fromDjibouti, Ugandan refugees fromtheSudanandZaireandArgentine refugees fromEuropeandtheAmericas. Majorlocalintegration activities werealto undertaken :ialMexi~, UgandaandZaire,andtilllate1984intheCentral African Republic, Ethiopia andSomalia. Resettlement inthirdcountries remained the primary solution forIndo-Chinese refugees, some68,500ofwhomwereresettled in thirdcountries during1984. Anadditional 29,000werereunited withtheirfamily members abroadundertheOrderly Departure Programme. 5.Asinprevious yea~s, UNHCRcontinued tolayconsiderable emphasis onenb~nced co-operation withotherUnitedNations agencies. Non-governmental organizations werealsoofconsiderable assistance toUNHCRasoperational partners, aswellas inundertaking majoractivities onbehalfofrefugees inthefund-raising and pUblicinformation fields. 6.UNHCRplayedanacti;epartintheSecondInternational Conference on Assistance toRefugees inAfricawhichmetinGenevainJuly1984.TheConference stressed thecomplementarity between refugee aidanddevelopment aidandurgedt.hat refugee projects beintegrated intothedevelopment pro~ess. 7.InNovember 1984,theHighCommissioner issuedaSpecial ,Appealtorespond to adramat'ic newrefugeecrisisinfourdrought-stricken African countries. Asa resultofthedrastic increases inthenumberofnewarrivals, th~High Commissioner's appealwasupdated twiceinDecember 1984andagaininJanuary and inFebruary 1985.Theemergency severely affected UNHCRprogrammes intheCentral African Republic, Ethiopia, Somalia andtheSudan,wherecritical assistance '"~s -1-rendered notonlytonewarrivals buttorefugees already established inlocal settlements, ~hoseprogress towards self-sufficiency received aserious setback. ~8.UNHCRoverall expenditure in1984amount~d to$458.6million, including some ~$345.9million underGeneral Programmes and$98.1million underspecial programmes, <Itheremaining $14.6million represented administrative expenditure undertheUnited Nations regular bUdget. Thetrendtowards ahighproportion ofGeneral Programmes expenditure, whichwasalready notedintheprevious year,continued, thoughthree consecutive yearsofdecrease inthetotalexpenditure cametoanendinviewof Iincreased refugee needs.9.0 magnit reflec ofref geogra varied have countr 10.I their countr system refuge UNHCR recogn ofthe thecu minimi endwi Thism non-po intern 11.I intern proble effect: andnQI theHie dif-ficl availal settle suchs global sponta asylum other forth 12.I popula that0 isto countr ofthe alsoi establ -2-CHAPTER I INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION A.Introduction 9.Developments duringthereporting periodhaveonceagaindemonstrated the magnitude andcomplexity oftherefugee problem, whichinthefinalanalysis isa reflection ofthetroubled conditions oftoday's world. Concentrations andflows ofrefugees -ofteninsizeable numbers -aretobefoundinalmostall geographical areas. Whilethecircumstances leading totheserefugee flowsare variedandcomplex, theircommonfeatureisthefactthatthepersons concerned havebeencompelled touprootthemselves andtheirfamilies fromtheirhome countries inordertofindsafetyandprotection elsewhere. 10.Itshouldberecognized thatrefugees include notonlypersons whoareoutside theircountries duetofearofpersecution butalsopersons whohavefledtheir country duetoarmedconflicts, internal turmoil andsituations involving grossand systematic violations ofhumanrights. Eventhoughthemajority oftoday's refugees arepersons whodonotfallwithintheclassical refugee definition inthe UNHCRStatute theyhave,ashelpless victims ofman-made disasters, cometobe recognized aspersons oftheHighCommissioner's concern byeuccessive resolutions oftheGeneral Assembly. Therecanbenodoubtthatefforts tomeetthecausesof thecurrent refugee situations, ifsuccessful, wouldgoalongwaytowards minimizing theworld's refugee problem, andthevariousinitiatives takentothis endwithinthecompetent organsoftheUnitedNations aregreatly tobewelcomed.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the activities and expenditures of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1984. The report highlights the various refugee crises and humanitarian responses undertaken by the organization, as well as its partnerships with other United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations. The text focuses on the provision of humanitarian aid and relief to refugees, rather than economic development or other non-humanitarian topics.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief