I,!! •·'''''1''-~".r .~ . .,~?~......t,.,I ,.OFFICE OFT'HEUNITE,D NATIONS HIGHCOMMISSIONER FORREFUGEES r._~"T~.~AnV"1'I'. \'I' sE.?2'(\990 UNI~uv.-........I.Jt'J UNHCRactivities financed by voluntary funds: Reportfor1989-90 andproposed programmes andbudgetfor1991 PartleAfrica (Submitted bytheHighCommissioner) U.mllI·..TlO....UNBr:SACTIVITIES FINANCED BYVOLUN'1'ARY FUNDSI REPORT FOR1989-90 ANDPROPOSED PROGRAMMES AND BUDGET FOR1991I ENGLISH Original IENGLISHA/AC.96/751(Part I) 17August 1990Distr. GENERAL PartI.Africa (submitted bytheHIghCommissioner)Forty-first sessionZXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFTHE HIGHCOMMISSIONER'S PROGRAMME GE.90-02289•GENERAL ASSEMBLYUNITED NATIONSTABLEorCONTENTS 1.Africa Regional Overview ofDevelopments Angola Botswana Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Coted'Ivoire Djibouti Ethiopia Guine:'\ Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Rwanda Senegal Somalia Sudan Swaziland Uganda UnitedRepublic ofTanzania Zaire Zambia ZimbabweA/AC.96/751(Part I) pageiii Paragraphs 1.0.1 1.0.14 1.1.1 1.1.13 1.2.1 1.2.11 1.3.1 1.3.11 1.4.1 1.4.11 1.5.1 1.5.9 1.6.1 1.6.11 1.8.1 1.8.32 1.10.1 -1.10.13 1.11.1 1.11.9 1.12.1 -1.12.15 1.13.1 -1.13.11 1.14.1 -1.14.10 1.15.1 -1.15.12 1.16.1 -1.16.23 1.17.1 -1.17.24 1.18.1 -1.18.13 1.19.1 -1.19.14 1.20.1 -1.20.14 1.21.1 -1.21.14 1.22.1 -1.22.14 1.23.1 -1.23.91A/AC.96/751(Part I) pageiv TableofContents (continued) Western Africa Othercountries inAfricaParagraphs 1.24.1 -1.24.13 1.25.1 -1.25.16,, Annex:I Annex:11Support Costsfor1991initial budget Staffiug requirements inAfrica Annex:III-Project Personnel Expenditure for1991initial bUdget Annex:IV-Project Personnel -Staffing Requirements ~: Theboundaries shownonallmapsinthisdocument donotimply official endorsement oracceptance bytheUnitedNations.,, A/AC.96/751(Part I) page1 1.0REGIONAL OVERVIEW orDIWBLOPMBRTS 1.0.1 Theoverall numberofref~gees inAfricaincreased againduringthe periodunderreview. Theinfluxes intoMalawi fromMozambique andintothe HornofAfricacontinued, thelatte~atareduced rate.EventsinLiberia beginning attIleendof1989 necessit~ted majornewemergency operations ina partofAfricathathadbeenrelatively freeoflarge-scale refugee movements. 1.0.2 Thesolution totheproblems of~efugees inAfricarequires the establismnent ofconditions thatwouldallowthemtoreturnhomevoluntarily andremovetheneedforotherstoflee.Itwasthusencouraging tosee various efforts towards thepeaceful resolution ofsomeoftheconflicts that havecontributed to,orbeenthemaincauseoftheflightefoverhalfthe continent's refugees. Oneofthelongest-standing andmostintractable refugee problems wassolvedin19$9withthesuccessful voluntary repatriation ofover43,000 Namibians. Closeco-operation between the Governments ofEthiopia andSomalia andUNHCRresulted inanappealbyUNHCR totheinternational community forthefinancing ofaprogramme tosolvethe problem ofEthiopian refugees iuSomalia. 1.0.3 Developments thatshouldhave,onbalance, beenpositive were, however, oftenover-shadowed bythefinancial crisisbeingfacedbythe Otfice. Theeffects ofthecrisis, explained indetailelsewhere inthis report, seriously affected thequality oflifeofrefugees inAfrica and riskedprejudicing theinternational community'~ ability toseizethe opportunities forsolutions astheypresented themselves. Enforced reductions infunding brought expenditure belowthelevelnecessary tomeet agreedneeds. Because thegreatmajority oftherefugees inAfricahave found a~ylumincountries facingmajoreconomic problems, andofteninthe moreremoteandpoorerareasofthesecountries, theimpactofsuccessive
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the activities and programs of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Africa, focusing on the refugee crisis and the efforts to resolve it. The report discusses the influx of refugees, the establishment of conditions for voluntary repatriation, and the financial crisis faced by the Office.

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