financed. Atotalof83Governments provided contributions, whilenon-governmental organizations assisted through contributions incashandkindva·luedat $5.5million. Intergovernmental organizations provided contributions amoun~ing to $26.4million, mostlyinfood. 220.Urgentneedswhicharoseinthecourseoftheyearobliged theHigh Commissioner toissuespecial appeals foradditional funds. Contributions were requested forassistance toMozambicans inZimbabwe andforreturnees intheWest NileProvince ofUganda. Itwasalsonecessary torequest additional funding for theOrderly Departure Programme fromVietNam. 221.AttheSecondInternational Conference onAssistance toRefugees inAfricain July1984,theattention oftheinternational community wasdrawntothefunding requirements forassistance torefugees andreturnees inAfricawithintheHigh Commissioner's General andSpecial Programmes for1984and1985asknownatthat time. 222.Inthecontext ofappeals bytheSecretary-General oftheUnitedNations concerning thedrought andrelated developents inAfrica, theHighCommissioner issuedaspecial appealinNovember for$8.9million tofundasix-month emergency assistance programme forrefugees andreturnees intheCentral African Republic, Ethiopia, Somalia andtheSudan. Subsequent developments, particularly inthe Sudan,necessitated arevision inDecember ofthe effi~rgency programme requirements to$24.8million. withtheinfluxintoeastern Sudancontinuing, theprogramme budgetwasagainrevised andUNHCRtotalrequirements fortheperiodNovember 1984 toDegember 1985arecurrently estimated at$96.4million. 223.During1984,members oftheExecutive Committee andinterested donorswere regularly informed ofthefunding requirements andfinancial situation ofthe Officethrough periodic information letters fromtheDirector ofExternal Affairs. Reports onmajorUNHCRprogrammes werealsoissuedtokeepdonorsregularly informed oftheprogress ofassistance activities andrelated expenditures. 224.Atitsthirty-fifth session, theExecutive Committee approved atargetof $384.2million forGeneral Programmes in1985.According toestimates asof March1985,thetotalvoluntary fundsrequirements for1985fortheGeneral Programmes andcurrent Special Programmes (emergency assistance inAfrica, returnees toEthiopia, Kampuchea, theLaopeople's Democratic Republic anduganda, theRefugee Education Account andtheOrderly Departure Programme) arelikelytobe ine~cessof$500million. Everyeffortisbeingmadetoreducefunding requirements whiledelivering adequate assistance torefugees. 225.Totalcontributions in1985forbothGeneral andSpecial Programmes asat 31March1985amounted to$185.2million. Table3ofannexIIshowscontributions -41-I­ f't o 2 r r a i I::.e~.h:;;?;"'~+;;lii'" "'"&li:ili:~'_"'''''~'_'''' ',_.~''r«:;;:;;::;~-:::-:'~->'" :::'-:-;~~'~'~~-d';:-;;-::~-",,- ..,~.~.:::.T-·· LC=·~~CCC"-""·"5 I ItoUNHCRGeneral andSpecial Programmes fortheyears1984and1985whichwerepaid orpledged asat31March1985. 226.TheHighCommissioner isgrateful thatdonorresponse torefugee needshas remained promptandgenerous despite theconsiderable demands ontheirfinancial resources. TheHighCommissioner depends ondonorstomaintain suchunderstanding andgenerosity sothatrefugees maybeassisted effectively through thefull implementation oftheprogrammes approved bytheExecutive Committee. -42-227. unde dist mate medi orga larg add! impl Conf 228. publi objec trave infa wash Thec inclu organ Londo non-g l Confe set, i withil cover. 229. ~ probll editic 230. mater photo detai Centr Sudan langu 231. 43,00 NGOs. provi exhib 232. will (work Ethio co-pr refugr-.~~~~= __-=-==:c-~-:c~:c-c ~_==._=::-c:..-=-.::::" -:c=-_==--_ -:::=-=:-..:.=--=--==--_....::._- ":.-::.:.....::.::=.=--------- --- ~==:::".'::':.~'_:2.:::':;'~_,,_·~,.:~- - I I CHAPTER V
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