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<p>The UK is committed to supporting refugees, the 1951 Refugee Convention and its
1967 Protocol. We played a key role with our international partners to develop the
Global Compact on Refugees, which was agreed in December last year.</p><p> </p><p>This
Compact provides a framework for more predictable and equitable responsibility-sharing
and more effective international cooperation in refugee responses. The UK actively
engaged in its development, including through five Thematic Meetings and six Formal
Consultations between Member States in Geneva over 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The
UK remains steadfastly supportive of the aims of the Compact. We continue to urge
all states to back it and consistently emphasise the shared responsibility in addressing
forced displacement and the importance of other donors stepping up.</p><p> </p><p>The
Global Refugee Forum at the end of this year will be an important opportunity to further
broaden the support base and we will play our part in this process in full.</p>
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