transporting food and relief assistance to Chad. In addition, $6001000, also from ex-UNEqtF resources, was allocated for assistance in food transportation. 96. At the Conference on the Emergency Situation in Africa, held at Geneva on lI March 1985, total unmet emergency needs for Chad oere estimated by the Office for Emergency Operations in Africa to be (SG,/CONP.Z/t and Corr.I and 2): Food aid reeuirements, including transport Basic agricultural pastoral inputs Essential health actions Relief survival items Essential rrater projects Additional logistics (capital inputs)!4illions of dollars 98.8 2.7 7.5 2.L 2.8 TotaI r13. 9 97. Estinates on unmet emergency needs bave been continually updated since !4arch. 98. Chad has successfully attracted pledges from international donors in all sectors, including both food and non-food areas, although the rapidly evolving situation has resulted in needs beyond those originally estimated, for example, in tbe logistics and health sectors. Cereal needs have been met. A gap between pledges and needs remains in the logistics sector. Health needs have been up to 80 per cent covered, but recent heavy rains threaten a severe deterioration in Chadrs nutritional/health situation. The donor response in other sectors has been substantial.A/40/439 Enq 1i sh Page 19 gg. uNcTAD is irrplementinq a project encitled "Institutional support on commerce at a total cost of $203,000 during 1985, funded ry ITNDP- 100. TNDRO has continued to provide assistance to the Co-ordination and Information Centre for Energencies, which was established during 1982 and I9g3 at N'Diamena in the ltinistry for Disaster Relief. The operational capacity of the Centre was increased by the installation of a radio netoork, in co-operation eitb U6dicins sans frontibres, which allous for immertiate contact with disaster-stricken areas throughout the country. It is intended to strengthen the Centrers facilities further by the introduction of computerlzed data-processing eouipment- In
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing humanitarian aid and relief efforts in Chad, with a focus on food aid, logistics, and health assistance. The text also mentions institutional support for commerce and the establishment of a Co-ordination and Information Centre for Emergencies. While there are some mentions of economic development and international trade, the primary focus is on humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief