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  • Economic aid for Iraqi Kurdistan

    Res.: 10
    Whereas:
    1. The United Nations persuaded the Kurds of Northern Iraq to return to their homeland;
    2. The current food, medicine and electricity shortages as well as the "double embargo" are all combining to cause great suffering to the people of Iraqi Kurdistan, and to create sentiments of frustration and distrust of the allied forces among some of the Kurds;
    Therefore be it resolved:
    That the CCR request the Department of External Affairs to urge the United Nations to ensure that adequate economic aid is given to the people of Iraqi Kurdistan to ensure that basic needs are met, thereby promoting greater overall stability in the region.

  • Reorganization of visa posts

    Res.: 15
    Whereas:
    1. The government has announced that it will no longer offer full immigrant processing at all visa posts and will centralize immigrant processing worldwide;
    2. There is already a limited number of visa posts with full immigration consulars;
    3. This creates hardships particularly in affected countries and more particularly creates hardships for women who are restricted financially and socially from accessing these posts;
    Therefore be it resolved:
    That the CCR contact government officials to express its concern over the reorganization, pointing out the negative impact in limiting access particularly for women.

  • Refugee children

    Res.: 20
    Whereas:
    1. 85% percent of the world refugee population are women and children and the number of refugee children exceeds 10 million;
    2. Refugee children are the most vulnerable sector of refugees all over the globe;
    3. Refugee girls are persecuted for their gender and refugee children bear responsibilities for childcare and for parenting of younger children;
    4. Refugee children suffer regular violations in camps which rarely gain attention and condemnation in the media, including hard physical labour, malnutrition, epidemics, rape and are deprived of adequate schooling and education opportunities;
    5. Unaccompanied children and minors suffer detention in many countries;
    6. The defense and protection of refugee children has not received adequate attention in educational material and international legal conventions;
    Therefore be it resolved:

    That the CCR take action with the Canadian government and relevant international organizations to:

    1. Call for an international legal instrument for the protection of refugee children as a supplement to the Geneva Convention and Protocols;
    2. Call for an increase in relief aid and educational resources to refugee children, especially those in camp situations;
    3. Increase the numbers of unaccompanied minors resettled in western countries, after suitable efforts at family reunification have been exhausted;
    4. Demand an end to the detention of refugee children and call for the use of other more humane mechanisms to accommodate these children;
    5. Call for measures to eradicate prostitution, rape, female genital mutilation and other abuses in refugee camps, and for resources to be made available to assist in the healing of children victimized by these abuses;
    6. Call for humane measures concerning international adoptions of refugee children.

  • Silence on plight of Afghan refugees

    Res.: 13
    Whereas:
    1. The Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan for the U.N. Commission for Human Rights of February 1993 clearly shows that there are serious human rights crises in Afghanistan and in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan;
    2. Women and non-fundamentalists are subject to persecution and selective assassination by extremist fundamentalists in the refugee camps in Pakistan, with women and girls being denied employment and access to education;
    3. Aid to the Afghan refugees in the camps in Pakistan has been severely cut back;
    4. Afghan refugees represent 20 to 25% of all the refugees in the world but this is not reflected in Canadian resettlement efforts;
    5. Church and group sponsorship applications have been refused by Canadian visa officers in Pakistan and India, who claim that they do not meet the refugee definition, despite the massive violations of the refugees' human rights;
    6. Some Afghan refugee claimants have been refused by I.R.B. members who are not aware of the true situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan;
    Therefore be it resolved:
    1. The CCR reaffirm the positions adopted in Resolution 7 of May 1993;
    2. The CCR call on the government and the UNHCR to use the Women at Risk program to assist Afghan women who are in need and to make visa officers aware of this program;
    3. The CCR call on the government to give special consideration to Afghan refugees for resettlement in Canada, recognizing their protection and resettlement needs in the light of the continued civil war.