Assistance to the Drought-Stricken Areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda

A/RES/39/205View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1983–1986

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/40/221

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/221	Assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda	570	19%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/205	Assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda	549	—
1984	A/RES/38/216	Assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/147	Assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda	906	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Development Assistance Disaster Relief Djibouti Drought Control Drought-Stricken Areas Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Sudan Technical Cooperation Uganda

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10 operative paragraphs

Deeply disturbed by the grave food situation and the spectre of widespread famine in the drought-stricken areas of the region,

Takmg mto account the regional nature of the drought and the practical and regional arrangements for co-operation that already exist among the affected countries,

Beanng 1t1 mind the urgent need for the international community to render assistance to Member States in the event of natural disasters.

Reaffirms its resolutions 35/90, 35/91, 36/221, 3 7 I I 4 7 and 38/216 on assistance to the drought-stricken areas or Djibouti, Ethiopia, Krnya. Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda;

Takes note of the note of the Secretary-General on assistance to the drought-stricken areas of those countries;

Notes with satisfaction the decision taken by the Governments of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda to establish an intergovernmental body to combat the effects of drought and other natural disasters. 123 as recommended by the General Assembly in resolution 35/90 and to meet in Djibouti on 15 January 1985 to finalize the necessary arrangements for the establishment of that body;

Notes with appreciation the assistance thus far rendered by the international community and the measures taken by the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to ensure the speediest and most effective relief aid for the victims of drought and other natural disasters in Djibouti, Ethiopia. Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda;

Urges all States, organizations of the United Nations system, governmental and non-governmental organizations and international financial institutions concerned, to give urgent consideration to the establishment of a programme or assistance for the six countries in the East African subregion, supportmg their efforts:

To meet the grave and urgent needs of the people of those countries;

To combat the effects of drought and other natural calamities and to deal with the problem of medium-term and long-term recovery and rehabilitation in a concerted manner;

I 11v1tes the Secretary-General, in close co-operation with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, and within existing resources, to extend

to Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda the technical assistance needed to finalize the necessary arrangements for the establishment of the proposed intergovernmental body;

Requests the Secretary-General, in close co-operation with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to continue to extend all necessary assistance to those countries in their efforts to combat the effects of drought on the basis of the recommendations of various multiagency missions;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to assist the Governments of the region, at their request, in establishing or improving national machinery to combat the effects of drought and other natural disasters, to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1985, of the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session.

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121 A/39/391. I 22 A/39/386.

124 See O/fu:ia/ Records of the Economic and Sona/ Council. /91i4. Suppl,· 12S A!)9,21 I-E- 1184 58 and Add I ment No. 10 (E/ 1984/20), annex I.

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