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B. Relations with other intergovernmental organizations

250. UNHCR has further strengthened its co-operation with the Organization of African Unity (OAU), notably on questions regarding refugees from southern Africa. UNHCR was represented at sessions of the Council of Ministers and at the fourteenth summit Conference of Heads of State and Government. The Secretary-General of the OAU attended the twenty-eighth session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme. UNHCR was also represented at a meeting of the OAU Liberation Committee.

251. The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration continued to provide transportation assistance, notably for the resettlement of large numbers of European and Latin American refugees and of Indo-Chinese displaced persons.

252. The European Economic Community has again given generous support for UNHCR assistance programmes by providing large quantities of food supplies, valued at some $9.6 million, in Angola, Cyprus, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Zaire.

253. The Council of Europe has continued to demonstrate its traditional concern for the protection of refugees and, as mentioned in chapter I, has also adopted a declaration relating to territorial asylum.

254. Relations were strengthened at various levels between UNHCR and other regional organizations, such as the Organization of American States (OAS), the League of Arab States and the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee.

C. Co-operation with liberation movements

255. In conformity with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, UNHCR has continued to co-operate with African liberation movements recognized by the OAU and the United Nations, notably the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the Zimbabwe Africa People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO).

D. Relations between UNHCR and non-governmental organizations

256. UNHCR has further strengthened its traditional partnership with the non-governmental organizations working in the field of assistance to refugees, which represent a large reservoir of funds, expertise and personnel, and which continue to provide invaluable support for UNHCR's activities in favour of refugees and displaced persons.

257. At the international level, UNHCR has worked closely with the main co-ordinating bodies of the voluntary agencies, principally the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council and with the International Council of Voluntary Agencies at Geneva. UNHCR has, furthermore, established working relations with over 100 voluntary agencies at both the international and national levels.

258. Several voluntary agencies have continued to serve as UNHCR'S operational partners in the execution of assistance programmes, in many cases providing

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