Speech #880062197

Joint ICEMvoluntary agency plans have been made to transport Cubans now in Spain to other countries. In Belgium. ICEM is assisting both refugees from Africa and migrants to emigrate to Australia and Latin America. The ICEM Council authorized a survey of the situation in North Africa and an experimental program to move 100 families out of that area. (b) League of Red Cross Societies/International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC): During 1962 the League of Red Cross Societies carried on an extensive program of aid to Angolan refugees. refugees from Ghana and the Ivory Coast in Togo and Algerian refugees. Angolans: Under the general supervision and with the assistance. especially in the supply of food and transportation. of the United Nations Organization in the Congo (UNOC). the Congo delegation of the League of Red Cross Societies undertook to coordinate relief in cooperation with Caritas. the Congo Protestant Relief Agency and the Congolese Red Cross. A coordinating committee was established under the direction of the League to insure that refugees in all areas received similar rations and treatment. The League supplied dried fish. palm oil. medicine. blankets. and agricultural implements. Vehicles for transporting relief supplies were made available by UNOC and UNHCR. The League provided the Congolese Red Cross with food. blankets. and soap. It terminated this program in April 1962. Togo: In conjunction with the UNHCR. the Togolese Red Cross and the Togolese Government. the League agreed to undertake a limited and shortterm relief and resettlement program for 5.000 refugees in the Republic of To go. A plan of resettlement was developed and the U.N. High Commissioner asked the League to operate on his behalf a feeding program while simultaneously supervising resettlement. A basic food ration was established. a registration of refugees was made. seeds and farm tools were supplied those refugees resettled on farmland. Algerians: At the request of the UNHCR the League continued its relief operation for Algerian refugees during their repatriation and resettlement. League medical teams were set up at border crossing points to check the health of the refugees. who were fed and sheltered at each checkpoint during the 24hour wait to cross into Algeria. Each family was supplied with food rations for the journey back and will continue to receive food assistance at their destinations until they become selfsustaining. Tent shelters will temporarily replace homes that have been destroyed or are uninhabitable.