Agenda for Protection (Third Edition) - PoA-ISS

GOAL 1MGOAL 1MGOAL 1GOAL 1AGENDAFORPROTECTIONregard to registration and population data management, reviseits 1994 Registration Guide and develop registration and datamanagement training modules. In addition, UNHCR tostrengthen field registration support (methodologies, systems,materials, training and support missions), including bydrawing on States’ existing expertise and human resources.• States and UNHCR to introduce new techniques and tools toenhance the identification and documentation of refugees andasylum-seekers, including centrally, biometric features, and toshare these with a view towards developing a morestandardized worldwide registration system.• States to provide necessary documents relating to civil status(e.g. birth, marriage, divorce, death), benefiting from thesupport and cooperation of UNHCR, where appropriate.• States, UNHCR and other relevant partners to use registrationdata to identify and make specific assistance and protectionarrangements, where appropriate, for: women with any specialprotection concerns, unaccompanied and separated children,child- and single-headed households, as well as handicappedrefugees and the elderly.12. More resolute responses to root causesof refugee movementsGOAL 1GOAL 1• States to give greater priority to dealing with root causes,including armed conflict, and to ensure relevantintergovernmental agendas reflect this priority.• States to use appropriate means at their disposal, in thecontext of their foreign, security, trade, development andinvestment policies, to influence developments inrefugee-producing countries in the direction of greater respectfor human rights, democratic values and good governance.40