International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 78 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1980–1983

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/37/197

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1983	A/RES/37/197	International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	—	—
1982	A/RES/36/124	International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	930	21%Compare
1980	A/RES/35/42	International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	889	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Africa African Refugees Conferences Refugee Assistance

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Notes with profound regret that the international community has not given sufficien L attention to the plight of refugees in Africa;

Requests, consequently, the international community to contribute substantially to programmes designed to bélp those refugees;

Approves the report of the Secretary-General calling for an international conference to mobilize assistance for refugees in Africa, as well as the measures proposed for a concerted programme of information and publicity by the relevant bodies of the United Nations system in support of the conference;

Requests the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to convene at Geneva on 9 and 10 April 1981, at the ministerial leve], an International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa;

Further requests the Secretary-General in the process of preparing for the Conference, and in close cooperation with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to assist the concerned African countries in identifying priorities and preparing necessary documents and programmes for assistance to African refugees;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to meet the expenses for organization of the Conference under the regular budget of the United Nations;

Appeals to the international community, ali Member States, the specialized agencies, regional and intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to provide the utmost support for the Conference with a view to offering maximum financia! and material assistance to refugees in A frica;

Further appeals to the international community to provide ali necessary assistance to the countries of asylum to enable them to strengthen their capacity to provide the necessary facilities and services essential to the care and well-being of the refugees and to assist the countries of origin in the rehabilitation of genuine voluntary returnees;

Urges the international community to continue to support the annual programmes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and of other United "A/35/606. Nations agencies co-operating with the High Commissioner on behalf of refugees in Africa;

Requests the High Commissioner, in close cooperation with the Secretary-General of the Organization of A frican Unity, to keep under constant review the situation of refugees in Africa in order to ensure maximum international assistance on a global basis;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1981 and to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

Third CommillPe. 'i I st meeting. paras. 1-X.

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