A/HRC/7/69 page 21 Annex I SIXTH CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS Kigali, 8-10 October 2007 KIGALI DECLARATION Participants at the Sixth Conference of African National Human Rights Institutions, convening in Kigali, Rwanda, from 8 to 10 October 2007 under the theme: “The role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Protection of Refugees, IDPs and Stateless Persons”, under the auspices of the National Human Rights Commission of Rwanda in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and the DFID, Expressing deep appreciation to the Government and people of Rwanda for hosting the Sixth Conference of African National Human Rights Institutions, Expressing warm gratitude to the National Human Rights Commission of Rwanda for its notable organization and hosting of the Conference, Expressing their appreciation for the presence at the Conference of the Chair of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions, Noting with gratitude the continued support of OHCHR towards the strengthening of the Permanent Secretariat of the Network, Reaffirming their commitment to the Abuja Declaration of 10 November 2005 and their attachment to the values enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, the International Convention relating to the Status of refugees (1951) and its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1967), the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954), the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961), the OAU Convention governing the peculiar aspects of the problem of Refugees in Africa (1969), Expressing with satisfaction that the Constitution of the Network has been signed, Further expressing our satisfaction that the Permanent Secretariat of the Network is being established in Nairobi, Kenya, Taking cognisance of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region,