Title	Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
Publisher	UN General Assembly
Publication Date	31 January 1967
Topics	Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations
Citation / Document Symbol	United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 606, p. 267
Reference	Entry into force: 4 October 1967
Other Languages / Attachments	Arabic | Bosnian | Chinese | Croatian | French | Georgian | German | Greek | Japanese | Russian | Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations (as of 13 September 2012) | Spanish | State Parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and/or its 1967 Protocol (As of September 2012)
Related Document	Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Cite as	UN General Assembly, Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 31 January 1967, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 606, p. 267, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3ae4.html [accessed 16 December 2015]
Comments	On the recommendation of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the High Commissioner submitted the draft of the above-mentioned Protocol to the General Assembly of the United Nations, through the Economic and Social Council, in the addendum to his report concerning measures to extend the personal scope of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. The Economic and Social Council, in resolution 1186 (XLI) of 18 November 1966, took note with approval of the draft Protocol and transmitted the said addendum to the General Assembly. The General Assembly, in resolution 2198 (XXI) of 16 December 1966, took note of the Protocol and requested the Secretary-General "to transmit the text of the Protocol to the States mentioned in article V thereof, with a view to enabling them to accede to the Protocol."