204.Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)havecontinued toprovide important services totheOffice, bothasoperational partners inthefieldandasproponents oftherefugee cause1nthedonorandresettlement countries. While stre~9thening linkswithitstraditional NGOpartners, UNHCRnasalsodiversified itsNGO contacts andnowdealswithsome300NGOs. 205.TheOfficecontinues tohaveclosecontact withanumberofumbrella agencies involved inrefugee assis~ance andinparticular withtheInternational Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)inGe~eva. 'Other umbre~la organizations whichco-operate withUNHCRinclude: theAllAfricaConference ofChurches, Australians Carefor -38-209.TheS inJuly19 organizati donorco·u implementa organizati Conference Conference 210.Growi arrange an themselves withUNHC priortot 211.UNHCR bringing t Geneva-bas non-govern bulletin b relationsh Secretaria 2J?TheL responsibi attended r-'IIiI!!"''-''''~'"'"''''"';;I:!'''''<''''''''''~';''fi.i1;""",,,,~=<'~'''~' ,~,cc::::c-, '~=::;:;::;:~,,~=~';;':;T'''''~ \ Refugees (AUSTCARE), theBritish Refugee Council, Caritas Internationalis, the Committee forCo-ordination ofServices toDisplaced Persons inThailand (CCSDPT), theDanishRefugee Council, theEuropean Consultation onRefugees andExiles, the Finnish Refugee Council, Interaction, theMiddleEastCouncil ofChurches, The Norwegian Refugee Council, Stichting Vluchteling, TheStanding Conference of Canadian Organizations Concerned forRefugees, theWorldAlliance ofYoungMen's Christian Associations, theWorldAlliance ofYoungWOmen's Christian Associations andtheWorldCouncil ofChurches. 206.UNHCRcontinues tomaintain closelinkswiththeInternational RedCross, including theInternational Committee oftheRedCrossonprotection matters, and theLeagueofRedCrossandRedCrescent SOCieties aswellasnational RedCross Societies onoperational questions. UNHCRisrepresented atthemonthly meeting on disasters andemergencies hosted bytheLeagueinGeneva. 207.Certain NGOs,particularly inEurope, haveexpressed growing concern about issuesrelated toasylumandinternational protection. UNHCRhasincreasing contact withsuchagencies, participates regularly intheirmeetings andwillhold itsannualinformal UNHCR/NGO Consultative Groupmeeting onInternational Protection laterin1985.Thefirstmeeting oftheUNHCR/NGO Consultative Groupon Assistance willbeneldinJune1985inresponse toanICVArequest forasmall forumbringing together UNHCRandselected operational partners onspecific questions related torefugee assistance. 208.AsUNHCRoperational partners, NGOsareinvolved inprogrammes aimedat emergency relief, longer-term assistance anddurable solutions. Ofthe approximately 1,000assistance projects fundedbyUNHCRannually, overone-third areimplemented byinternational andnational NGOs. 209.TheSecondInternational Conference onAssistance toRefugees inAfrica, held inJuly1984atGenevaaroused agreatdealofinterest amongthenon-governmental organizations, almost 100ofwhichattended theConference asobservers. Several donorcountries contributing toprojects oftheSecondConference specified that implementation shouldbeundertaken bytheirnational non-governmental organizations. Asanindicatio~ oftheleveloftheirinterest intheSecond Conference, ICVAhascreated astructure forthefollow-up ofprojects ofthat Conference. 210.Growing NGOinterest intheworkoftheExecutive Committee hasledUNHCRto arrange anannualpre-Committee meeting whichallowstheagencies tofamiliarize themselves withkeytopicsontheagendaandtodiscuss issuesofmutualconcern withUNHCR. InOCtober 1984some78agencies attended theUNHCR/NGO meeting held priortothethirty-fifth session oftheExecutive Committee. 211.UNHCRhasparticipated actively inmeetings, whichbeganearlyin1984, bringing together thenon-governmental organizations liaison services of Geneva-based unitedNations organizations. Oneoftheresultsofthisnewfocuson non-governmental organizations bytheUnitedNations systemwasthepublishing ofa bulletin bytheSecretary-General on"polic~es andprocedures governing the relationship between non-governmental organizationr- andtheUnitedNations
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the interaction between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in refugee assistance and protection. The text discusses the various ways in which UNHCR collaborates with NGOs, including operational partnerships, consultations, and meetings. The text also highlights the importance of NGOs in providing services to refugees and the growing interest of NGOs in the work of the Executive Committee.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations