International Conference on the Plight of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Southern Africa

A/RES/42/106View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 103c Assistance to refugees in Africa, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1988–1991

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/45/137

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/45/137	International Conference on the Plight of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Southern Africa	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/136	International Conference on the Plight of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Southern Africa	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/116	International Conference on the Plight of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Southern Africa	—	—
1988	A/RES/42/106	International Conference on the Plight of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Southern Africa	714	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Conferences Displaced Persons Economic Assistance Refugee Assistance Repatriation Southern Africa Southern African Refugees

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the decision of the Organization of African Unity to convene in September 1988 an lnternational Conference on the Plight of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Southern Africa;

Reiterates its appreciation to the Secretary-General for bis efforts, on behalf of the international community, to organize and mobilize special programmes of economic assistance for those African States facing grave economic difficulties, the front-line States and other independent States of southern Africa to help them to withstand the effects of the acts of aggression and destabilization committed by the apartheid régime of South Africa;

Welcomes the decision by the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the convening of the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in close co-operation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to give ali possible assistance to the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity in the preparation and organization of the Conference;

Appeals to ali Member States, the specialized agencies of the United Nations system and regional, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to provide ali the necessary support and resources needed for the convening and success of the Conference;

Calls upan the international community to provide increased assistance to the countries of southern Africa to enable them to strengthen their capacity to provide the necessary facilities and services for the care and well-being of refugees, returnees and displaced persons in their countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to apprise the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1988 and to report to the General Assembly at its fortythird session on the implementation of the present resolution.

99 See A/42/699, annex I, resolution CM/Res.1117 (XLVII).

100 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-second Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/42/12/ Add.1), para. 209.

103 /bid., vol. 1001, No. 14691.

IOI United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.

I04 A/42/491.

102 /bid., vol. 606, No. 879 l.

IOS A/39/402, annex.

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