Expresses lis appreciation to the Government of 2. Somalía for the measures it is taking to provide material and humanitarian assistance to refugees, in spite ofits own limited resources and fragile economy;
.t Appeals to Member States, international organizat 1ons and voluntary agencies to render maximum and timely material, financia! and technical assistance to enable the Government of Somalía to carry out the projects and activities described in the report of the Secretary- Cieneral;
4
Endorses for urgent and favourable consideration the list of~rojects contained in the report ofthe Secretary- GeneraP 4 as the basis for a comprehensive programme of action;
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Recommendsfor urgent and favourable consideration by the Government of Somalía, as well as by the United Nations system and the international donor community, the suggestions proposed in para!raphs 67 to 69 of the report of t he Secretary-General, 1 6 which would facilitate the implementation of the programme of action recommended in the report;
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Calls upan the High Commissioner to ensure, as appropriate, that the care, maintenance and rehabilitation needs of the refugees are adequately covered;
7
Calls uponthe United Nations Development Programme to assume the leading role, as required by the Second I nternationa I Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, 105 in the conceptualization, implementation and monitoring of refugee-related projects, and to be involved in the mobilization ofthe financia! and technical means required, in close co-operation with the High Commissioner and the World Bank;
8
Requeststhe pertinent organizations of the United Nations system, namely the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, as well as the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Food Programme, to prepare, in consultation with the Government of Somalia, detailed project documentation for the implementation of those projects and activities identified in the report of the Secretary-General as priority endeavours for a comprehensive programme of action;
9
Cal/s upon the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to consult with the Government of Somalía on how best the international community can assist Somalia in protecting and rehahilitating its damaged environment;
10
Recognize.,
the important role that nongovernmental organizations are playing with regard to programmes for lhe care, maintenance and rehabilitation of refugees, partirnlarly in activities related to small-scale development pnijects, and in the fields of health and agriculture;
11
Ca/Is upon the international community to support 1 he activities of 11011-governmental organizations, both lo-
cal and international, in Somalía, in the planning and implementation of refugee projects and rcfugee-rclated dcvelopment activities;
Requeststhe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to apprise the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1988 of the progress made in their respective fields of responsibility with regard to those provisions of the present resolution which concern them;
13
Requeststhe Secretary-General, in consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner and the United Nations Development Programme, to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session on the progress achieved in the implementation of the present resolution.
7 Dccemhcr 1987
General A~scmbl~ -- --Forl\ -\ccond Scssion 145 A/42/498 and Add. l. 146 A/42/645.
