69. With regard to the 5 million Afghan refugees, the host countries were making tremendous sacrifices in order to secure their protection and, on its side, UNHCR was making arrangements to organize their voluntary repatriation. 70. He noted that, by and large, the situation of the Indo-Chinese refugees had improved, that arrivals of refugees had tapered off and that the number of people who had returned to their country had increased. The major problem continued to be the status of Vietnamese asylum seekers and their return; no consensus had yet been reached in that regard. Like most of the members of the Executive Committee, his delegation would like the repatriation of non-refugees to begin as soon as possible. Viet Nam must discharge its obligations vis-à-vis the international community. 71. Finally, with regard to the protection of refugees, it would be useful for the working group on protection and solutions to submit a report on the issue to the Executive Committee at its forty-first session. 72. Mr. SIRELKHATIM (Sudan) thanked the international commxmity for the assistance it had rendered to his country and to other African countries following the drought. He expressed the hope that, in order to avert loss of life and mass exodus, the resources needed would be distributed in good time. His Government was co-operating with UNHCR to forestall the possible consequences of food shortages. 73. In the paper on major developments in UNHCR activities (A/AC.96/ES/CRP.1), the High Commissioner had neglected to mention that there had recently been a further inflow of refugees into Sudan and that it was continuing; 26,902 refugees had arrived between October 1989 and May 1990. The lack of additional appropriations had made it necessary, in order to be able to assist the new refugees, to draw heavily on the budget of the assistance progranane 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the situation of refugees and the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and host countries to provide assistance and protection. The text also touches on the issue of repatriation and the distribution of resources to prevent loss of life and mass exodus. Given the focus on humanitarian aid and refugee assistance, it is likely that the text falls under the category of Humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief