assistance provided to Lesotho amounted to $184r254 under UNDP and other funds.A/ 40/ 439 Eng li sh Page 39 245. At the Conference on the Energency Situation in Africa, held at Geneva on 11 March 1985 total unmet emergency needs for Lesotho were estirnated by the Otfice for Energency Operations in Africa to be (SG/CONF.2/L and Corr.l and 2): !'tillions of dollars Food aid reouirements, including transPort Basic agricultural pastoral inputs Essential health actions Relief survival items Essential lrat,er projects Additional logistics (capital inputs)L.4 o_, 0.8 ; TotaI 246. Estimates on emergency unmet needs have been continually updated since tilarch. 247. In response to the Lusaka country-speclfic meeting at uhich the Government of Lesotho presented a progranme of ll projects totalling $23 nillion, $350r000 has been pledged for two FAo projects. Important inputs in machinery equipment are also likely to be provided. 248. UNCTAD is implementing a project entitled "Assistance to the Government on the external trade sector" at a total cost ot $257,1.93 for the period 1981-1985, funded by UNDP. 249. UNDPTs programme of tecbnical co-operation with the Governnent of Lesotho continued to be implemented in the framework of the country programme which was approved by tbe Governing Council in 1982. During 1984, approximately $2.2 million of illustrative IPF funds were expended on priority proiects in the followinq sectors: agricultural,/rural development, economic infrastructure, water and mineral resources, social infrastructure, education and training. 250. In addition, $185,000 was committed in 1984 to Lesotho from the Special Measures Fund for the teast Developed Countries bringing the total allocation to Lesotho from that Fund to i2.87 million. Furthermore, UNCDF assistance approved in prior years continued to be implemented in 1984. 251. Following the designation of Lesotho in 1983 as one of the prospective recipients of special resources from the Iiquidated United Nations Emergency
**Analysis**
The text discusses various forms of assistance provided to Lesotho, including funding for emergency needs, agricultural development, economic infrastructure, and technical cooperation. These initiatives are focused on addressing the country's economic and humanitarian challenges, suggesting that economic development and humanitarian aid and relief are the primary categories at play.

**Category**
Economic development, Humanitarian aid and relief