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$ 360 million; it was understood that the refugee problem, by its vary nature, was unpredictable and may nevertheless require special appeals on occasion; (h) Noted with appreciation the continuing co-operation between UNHCR and the
various agencies and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as with other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations with a view to using the widest assistance for the benefit of refugees and displaced persons; Welcomed the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council, through its resolution E/1978/36 to "increase the membership of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme";
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(j) Commended the close co-operation between UNHCR and the various regional
organizations and requested in particular that every possible support be extended to the Pan African Conference on the Situation of Refugees in Africa due to be held in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, in May 1979.
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The Executive Committee,
(a) Noted with interest the statements on behalf of the Organization of African
Unity and the observers from the African National Congress f South Africa, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, the South West Africa People's Organization, the Zimbabwe African National Union and the Zimbabwe African People's Union; (b) Urged all States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to
increase their assistance through UNHCR to African States, especially to those in the front-line, in order to alleviate the burden resulting from the care, maintenance and settlement of the growing number of refugees in Africa, and particularly those from Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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(c) Noted the progress in the discussions between UNHCR and the British authorities
to regularize the status of Zimbabweans holding British concessionary passports and requested to be kept informed of developments;
Commended the High Commissioner for the humanitarian operation he is co- ordinating for refugees and displaced persons in the Horn of Africa and urged all States to respond generously to his efforts;
(e) Welcomed the progress in the consultations between the parties concerned in
Angola and Zaire on the refugee situation, as well as the efforts of the High Commissioner to promote the voluntary repatriation of these refugees;