text: Co-ordinator and his staff undertook a number of missions to the region to accelerate the formulation of requests for the expeditious fielding of volunteers. 12. It should be noted that 60 per cent of the project was fully operational at the field level as at the time of the preparation of this report. It is expected that all the resources allocated to the project will have been fully committed before the end of the 12-month period envisaged. 13. The types of requests received are predominantly in the areas of co-ordination of emergency aid operations, food distribution, and vehicle, water pump and borehole maintenance. However, there is also a spectrum of other skills requested which, although bearing directly on the drought emergency, have a pronounced developmental character including those in the following fields~ health, nutrition, sanitation, public works, hydrology, agronomy and animal health. Thus the root causes as well as the emergency situation are being dealt with within the programme, on which a further update will be provided during the session. 14. The Administrator is confident that United Nations volunteers, as experienced professionals willing and able to function under difficult living and working conditions, constitute a most suitable manpower resource for emergency operations. In order to stretch the existing, limited resources, he therefore intends to draw increasingly on the UNV programme to participate in system-wide emergency operations, especially in the context of the ongoing African emergency, and recommends that all United Nations system organizations involved in such activities take advantage of the UNV programme’s capacity in this respect. I. THE UNV THRUST IN THE FIELD OF PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT 15. A significant development in 1984 was the marked evolution of UNV’s activities in participatory, grass roots development programmes. After careful study and consideration, the Administrator, in the following paragraphs, is submitting his views and specific proposals in this regard for
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the deployment of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) to respond to a drought emergency in a specific region. The activities mentioned include coordinating emergency aid operations, food distribution, and maintenance of infrastructure, which suggests a humanitarian response to a crisis. Additionally, the text mentions the need to address the root causes of the emergency, including health, nutrition, and sanitation, which implies a focus on human well-being. The text also touches on the idea of participatory development, which could be related to education, employment, or other social development areas.