Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (35th sess. : 1980-1981)
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  • Date:
    15 December 1980

35. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
183. Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia

The General Assembly, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1978/39 of 1 August 1978, by which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in co-operation with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and other specialized agencies, as well as non-governmental and voluntary organizations, to render maximum possible assistance to the Governments of the countries in the Horn of Africa, Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/54 of 24 July 1980, by which the Council requested the Secretary-General, in consultation with the High Commissioner, to appeal to the international community to find ways and means of mobilizing urgently humanitarian assistance for displaced persons and voluntary returnees in Ethiopia, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia,[1] prepared pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/8 of 28 April 1980, Having heard the statement of the representative of the Secretary-General,[2] in which he requested the assistance of the international community in carrying out the recommendations and proposals contained in the report, Having heard the statement of the Commissioner for Relief and Rehabilitation of Ethiopia,[3] in which he outlined the grave situation facing the large number of displaced persons in Ethiopia and the difficulties encountered by his Government in providing for their relief and rehabilitation, Taking note of the appeal of the Secretary-General, in his note verbale of 11 November 1980,

1. Endorses the appeal of the Secretary-General in which he urged Governments and international organizations to provide prompt and generous assistance to displaced persons;

2. Endorses also the appeal of the Economic and Social Council to Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and all voluntary agencies to assist the Government of Ethiopia in its efforts to provide relief and rehabilitation to displaced persons;

3. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia and the recommendations contained therein;

4. Commends the Secretary-General for the preparation of the comprehensive report on the needs of displaced persons in Ethiopia;

5. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue his efforts to mobilize humanitarian assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of certified voluntary returnees;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1981 and to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session on the progress achieved in the implementation of the present resolution.

96th plenary meeting
15 December 1980


[1] A/35/360 and Corr. 1-3. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session, Third Committee, 51st meeting, paras. 13-15. [3] Ibid., 53rd meeting, paras. 40-46.
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