AHG/Res. 114 (XIX) strengthen their social and economic infrastructure to cope with the burden of dealing with large numbers of refugees and returnees; Aware of the fact that a through technical preparation for ICARA II is one of the pre-conditions for its success: 1. COMMENDS the initiative taken by the UN General Assembly as the refugees situation in Africa requires urgent international assistance to cope with its humanitarian aspects while trying to alleviate its adverse effects on the economies of the countries effected, a majority of which are among the LDC’s; 2. APPEALS to the International donor community to development and aid-granting agencies, to the non-governmental organizations having refugee programmes in Africa, to potential donors from friendly countries and organizations, to give serious consideration to the urgent needs of African countries of origin and asylum, to contribute generously to humanitarian, relief, rehabilitation and resettlement programmes, and to provide assistance to African countries to enable then to cope with the burden they are assuming because of large number of refugees and returnees; 3. CALLS UPON the UN and is specialized agencies to extend all possible assistance to African Governments, through their respective field structures, in the technical preparations for ICARA II; 4. INVITES the voluntary agencies involved in refugee work in Africa to closely associate themselves with the technical preparation for ICARAII, and to sustain and if possible, extend their worthy efforts in favor of the African Refugees; 5. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to undertake an in-depth study of the root-causes of asylum-seeking in Africa, and to submit its findings to the Twenty-first Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government;