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Assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda

Publisher UN General Assembly
Author UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984)
Publication Date 20 December 1983
Citation / Document Symbol A/RES/38/216
Reference 38
Cite as UN General Assembly, Assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda, 20 December 1983, A/RES/38/216, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f0085c.html [accessed 3 June 2023]
 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda

 

Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 35/90 and 35/91 of 5 December 1980, 36/221 of 17 December 1981 and 37/147 of 17 December 1982, and Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/46 of 28 July 1983 on assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda,

Noting the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the drought-stricken areas of the above-mentioned countries,

Deeply concerned at the intensity and the permanent and expanding nature of the drought in the subregion,

1. Reaffirms its resolutions 36/221 and 37/147 on assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda;

2. Takes note of the ongoing consultations between the Governments concerned on the establishment of an intergovernmental body to combat the effects of drought and other natural disasters and urges them to finalize, as soon as possible, the necessary arrangements for the establishment of that body;

3. Requests the Secretary-General, in close co-ordination with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to continue to extend all necessary assistance to those countries in their efforts to combat the effects of drought on the basis of the recommendations of various multi-agency missions, pending the establishment of the intergovernmental body;

4. Also requests the Secretary-General, in close co-ordination with the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to assist the Governments of the region, at their request, in establishing or improving national machinery to combat the effects of drought and other natural disasters, to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1984, of the progress achieved in the implementation of the present resolution, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session.

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