E/CN.4/1503
Annex II page 16
While UNHCR and WFP have been active in supplementing the Government's efforts to assist the refugees and to seek, to a certain extent, more durable solutions, а substantial portion of the needs of the refugees, especially of those spontaneously settled in rural and urban areas, remains uncovered. There is, therefore, a need for more far-reaching and long-term solutions involving development-oriented programmes. (Document A/35/410)
The mission saw a pressing need to strengthen infrastructure and services in education, training, health and agriculture. Urgent humanitarian and development assistance together with "pre-implementation sectoral planning assistance" were quan- tified at almost $ 230 million. It noted "a disturbing trend of growing resentment by the tax-paying Sudanese public towards the refugee population", which was in contrast to the hospitable impulses of the early years, when the strains had not yet been felt. It reported that the humanitarian efforts undertaken by the Government of the Sudan contributed to stability in the region and deserved to be amply supported by the international community.
47. Conf
Gove
casi
per
it
The
of t
48.
reli
asyl
to t
ment
assi
adja its
assi
as
comn
tati
the
rehi
reli
of I
If
49.
and
sai
46. The problems in Somalia have been no less dramatic. the number of border-crossers is still open to interpretation, there is no doubt that a very large mass of people has arrived from the Ogaden exhibiting various degrees of exhaustion and distress. These Oromos and Somalis for the most part have required assistance which has
has been provided by the Government of Somalia, by several agencies of the United Nations system, notably UNHCR and WFP and by a host of voluntary organizations, including the League of Red Cross Societies and the Somali Red Cross. By 11 September 1979, numbers of new arrivals were so great and supply problems so serious that the Government in Mogadishu declared a state of emergency and made
of
made a further appeal for international help, whereupon the UN Secretary- General arranged for an inter-agency mission to visit the country to
to identify urgent needs and recommend a comprehensive programme of assistance. The mission, which took place in December 1979,
1979, was followed by a second thirteen months later when the level of need was found to have doubled. Requirements estimated at some $ 235 million were identified, mainly for relief. It was noted that there was a long-term danger of environmental degradation in the rural areas as a result of the heavy concentration of refugees and livestock near avail- able water points. The Government estimated by early 1981 that about three million head of undernourished cattle had entered the country suffering from diseases not so far preva- lent, posing a threat to the national herd already weakened by the prolonged drought.
The
bey
cre
on
Cou
tha
on
rat
pro
in