text: evolved with the immediate fielding of 13 volunteers in civil engineering and surveying to assist in the priority task of reconstructing some 15,000 homes devastated by the earthquake. 63. The UNHCR refugee asslstanceproject in Somalia, with bilateral funding from the United States and Finland, was expanded through an agreement signed between UNHCR and UNV calling for additlonal volunteers, prlmarily to assist the National Refugee Commission towards achieving a degree of self-sufficency within the refugee community. 64.A UNV-executed regional project for LDCS in the Arab States region was alsoapproved, with an allocatlon of 20 posts to fill technical manpower gaps. Fully funded volunteers 65. During 1984 the number of UNV posts fully funded by donor Governments peaked at 40. An Interreglonal UNV project fully funded by the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), provides for 10 UNVs, most of whom are being assigned as Programme Assistants in UNDP fleld offices in the LDCs of Asia and the Pacific, Africa and the Arab States. Moreover, SIDA under- took, with effect from 1 January 1985, to fully finance three volunteers .i.DP/1985/44 English Page 16 to serve in an agricultural development programme of the Government of Lesotho as cartographer and soil surveyors. The Governments of the United States, Finland and Norway fully funded a total of eight posts in the UNV-executed programme of assistance to refugee relief activities in Somalia, providing a valuable addition to the assignments financed by UNHCR. 66. The Government of Finland also financed four more volunteer assignments in Bhutan and Kenya. The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany continued to provide funding for eight posts in Guinea-Bissau. Switzerland’s contribution reached a total of six posts during the yearz three in Benin, one in Thailand and two being programmed. Belgium joined the list of donors by providing full funding for one post in Jamaica.
analysis: The text discusses the deployment of volunteers in various fields, including civil engineering, surveying, refugee assistance, and agricultural development. It also mentions funding from various governments and organizations. The focus is on providing humanitarian aid and technical assistance to developing countries and refugee communities.