Humanitarian assistance to the refugees in Djibouti: resolution / adopted by the Economic and Social Council

E/RES/1980/44

1980/44. Humanitarian assistance to the refugees in Djibouti

The Economic and Social Council,

Having heard the statements by the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Questions and Co-ordinator of Special Economic Assistance Programmes,¹ and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,² and noting with appreciation the assessment of the needs of the refugees in Djibouti contained therein,

Noting the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with respect to assistance to the refugees in Djibouti,³

Recalling Council resolution 1980/11 of 28 April 1980 on assistance to the refugees in Djibouti,

Noting with appreciation the concern and the continued efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and non-governmental organizations, which have worked closely with the Government of Djibouti on the relief and rehabilitation programme for the refugees in that country,

1. Appreciates the action taken by the Secretary-General in arranging and dispatching the United Nations interagency mission to Djibouti to assess the needs of the refugees;

2. Takes note with appreciation of the oral report on the assessment of the needs of the refugees in Djibouti, contained in the statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Questions and Co-ordinator of Special Economic Assistance Programmes;

3. Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue his humanitarian assistance to the refugees in Djibouti;

4. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to ensure that adequate assistance programmes are organized for the refugees, to keep the refugee situation in Djibouti under constant review and to maintain close contact with Member States and governmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, so as to mobilize the necessary assistance for the Government of Djibouti to enable it to cope effectively with the refugee situation;

5. Decides to keep the matter under constant review and to bring the present resolution to the attention of the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session for its consideration.

43rd plenary meeting
23 July 1980

1 See E/1980/SR.40.

2 See E/1980/SR.38.

3 E/1980/79 and Corr.1.