Special PrQgramme Qfassi~tance forMQz,unbican returnees. AsQf31December 19a9,thecumulative number Qfreturnees frQmMalawi, South Africa~ Tanz~nia, Zambia andZimbabwe wasSQme208,000 persQns, thegreatmajQrity ofwhomhad returned spQntaneQusly frQmMalawi. Major deye1Qeme~tl andachievements in19a9andthefirstguarter of199Q 1.13.2 SQme191refugees benefited fromthecareandmaintenance programme. ThenumberQfnewarrivals fromSouthAfrica whoSQughtevacuatiQn toother cQuntries incrftased significantly lnthelastquarter Qf1989andthefirst quarter of1990. FQrtheresident caselQad, effQrts weremadetQencourage therefuge9s tQundertake lQcaltraining CQurses intheuseQfcQmputers and secretarial andlanguage CQurse~, asameansQfhelping themQbtain employment. TheSpecial PrQgramme fQrassistanc~ tQMQzambican returnee!, whichwasinitiated inMarch1987,cQntinued tQbeimplemented in1990.At theendof1989,theauthQrities reported tllatsome208,000 Mozambicans had returned tQtheircountry Qforigin, QfwhQmapprQximately 80,000hadattained self-sufficiency. Durable solutions 1.13.3 InviewQfdevelopments ~hichoccured inSouthAfricaduringthe repQrting periQd" prQspects fQrvQluntary repatriation increased. Chilean refugees cQntinued tQrequest UNHCRassistance tQreturntQtheircountry Qf Qrigin. ArrADgements forimp1ementatiQn 1.13.4 Material assistance fortherefugees andreturnees waschannelled through theNucleQ deApQiQaosRefugiados eMovimientQs deLiberta~ao (NARML), thegovernment department responsible forrefugees, andtheAfrican National CQngress (ANC)(fQrSouthAfrican refugees). MSF(Belgium) provided medical assistance tQreturnees inTeteprQvince. FOQdfQrtheHungry Inter~atiQnal started prQviding multi-sectQral assistance inQnereturnee settJement inSQfalaprovince.A/AC.96/75l(Part I) page59 General ProgrammftA Careandmaintenance 1.13.5 Duetolimited opportunities forskills-training, education and employment, careandmaintenance continued toberequired. Activiti~s in1990 and1991essentially cover ba~icindividual needs,including accommodation. Duetoprcspectl' forvoluntar}' repatriation, theproposed appropriatlon for 1991hasbeenreduced ascompared to1990. Resettlement 1.13.6 Therevised 1990appropriation forresettlement ha~beenincreased to coverthecostoftransport fo~SouthAfricans transiting Mozambique tothird countries. However~ theinitial proposal for1991isreduced, onthe nssumptio~ thatthecurrent increase inthenumberof~ewSouth ~frican transit ~aseswillnotcontinue. Programme Support andAdministratioD 1.1~.7 Econ~mie& ingeneral operating expenses haveresulted insavings in 1989obligations compared totherevised estimat~s. Theupwarerevision of the1990initial estimates underGeneral Proqramme, Programme Support and Administration (PSA)ismpinly Quetoasur.stantial increase inthelocal salaryscale. i2ecial Programmes Assistance toreturnees 1.13.8 Theoverall aimoftheprogramme wastofacilitate there-integration ofthereturnees. Basicneedswereprovided tonewreturnees andinthe sectors offood,transport, shelter, water,sanitation andhealth, agricultural assistance, education, income-generation andagencysupport. The bulkofthebasicfoodwasprovided bytheWorldFoodProgramme (WFP). 1.13.9 Thepoor r~sponse tothe1989/90 appealledtodisruptions inthe smoothflowofassistance thatiscritical tothesuccess of~ny repatriation/returnee exercise. Duetolackoffunds,activities inthe returnee programme couldconcentrate onlyonproviding emergency food/relief supplies andlimited agricultural inputs. Sectors such ~swater,health and sanitation couldnotbecovered andtheactivities oftheNGOs(MSF-Belgium andFoodforHungary International) wereseverely affected. 1.13.10 The1990programme requirements areestimated tobe$6.6million to assistthosewhohavealready returned butarenotyetself-sufficient andan
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on a humanitarian aid program for refugees and returnees in Mozambique, focusing on the provision of basic needs such as food, shelter, and healthcare. The program also involves skills training and employment assistance to help returnees become self-sufficient. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or industry, and its primary focus is on humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief