation was running out.

UNHCR must play a mobilizing role in that area and focus greater attention on the necessity of resolving protracted refugee problems.

The visit provided an opportunity to further raise interest among donor countries concerning this protracted refugee situation and to clarify a number of points regarding, in particular, issues relating to food distribution, including recurrent breakdowns in the food pipeline.

The Convention Plus initiative was already a success in progress, and the Framework for Durable Solutions held great promise even for protracted refugee situations.

At the beginning of 2004, 38 protracted refugee situations accounted for 6.2 million refugees who had been in exile for five or more years.

In 2004, the challenges of ensuring access to protection, making major voluntary repatriation movements sustainable and promoting the resolution of protracted refugee situations persisted.

In 2004, the challenges of ensuring access to protection, making major voluntary repatriation movements sustainable and promoting the resolution of protracted refugee situations persisted.

Protracted displacement with little hope of solutions in sight remains the situation of millions of displaced persons worldwide.

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The Lord's Resistance Army and the refugee situation are examples of this.

The self reliance of refugees is a vital means to reduce dependence on humanitarian assistance and to prepare refugees for durable solutions, particularly in protracted refugee situations.

A protracted hostage situation involving United Nations staff in Kabul was successfully resolved during the months of October and November 2004.

A protracted hostage situation involving United Nations staff in Afghanistan was successfully resolved during the months of October and November 2004.

Protracted situations

Particular refugee groups targeted are ones in protracted situations who chose not to repatriate or who come from extremely volatile and insecure areas and for whom return is not an option.

This situation specific approach is already evident in a number of refugee operations being pursued by UNHCR.

Ms. Mtawali (United Republic of Tanzania) said that her Government continued to host the largest protracted refugee caseload in Africa and that it needed more international assistance to provide essential facilities and services.

The current global refugee situation required an effective and equitable mechanism for ensuring international responsibility and burden sharing.

In the paper he had submitted in June 2004 on protracted refugee situations, the High Commissioner had indicated that while camps saved lives in the beginning, in the end they wasted those same lives.

Concerning the situation in the Tindouf refugee camps, testimony by survivors who had managed to flee was almost unbearable.

The tragic situation of unaccompanied refugee minors, to whom the Geneva conventions should apply, also gave cause for concern.

He was encouraged, however, by positive developments which would enable millions of such persons to return to their countries in safety and dignity as durable solutions were found to various protracted refugee situations in Africa.

Ms. Mtawali (United Republic of Tanzania) noted that the refugee situation in many African countries was characterized by large numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons, unpredictability, newly emerging refugee situations and underfunding.

27. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and interested States to identify protracted refugee situations which might lend themselves to resolution through the development of specific, multilateral, comprehensive and practical approaches to resolving such refugee situations, including improvement of international burden and responsibility sharing and realization of durable solutions, within a multilateral context

25. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and interested States to identify protracted refugee situations which might lend themselves to resolution through the development of specific, multilateral, comprehensive and practical approaches to resolving such refugee situations, including improvement of international burden and responsibility sharing and realization of durable solutions, within a multilateral context

25. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and interested States to identify protracted refugee situations which might lend themselves to resolution through the development of specific, multilateral, comprehensive and practical approaches to resolving such refugee situations, including improvement of international burden and responsibility sharing and realization of durable solutions, within a multilateral context

Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and interested States to identify protracted refugee situations which might lend themselves to resolution through the development of specific, multilateral, comprehensive and practical approaches to resolving such refugee situations, including improving international burden and responsibility sharing and realizing durable solutions, within a multilateral context

Everything about the man was, indeed, protracted.

Mr. Kapoma (Zambia) said that new large scale emergencies continued to occur in spite of marked progress in the world's refugee situation.

The situation of indigenous women, in particular displaced and refugee women, is particularly severe, and should be addressed through targeted, culturally appropriate programmes.

UNHCR and its resettlement partners also sought to use resettlement more strategically, to maximize benefits for resettled refugees, facilitate comprehensive solutions to protracted refugee situations, improve the asylum space in countries of asylum and share burdens and responsibilities more equitably.

She stated that the text sought to draw the international community's attention to the precarious situation of unaccompanied refugee children, a particularly vulnerable group.

Refugee women, refugee children, community development and education

He carried out a protracted war of national liberation.

Moreover, it is likely to be a protracted performance.

In addition to the massive refugee problem, the new government sought to save abandoned crops, establish security in a chaotic situation, and provide basic services.

We are especially distressed by the extremely low number of refugee returns, which are the most useful indicator for assessing the situation in the province.

The plight of the Saharawi refugees in camps in Tindouf in Algeria who have been separated from their communities of origin in Western Sahara for decades represents another example of an ongoing protracted situation.

Particularly troubling is France's protracted incarceration of pre trial suspects.

Yet high and protracted unemployment plagues many less skilled workers.