the1979Pan-African Conference ontheSituation ofRefugees inAfrica.:1 .I1 tl 1 198.UNHCRcontinued toco-operate withtheIntergovernmental committee for Migration (ICM)inallregions. Substantial budgetary savings wereachieved inthe transportation ofrefugees accepted forresettlement inthirdcountries duetoICM accesstoconcessiona1 ratesfortravelfaresandtootherarrangements provided by theorganization. ial in by dIMO in been199.UNHCRmaintained regular contact withtheOrganization ofAmerican States (OAS). Therewasparticularly closeco-operation withOASUnder-Secreta~y for LegalAffairs andtheInter-American Commis~ion onHumanRights. Thejoint programme f9rthestudyonthelegalcondition ofrefugees, asilado~ anddisplaced persons inthememberStatesofOAScontinued intoitsthirdyear. Asinprevious years, UNHCRattended theOASGeneral Assembly. UNHCRwasalsorepresented atthe ceremony inWashington commemorating thetwenty-fifth anniversary cIfthe Inter-American Commission onHumanRightsinSeptember 1984.InNovember, experts fromtheCommission andfromtheOASLegalSecretariat madeimportant co"tributions totheCartagena Colloquium (seepara.100above). -37- •I ·1 ;/ i'!200.UNHCRcontinued tostrengthen itsrelations withtheLeagueofArabStates. TheHighCommissioner paidanofficial visittotheLeague's headquarters inTunis from3to8April1984wherehediscussed matters ofcommonconcern withthe Secretary-General. Forthefirsttime,aUNHCRdelegation attended thesession of theArabLeaguePermanent Committee onHumanRights, wheretherefugee situation in general andintheArabcountries inparticular wasdiscussed. 201.co-operation wasalsopursued withtheO~9anization oftheIslamic Conference. Inaddition toregular contacts betweenofficials ofthetwo organizations, aUNHCRdelegation attended themeetingofMinisters oftheIslamic Conference, heldinSana'ainDecember 1984.Themeeting adopted aresolution of support forUNHCRactivities. UNHCRhasbeendesignated a"focalpoint"for humanitarian questions foraforthcoming meeting onco-operation between the Islamic Conference andtheorganizations oftheunitedNations system. 202.UNHCRmaintained closeandfrequent contacts withtheEuropean Community and theCouncil ofEurope. UNHCRandtheCouncil ofEuropepursued theirexcellent relationship inthefieldofinternational protection (seepara.96above)andthe European Community continUed toofferfinancial support toUNHCRyrogrammes. UNHCR hasbeenenabled byanewEECbudgetary l'netoimplement longer-term projects for therehabilitation ofrefugees. ThethirdLameConvention between thecountries of theEuropean Community andtheStatesoftheAfrican, Caribbean andPacific regions (ACP)contains expanded articles concerning relieftorefugees duringemergenciesJ theEECnowhasthenecessary instruments toprovide assistance toUNHCRfor countries otherthanthoseassociated withtheACPgroup,andinboththeemergency andpost-emergency phases. UNHCRappeals inlate1984andearly1985for assistance torefugees anddrought victims inanumberofAfrican countries elicited aquickandgenerous response fromtheEEC.Refugees Committee theDanis Finnish Norwegian Canadian Christian andtheW 206.UNHC including theLeagu Societies disasters 207.Cert issuesre contact w itsannua Protectio Assistanc forumbri questions 208.AsU emergency approxima areimplen C.Co-operation withliberation movem~~ts 203.Inaccordance withtherelevant General Assembly resolutions, close co-uperation hascontinued withtheliberation movements recognized byOAUandthe UnitedNations. Several UNHCRprogrammes forNamibian andsouthern African refugees areimplemented bytheSouthWestAfricapeople's Organization (SWAPO), theAfrican National Congress (ANC)andthePanAfricanist C~ngress ofAzania (PAC). SWAPO,theANCandthePACallattended ICARAI1andparticipated as ob~ervers inthethirty-fifth session ~ftheExecutive Committee. SWAPOandANC also'attended theUNHCRworkshop onRefugee Education heldinDakar,Senegal in November 1984. D.Relations between·UNHCR andnon-g~vernmental organizations
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the activities and relationships of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with various international organizations, governments, and non-governmental organizations. The focus is on humanitarian aid, refugee protection, and cooperation between organizations. The text does not seem to be related to economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, international trade, employment, culture, or science and technology.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief