AHG/Res. 114 (XIX)
RESOLUTION ON THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ASSITANCE TO REFUGEES IN AFRICA (ICARA II)
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African
Unity, meeting in its Nineteenth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 6 to
12 June, 1983,
Having examined the report of the Secretary-General and in particular its parts
dealing with refugees in Africa,
Recalling previous OAU resolutions on issues pertaining to refugees in Africa, to
the urgency, magnitude and complexity of the problems they are confronted with, and
to the impact those problems have on the economies of the countries concerned,
Recalling also that ICARA I, in spite of its successful conclusion, did not rise up
to all the expectations of the African countries,
Noting with appreciation resolution 37/197 adopted by the UN General Assembly
on 18 December 1982 which requests the UN Secretary-General, in close cooperation
with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees, to convene a second International Conference on
Assistance to Refugees in Africa, and defines the three objectives of the Conference as
follows:
a) To review thoroughly the results of the Conference held in 1981 as well as the
state of the progress of projects submitted to it;
b) To consider the continuing need for assistance with a view to providing, as
necessary, additional assistance to refugees and returnees in Africa for the
implementation of programmes for their relief, rehabilitation and
resettlement;
c) To consider the impact imposed on the national economies of the African
countries concerned and to provide them with required assistance to