Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa

A/RES/39/139View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1984–1988

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/42/107

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1988	A/RES/42/107	Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	1,031	66%Compare
1987	A/RES/41/122	Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	856	75%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/117	Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	795	43%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/139	Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	660	21%Compare
1984	A/RES/38/120	Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa	729	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Africa African Refugees Conferences Declarations Humanitarian Assistance Programmes of Action Refugee Assistance Repatriation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of the Organ ization of African Unity, the United Nations High Com missioner for Refugees and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme for their com mendable effort in organizing the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa;

Endorses the Declaration and Programme of Action of the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa; 197

Expresses its deep appreciation to African host countries, which are the biggest donors, for their generous contribution and continuous efforts to alleviate the plight of refugees in spite of their critical economic situation;

Expresses once again its appreciation to the interna tional community and, in particular, to all donor countries, specialized agencies, regional organizations and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations for their support and initial response to the projects sub mitted to the Conference;

Urges the international community to maintain the momentum created by the Conference and to translate into reality the projects submitted as well as the principles in the Declaration and Programme of Action agreed upon by the Conference;

Emphasizes the vital importance of the complemen tarity of refugee aid and development assistance and of achieving durable solutions to the problems of refugees in Africa through the voluntary repatriation or local integra tion of refugees and the necessity of providing assistance for the strengthening of the social and economic infra structures of African countries receiving refugees and returnees;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to keep the situation of refugees in Africa under constant review with a view to providing

adequate humanitarian assistance for relief and expanded durable solutions;

Calls upon all pertinent organizations of the United Nations system, as well as relevant regional, intergovern mental and non-governmental organizations, to lend their support, within their respective spheres of competence, to the realization of the goals of the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with the Declaration and Programme of Action, to monitor, in consultation and close co-operation with the Organization of African Unity and, in particular, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Development Programme,

the follow-up to the Conference;

I 0. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session, through the Eco nomic and Social Council, on the implementation of the present resolution.

I 95 Ibid., sect. V.

197 A/39/402. annex. 196 A/39/402 and Add. I and 2.

198 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Supple 201 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545, p. 137. ment No. 12 (A/39/12).

202 Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791, p. 267.

199 Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/39/12/Add.l).

203 See A/39/402 and Add. I and 2. 200 Ibid., Thirty-ninth Session, Third Committee, 36th meeting, paras.

204 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Supple 1-12.

ment No. 12A (A/39 I 2/ Add. I), para. 185.

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