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PARTICIPANTS ONLY E/ CN.14/L. 341 23 February 1967 Original: ENGLISE/
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Draft resolution recommended by Committee II to th~ plenary session
J~enda item 9(iii) Concerning:
Sponsored by:
Co-operation between UNHCR and the Eoonomic Commission for Africa
AJgerla, Dahomey, Ghana, Liberia, Senegal,
SU(13~, 'I'un.is i.a , United Arab Republic The Economic Com~ission for Africa,
Reoalling the United Nations Convention on Refugees,
Considering the note of , the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the need for co-operation between the Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge.es, ,
Recognizing that the assistance prcvided by the High Commissioner to African Governments to help them to deal ,'ri th refugee problems on their territory, and more particularly to settle in a durable manner refugees who have not expressed the dOC.c'ol'e to return to their country of origin, is of primary ioportance for a solution to refugee problems in Africa,
Recognizing that the material assistance provided by the High Commissioner is limited in scope and in time,
Recognizing more particul~rly that the rural settlement projects, implemented in their early stages with the financial assistance of the L67-284
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High Commissioner, should be followed by social and economic development projects aiming inter alia at the integraticn of the refugees with the
surrcundi~g pcpulaticn,
Noting that within the framework of the overall inter-agency co- operation i t is desirable tc strengthen the co-operation between the High Commissicner for Refugees and the Economic Commission for Africa in respect of economic and social development programmes of common interest:
1. Recommends that within the limits of its budgetary resources the Economic Commission for Africa co-operate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, other United Nations programmes and United Nations specialized agencies, in economic and social surveys preliminary
to joint development projects of common interest to refugees and local populations, as may be desired by the governments concerned;
2. Invites the Executive Seoretary to maintain contact with the High Commissioner with a view to defining such other fields of co-operat~on,
particularly as regards the rehabilitation, training and resettlement of refugees within the framework of national and regional development plans •.
