text: office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator 8. The role of UNDRO is primariJ.y one of mobilizing and co-ordinating enerqency relief in cases of disaster. Further, UNDRO is authorized to grant up to a maximum of $50,000 for any one disaster. In practice, the limit has norrnally been $301000 as a result of budgetary constraints. In 1984, UNDRO provided emergency grants to the countries covered by this report. 9. Contributions provided by the international community in cash and kind for countries for which UNDRO launched international appeals between I ApriI 1984 and 3l March 1985 totalled $795,LsI,722. Tlorlj!- Food Council t0. As a non-operational body t{FC does not provide economic or technical assistance. However, tlFC has made special efforts to advance the development and implenentation of a national food strategy in 13 of the 24 countries under consideration. The following table gives the current source of fundinq and status on food strategy: /...Countrv Benin Cape Verde Central African Republ ic Chad Conoroa Gambla Leeotho LiberiaSource of f,unding Netherlands France CILSS/Ctub du Sahel France African Development BankA/40/439 Eng li sh Page 5 Status of food strategv Initial stages Drafted, starting imPlementation Initial stages Initial stages Under preparation Initial stages Under preparation Initial stages Initial stages Under preparation Initlal stagesUnited Kinqdon/FAO Drafted, starting implenentation Itadaga sca Sao Tone and Principe IINDP/FAO Uganda GhanaNetherlandg/EEC United Nations Conference on Trade and Developnent II. During 1985, UNCTAD provided assistance to Benin, the Central African Republ.ic, Chad, Dliboutir Equatorial Guinea, the Ganbia, Halti, Lesotho, Liberia, itadagascar, Nicaragua, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone and Uganda. United Nations Industrial Development OrqanizaBion 12. In 1984, UNIDO provided assistance to Benin, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Conoros, the Ganbia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hai.ti, Lesqtho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Uganda. United Nations Childrenrs Fund
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities and initiatives of various United Nations organizations, including UNDRO, TF, UNCTAD, and UNIDO, in providing humanitarian aid, relief, and development assistance to various countries. The focus is on providing emergency grants, food assistance, and industrial development support to countries affected by disasters or in need of development assistance.