27. unfortunately, the financial crisis faced by UNHCR had led it to reduce total disbursements for financing operational activities in 1990 from $13 to $5.4 million. The impact of the budgetary cut-back on relief operations had been extremely dramatic and had jeopardized the very survival of vulnerable groups of refugees such as infants, nursing mothers, the sick and the old. The situation vis-à-vis the repatriation programme was equally grim. 28. The financial crisis also seriously jeopardized the implementation of the programme for receiving and integrating Ethiopians returning from neighbouring countries, prescribed in the Tripartite Agreement concluded between the Governments of Ethiopia and Somalia and UNHCR. 29. Her delegation considered that refugees should not be penalized by the financial problems facing UNHCR; moreover, the refugee problem being a global issue, the international community as a whole had a responsibility to face up to it so that the additional economic, social and ecological burden placed on countries of asylum was fairly shared by all. 30. As for co-operation between United Nations specialized agencies and UNHCR, the recommendation put forward in the report of the Temporary Working Group more or less met the concern of Ethiopia. However, the specialized agencies needed to adapt their policies to suit the reality of the refugee problem, which required rapid action, and to develop and implement projects on behalf of refugees and refugee-affected areas. It was to be hoped that the Governing Council of UNDP would take the appropriate steps at its thirty-seventh session to be held next month in Geneva. 31. Mrs. LYAGOUBI-OUACHI (Tunisia) congratulated the High Commissioner on seeking to give fresh impetus to the work of UNHCR in spite of a difficult economic climate. 32. The adoption of the report of the Temporary Working Group by consensus 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the financial crisis faced by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its impact on refugee operations, including relief programs and repatriation efforts. The language used is focused on the humanitarian aspects of the situation, with emphasis on the vulnerability of refugees and the need for international cooperation to address the crisis.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief