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104. UNHCR expenditures in 1978 under General and Special Programmes amounted to over $4,579,000, of which over $4,200,000 were for local settlement assistance. UNHCR assistance was supplemented by the efforts of UNICEF, the Lutheran World Federation, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Christian Council of Mozambique, Governments and cher voluntary age. cies.
Somalia
105. As a result of events in the Horn of Africa in the early part of 1978, large numbers of people arrived in Somalia from the neighbouring regions of Ethiopia, and by mid-1978 the Government considered their numbers to have increased to over 300,000, with approximately 120,000 living in refugee camps and others living amongst the local population or moving from place to place. Following a request for assistance from the Government early in the year, two UNHCR fact-finding missions visited the camps and concentrations of refugees and, in consultation with the authorities, formulated a programme of assistance for the 150,000 most needy persons, estimated at $4,875,000 to cover basic requirements as well as some initial measures towards their self-reliance. This funding requirement was included in the High Commissioner's 1978 appeal for humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa. Το administer assistance to the persons and groups concerned, the Government established an Inter-Ministerial Committee chaired by the Vice-President, and UNHCR appointed a Chargé de mission in Mogadishu.
106. The programme provided assistance for shelter and various domestic needs through local and international procurement. In order to ensure satisfactory health conditions in the camps a number of projects were established for supplementary feeding, purchase of ambulances, medicines, sanitary equipment and for the improvement of water facilities. An initial programme was also formulated in respect of agricultural activities including the construction of water systems and the purchases of agricultural tools. To meet the education requirements of the camp population, provisions were made for the purchase of various basic school materials. Assistance to the refugees was also provided by UNICEF, WFP, the European Economic Community (EEC) and other governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental sources. In 1973 UNHCR expenditure for ssistance t. the refugees/displaced persons amounted to over $3,031,000 of which $452,717 were financed from the High Commissioner's Emergency Fund and the balance from the response to the appeal for humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa.
Southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland)
107. It will be recalled 23/ that in 1977 the Secretary-General appointed the High Commissicnor us co-crdinator within the United Nations system of assistance to South African refugee students, and that the High Commissioner's programme in favour of refugee students in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland formed the basis of an appeal for support for programmes designed to meet the overall needs of southern African refugees in various African countries.
23/ Ibid., (A/33/12), para. 129.