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B/CN.14/HBS/l83(VIIl)
23 March 1967
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ECONOMIC -COMMISSION FOR AFRICA . Eighth session
Lagos, 13-25 February 1967
00-OPHHmCN BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AND THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Resolution l83(VTIl) adopted by the Commission at its I39th plenary session
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The jeJconomic Commission for Africa,
Recalling the United Nations Convention on Refugees,
Considering the note of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on tha need for co-operation between the Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
Recognizing that the assistance provided by the High Commissioner to African Governments to help them to deal with refugee problems on their territory, and more particularly to settle in a durable manner refugees who have not expressed the desire to return to their country of origin, is of primary importance for a solution to refugee problems
in Africa,
Recognizing that the material assistance provided by the High Commissioner ie limited in scope and in time,
Recognizing ir.oro particularly that the rural settlement projects, implemented in their early stages wii^ the financial assistance of the High Commissioner* should be followed by social and economic development projects aiming inter alia at the integration of the refugees with the surrounding population,
Noting that within the framework of over-all inter-agency co operation it is desirable to strengthen the co-operation between the High Commissioner 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 special ized agencies of the United Nations, in economic and social surveys preliminary to joint development projects of common interest to refugees
1?Ai0Cal P°PulationsJ as m*y be desired by the Governments concerned}
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2. Invites the Executive Secretary to maintain contact with the High Commissioner with a view to defining such other fields of oo- operation, particularly as regards the rehabilitation, training and resettlement of refugees within the framework of national and .'regional
development plans. ■• ■
