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stabilization, including the emergency measures, need to be strengthened in order to
improve the precarious situation of some 4 million internally displaced people and
other vulnerable groups, some 1.54 million of whom have having critical food
needs,
Noting the urgent need to address as well as to increase national efforts and
international support for humanitarian mine-action activities, the resettlement of
internally displaced persons and the return of refugees, and the disarmament,
demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration of former combatants, as well as the
reintegration of other vulnerable groups, so as to allow the country to tackle the
social, economic and humanitarian crisis,
Recalling the first Round-Table Conference of Donors, held in Brussels from
25 to 27 September 1995, with a view to mobilizing funds for the Community
Rehabilitation and National Reconciliation Programme and supporting the efforts
made by the Government of Angola,
Welcoming the efforts made by donors and United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes to provide humanitarian, economic and financial assistance to Angola,
Welcoming also the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Angola, in
accordance with Security Council resolution 1433 (2002) of 15 August 2002,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on
the situation in Angola, 3
Noting the logistical difficulties in the distribution of relief supplies to
vulnerable populations, and urging the Government of Angola to ensure that
humanitarian donations are cleared through the customs services in an expeditious
manner,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary General to the Security Council
on the situation in Angola; 3
2.
Welcomes the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding additional
to the Lusaka Protocol, 1 which ended hostilities in the country and created
unprecedented conditions for the reestablishment and consolidation of peace in
Angola;
3.
Calls upon the Government of Angola to continue to contribute to and
facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to continue to work towards
ensuring the maintenance of the peace and national security that are so necessary for
the reconstruction, rehabilitation and economic stabilization of the country, and
encourages the Government to continue to allocate the necessary financial resources
for the achievement of these objectives;
4.
Appeals to Member States and in particular the donor community to
support the projects foreseen in the mid-term review of the United Nations
Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for 2002, estimated at 171,057,107 United States
dollars, which are to be completed between September and December 2002 in order
to assist, inter alia, the 4 million internally displaced people, 1.54 million of whom
have critical food needs, and to be especially generous in their support for the
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for 2003;
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