@website {480871,
	title = {Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (606 U.N.T.S. 267, entered into force Oct. 4, 1967)},
	journal = {United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees},
	year = {1967},
	abstract = {http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/ainstls1.htm
Second document under "Refugees and Asylum"
The origins of the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, which reflected recognition by UNHCR and the States members of its Executive Committee that there was a disjuncture between the universal, unlimited UNHCR Statute and the scope of the 1951 Convention, were quite different from those of the latter. Instead of an international conference under the auspices of the United Nations, the issues were addressed at a colloquium of some thirteen legal experts which met in Bellagio, Italy, from 21 to 28 April 1965. The Colloquium did not favour a complete revision of the 1951 Convention, but opted instead for a Protocol by way of which States parties would agree to apply the relevant provisions of the Convention, but without necessarily becoming party to that treaty. The approach was approved by the UNHCR Executive Committee and the draft Protocol was referred to the Economic and Social Council for transmission to the General Assembly. The General Assembly took note of the Protocol (the General Assembly commonly {\textquotedblleft}takes note{\textquotedblright} of, rather than adopts or approves, instruments drafted outside the United Nations system), and requested the Secretary-General to transmit the text to States with a view to enabling them to accede (resolution 2198 (XXI) of 16 December 1966). The Protocol required just six ratifications and it duly entered into force on 4 October 1967.
},
	url = {http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/ainstls1.htm}
}
