nationals and relieve the financial demands on UNHCR. 71. With respect to UNHCR's current financial crisis and solutions to refugee problems, the non-governmental organizations wished to encourage Governments to follow the principle of meeting the vital needs of refugees and not to tailor their refugee programmes to the allocations they were prepared to make. UNHCR had originally projected a budget for the 1990 general programme at $414 million but later, in the face of the financial crisis and under pressure from donor Governments, it had been reduced to $341 million. However, to date. Governments had not yet pledged their contributions to meet even those minimum needs. It appeared that major contributors were not prepared to help to maintain adequate levels of assistance to increasing numbers of refugees. Since 10 of the contributors provided 86 per cent of UNHCR budget, non-governmental organizations felt that there was obvious potential for widening the donor base. Present donors should continue to give generously, cease cutbacks and enable UNHCR financially and politically to initiate durable solutions and take advantage of the opportunities that existed for large-scale voluntary repatriation. A/AC. 96/SR.450 page 14 72. He drew attention to the growing fear that less priority might be given to the vast problems of third world countries where the most serious refugee under asylum problems occurred. There were millions of refugees in countries of first asylum who would not be able to return or to be resettled elsewhere and needed assistance from international agencies to survive in refugee camps. According to UNHCR» as many as 25,000 refugee children under five years of age were suffering from acute malnutrition, which made them more vulnerable to commvmicable diseases. Cutbacks also resulted in reduced buffer stocks, health projects being affected, poor water supply, reduction of school construction and of investment in income-generating projects. On account of 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the financial crisis faced by UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and its impact on refugees. The non-governmental organizations are urging governments to provide adequate funding to meet the vital needs of refugees, highlighting the consequences of cutbacks, such as reduced assistance, malnutrition, and health issues. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, industry, transport, communication, international trade, employment, culture, or science and technology, but it does relate to humanitarian aid and relief, health, and education.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Health, Education