Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 37 (f)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling Security Council resolution 872 (1993) of 5 October
1993, in which the Council urged Member States, United Nations
specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to provide
and intensify their economic, financial and humanitarian assistance
in favour of the Rwandese population and of the democratization
process in Rwanda,
Recalling also its resolution 48/211 of 21 December 1993,
entitled "Emergency assistance for the socio-economic rehabilitation
of Rwanda",
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General of 3
August 1994 on Rwanda 1/ and of the statement by the President
of the Security Council of 10 August 1994 2/ in connection with
the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation
concerning Rwanda",
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of
14 October 1994 on emergency assistance for the socio-economic
rehabilitation of Rwanda, 3/
Taking into consideration the serious consequences of genocide
and of the destruction of the economic, social, educational and
administrative infrastructure,
Expressing its grave concern over the disastrous humanitarian
situation of the Rwandese population, including 2 million refugees
and displaced persons who must be reintegrated into society and
employment,
Recognizing that, as a result of successive episodes in
the conflict, several categories of refugees are involved,
Considering the diversity of the victims of the conflict,
namely, the refugees, the many orphans, the widowers and widows,
the disabled, the young people in need of schooling and other
casualities of the situation,
Emphasizing the need to consider the crisis in Rwanda in
a regional context, in view of its implications for the countries
of the region, in implementing the plan of action recommended
by the Government of Rwanda, the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees and the Organization of African
Unity within the framework of the Peace Agreement between the
Government of the Rwandese Republic and the Rwandese Patriotic
Front, 4/ signed at Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, on 4
August 1993,
Taking into account the fact that, because of the total
collapse of the national economy, the lack of human and technical
resources and the financial disaster in Rwanda, emergency assistance,
rehabilitation and reconstruction are essential for the economic
recovery and development of the country,
Recognizing that the Arusha Peace Agreement provides an
appropriate framework for national reconciliation,
Expressing its gratitude to those States and intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations which have responded positively
and continue to respond positively to the humanitarian needs of
Rwanda, and to the Secretary- General, who has mobilized and coordinated
the distribution of humanitarian assistance,
1. Encourages the Government of Rwanda to pursue its efforts
with a view to creating conditions which would be conducive to
the return of the refugees to their country and their resettlement
and to the recovery by displaced persons of their property in
peace, security and dignity;
2. Congratulates the Secretary-General on the efforts he
has made to draw the attention of the international community
to the humanitarian crisis which Rwanda is undergoing;
3. Urges all States, United Nations organizations, specialized
agencies and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations
and the international financial and development institutions to
provide all possible financial, technical and material assistance
with a view to facilitating the restoration of basic services,
rehabilitating the economy and ensuring the reconstruction of
the social and economic infrastructure of Rwanda and the return
and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons
in Rwanda;
4. Invites all States, United Nations organizations and
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to provide
emergency assistance to facilitate the reintegration of refugees
and displaced persons into society and the completion of the democratic
process with a view to the restoration of a lasting peace in Rwanda;
5. Urges all States, in particular the donor countries,
to contribute generously to the trust fund established by the
Secretary-General on 14 July 1994 to finance humanitarian relief
and rehabilitation programmes to be implemented in Rwanda;
6. Invites all States and the international financial institutions
to respond to the financial needs of Rwanda in order to permit
it to ensure the restoration and normal functioning of State institutions;
7. Requests the Government of Rwanda and the other partners
concerned (the Organization of African Unity and the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), including
the States of the subregion, to meet without delay to consider
the problems relating to Rwandese refugees at a subregional conference
within the framework of the plan of action adopted under the Arusha
Peace Agreement;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to provide all possible
assistance to support the strengthening of total peace in Rwanda
and to submit to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session
a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
9. Decides to consider at its fiftieth session the item
entitled "Emergency international assistance for a solution
to the problem of refugees, the restoration of total peace, reconstruction
and socio-economic development in war-stricken Rwanda".
74th plenary meeting
2 December 1994
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1/ S/1994/924.
2/ S/PRST/1994/42.
3/ A/49/516.
4/ A/48/824-S/26915, annexes I-VII.