16 December 1981

Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 35/91 of 5 December 1980 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/54 of 24 July 1980,

Having heard the statement of the representative of the Secretary-General and of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia, prepared pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/8 of 28 April 1980,

Taking note also of the appeal of the Secretary-General in his note verbale of 11 November 1980, Deeply concerned that the appeals of the Secretary-General and the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly have yet to meet adequate response,

1. Endorses once again the appeals of the Secretary-General and the Economic and Social Council concerning the assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia;

2. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue his efforts to mobilize humanitarian assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of the large number of voluntary returnees;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1982 and to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session on the progress achieved in the implementation of the present resolution.