High Commissioner, whose strategy in the current difficult period of restructuring could be endorsed unreservedly. France welcomed in particular A/AC.96/SR.450 page 11 the High Commissioner's efforts to find new contributors, and for that reason had assigned a large part of its contribution to UNHCR action in that area. 55. His delegation also favoured the strengthening of co-operation between UNHCR and the other United Nations agencies on two conditions: first, that UNHCR should maintain its responsibilities particularly in the field of protection; and, second, that such co-operation should make use of additional resources to ensure that asylum countries were not the victims, but rather the beneficiaries, of that co-operation. His delegation would elaborate on that point in the Governing Council of UNDP, which had just begun its work in Geneva. In that spirit, France had decided to allocate F 6.5 million out of its contribution to UNDP for 1990 to the implementation of joint UNDP/UNHCR projects in Central America under the CIREFCA programme. 56. His Government's contributions to UNHCR had increased six-fold between 1987 and 1989 and he was pleased to confirm that in 1990 its contribution would again be increased. It was difficult to give an exact figure since, in addition to contributing to the General Programmes, France would participate in the Special Programmes as they were implemented. In that regard, he was happy to announce that his Government had decided to provide an additional F 1.5 million to fund three UNHCR programmes in favour of the boat people. France, which in the previous year had allocated F 1 billion to support refugees in its own territory, supported UNHCR more than ever before. 57. Mr. IJUIN (Japan) said that his Government endorsed the efforts by UNHCR to deal with its current financial crisis, which thus far showed no signs of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the budget and financial contributions of various countries to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with a focus on the current financial crisis faced by the organization. The discussion also touches on the implementation of joint projects between UNHCR and other United Nations agencies.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief