Assistance to Student Refugees in Southern Africa

A/RES/36/170View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 1981–1991

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/45/171

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/45/171	Assistance to student refugees in southern Africa	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/157	Assistance to student refugees in southern Africa	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/149	Assistance to student refugees in southern Africa	—	—
1988	A/RES/42/138	Assistance to student refugees in southern Africa	670	76%Compare
1987	A/RES/41/136	Assistance to student refugees in southern Africa	634	92%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Namibian Refugees Refugee Assistance South African Refugees Southern Africa Student Refugees

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Endorses the assessments and recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General and commends him and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for their efforts to mobilize resources an~ organize the programme of assistance to student refugees m the host countries of southern Africa;

Expresses its appreciation to the _Governme~ts. of Botswana Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia for contmumg to grant a~ylum and make educati?nal ~nd other facilities available to the student refugees m spite of the pressure which the continuing influx of those refugees exerts on facilities in their countries;

Expresses its appreciation to the G?vernments of Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia for the cooperation which they have extended to the Secret~- General and to the High Commissioner on matters concerning the welfare of those refugees;

Notes with appreciation the financial and material support provided for the student ref~gees by Me~ber St~tes, the High Commissioner, other bodies of the Umted Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the High Commissioner, to continue to organize and implement an effective programme of educational and o~h~r appropriate assistance for student refugees f~om Namibia and South Africa who have taken asylum m Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia;

Urges all Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute generously to the assistance programmes for the student refugees, through financial support of the regular programmes of the High Commissioner, the projects identified in the report of the Secretary-General and the projects and programmes submitted to the International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa; 181 7.

Appeals to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Bank and the United Nations Children's Fund, as well as other international and non-governmental bodies, to provide humanitarian and development assistance to expedite the resettlement and integration of refugee families from South Africa who have been given asylum in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia;

Calls upon all agencies and programmes of the United Nations system to co-operate with the Secretary- General and the High Commissioner in the implementation of humanitarian programmes of assistance for the student refugees in southern Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the High Commissioner, to contin~e to keep_ the matt_er under review, to apprise the Economic and Social Counctl, at its second regular session of 1982, of the current status of the programmes and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.

I O l st plenary meeting

16 December 1981

(h) Issuing of human rights postage stamps. fin,t-day covers and special cancellations during 1983;

(i) Encouragement of non-governmental organizations to participate

fully in the celebration and to organize activities of their own;

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Undertaking of activities within the framework of and in support of current Decades and International Years being prepared on human rights issues;

(k) Organization of a special essay competition for secondary or high school children on the topic "What the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should mean to our generation''.

It is recommended that the following measures. among others. should be taken at the United Nations level:

(a) Organization of commemorative events at United Nations Headquarters, at the United Nations Office at Geneva and at the Vienna International Centre on or around I 0 December 1983;

(b) Organization in 1983 at Geneva of a special international seminar to discuss the experiences of different countries in the implementation of international standards on human rights;

Dissemination by the Department of Public Information of the (c) Secretariat of appropriate public information. broadcasting and audiovisual material designed to draw attention to and emphasize the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the role played and work done by the United Nations to ensure the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

(d) Issuance of updated versions in all official languages of the United Nations of the publications Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments of the United Nations and United Nations Ac1ion in the Field of Human Rights;

(e) Design and distribution of an appropriate United Nations poster to commemorate the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

180 A/36/423.

"' See A/36/316.

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