Sixty-fourth session
Item 43 of the provisional agenda
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and
displaced persons and humanitarian questions
Summary
The present report is submitted in compliance with General Assembly resolution 63/149 on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa. It covers the period 1 January 2008 to 15 June 2009 and updates the information contained in the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the sixtythird session of the Assembly (A/63/321). The current report has been coordinated by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and draws on information received from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons.