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FM UKMIS GENEVA 351423Z DEC 78
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG WASHINGTON
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UKMIS NEW YORK VIENTIANE BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR
UNHCR CONSULTATIONS ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
1. FOLLOWING IS LATEST STATE OF PLAY. 28 COUNTRIES OF WHOM 19
WILL HAVE DELEGATIONS LED BY THEIR MISSIONS HAVE SO FAR ACCEPTED
INVITATIONS TO ATTEND. OTHER DELEGATIONS WILL BE LED AS FOLLOWS:-
AUSTRALIA: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION
CANADA: DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY, MEA
FRANCE: CHEF DU SERVICE DES CONVENTIONS ADMINISTRATIVES, QUAI
JAPAN: DIRECTOR GENERAL UN BUREAU, MEA
NEW ZEALAND: ASSISTANT SECRETARY, DEPT OF LABOUR
PHILIPPINES: DIRECTOR GENERAL, CONSULAR AFFAIRS, MEA
SWITZERLAND: DIRECTOR OF POLICE DIVISION, FEDERAL DEPT OF JUSTICE THAILAND: SECRETARY-GENERAL, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
US: UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, POLITICAL AFFAIRS
2. SIXTEEM COUNTRIES (BRAZIL, CHINA, COLOMBIA, FRE, GREECE, INDONESIA, ITALY, LEBANON, LIBERIA, MADAGASCAR, MALAYSIA, PANAMA, UGANDA, TANZANIA, VIETNAM AND YUGOSLAVIA) HAVE YET TO REPLY ALTHOUGH MALAYSIA HAVE INDICATED INFORMALLY TO UNHCR THAT THEIR DELEGATION
ILL BE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
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