Assistance to Student Refugees in Southern Africa

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1982.

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11 versions · 1981–1991

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/45/171

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Namibian Refugees Refugee Assistance South African Refugees Southern Africa Student Refugees

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs

Endorses the assessments and recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General and commends him and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for their efforts to mobilize resources an~ organize the programme of assistance to student refugees m the host countries of southern Africa;

Expresses its appreciation to the _Governme~ts. of Botswana Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia for contmumg to grant a~ylum and make educati?nal ~nd other facilities available to the student refugees m spite of the pressure which the continuing influx of those refugees exerts on facilities in their countries;

Expresses its appreciation to the G?vernments of Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia for the cooperation which they have extended to the Secret~- General and to the High Commissioner on matters concerning the welfare of those refugees;

Notes with appreciation the financial and material support provided for the student ref~gees by Me~ber St~tes, the High Commissioner, other bodies of the Umted Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the High Commissioner, to continue to organize and implement an effective programme of educational and o~h~r appropriate assistance for student refugees f~om Namibia and South Africa who have taken asylum m Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia;

Urges all Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute generously to the assistance programmes for the student refugees, through financial support of the regular programmes of the High Commissioner, the projects identified in the report of the Secretary-General and the projects and programmes submitted to the International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa; 181 7.

Appeals to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Bank and the United Nations Children's Fund, as well as other international and non-governmental bodies, to provide humanitarian and development assistance to expedite the resettlement and integration of refugee families from South Africa who have been given asylum in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia;

Calls upon all agencies and programmes of the United Nations system to co-operate with the Secretary- General and the High Commissioner in the implementation of humanitarian programmes of assistance for the student refugees in southern Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the High Commissioner, to contin~e to keep_ the matt_er under review, to apprise the Economic and Social Counctl, at its second regular session of 1982, of the current status of the programmes and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.

I O l st plenary meeting

16 December 1981

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