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ARTICLE-2: General obligations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Every refugee has duties to the country in which he finds himself, which require in particular that he conform to its laws and regulations as well as to measures taken for the maintenance of public order. ...


ARTICLE-28: Travel documents     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1 . The Contracting States shall issue to refugees lawfully staying in their territory travel documents for the purpose of travel outside their territory, unless compelling reasons of national security or public order otherwise require, and the provisions of the Schedule to this Convention shall apply with respect to such documents. The Contracting States may issue such a travel document to any other refugee in their territory; they shall in particular give sympathetic consideration to the issue of such a travel document to refugees in their territory who are unable to obtain a travel document from the country of their lawful residence. ...


ARTICLE-32: Expulsion     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Contracting States shall not expel a refugee lawfully in their territory save on grounds of national security or public order. ...


ARTICLE-35: Co-operation of the national authorities with the United Nations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. In order to enable the Office of the High Commissioner or any other agency of the United Nations which may succeed it, to make reports to the competent organs of the United Nations, the Contracting States undertake to provide them in the appropriate form with information and statistical data requested concerning: ...


ARTICLE-40: Territorial application clause     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. With respect to those territories to which this Convention is not extended at the time of signature, ratification or accession, each State concerned shall consider the possibility of taking the necessary steps in order to extend the application of this Convention to such territories, subject, where necessary for constitutional reasons, to the consent of the Governments of such territories. ...