STANDING CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES
Parnell House
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ASIA COMMITTEE
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MINUTES of the meeting held at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday 7. November 1976 the Library, 5th floor, Parnell House, 25 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1S
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CHAIRMAN:
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
PRESENT
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Rev. Graeme Jackson
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Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
OBSERVERS:
Ministry of Overseas Development
UK Representative of the UNHCR
UN Dept., Foreign & Commonwealth Office
INDIVIDUALS:
Lord Elton
Mr. Philip Goodhart MP
ORGANISATIONS:
British Council for Aid to Refugees
British Red Cross Society
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development
Cambodia for Christ
Friends Service Council
Gordon Barclay Vietnam Fund
Ockenden Venture
Project Vietnam Orphans
Tibet Society
Wings of Friendship
YMCA
Secretary
Asst. to Secretary
Mr. V.J. McGee
Mr. Jean Heidler
Mr. Patrick Morgan
Miss Jeanne
Townsend
Miss Susan Balfour Sister Kathleen Bagen Mr. Paul Penfold Miss Barbara Bowman Dr. Gordon Barclay
Miss Joyce Pearce
Rev. Patrick Ashe
Miss F. Blackett/Mr. Ugyan Norbu
Mrs. G. Eedle
Mr. S. Morrow
Miss N. Rice-Jones
Mrs. Eve Dony
Welcome to New Members: The Chairman welcomed Miss Jeanne Townsend representing BCAR which had recently joined the Asia Committee and Mr. Ugyan Norbu, Tibet Society Secretary, attending for the first time.
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Acologies for Absence: Mr. Michael Hawkes, (Christian Aid)
Minutes of the meeting held on 5 September 1978 which had been circulated, were confirmed and signed, with the following amendments:
a)
b)
Minute 3b) last line delete "from USA"
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Minute 4f) THAILAND 8th line should read: "the end of influx was in sight, for those for whom there were no longer possibilities"
c) Minute 5) 4th para, line 4 insert "inside or" between "settle them" and
"outside Vietnam"
d) Minute 5) 5th para should read: The Vietnamese Government was willing to
keep those who wished to stay in the country and to enable UNICR to process those who wished to leave for resettlement in other countries".
e) Minute 6) page 6 It was finally agreed: First 2 lines of the 4th para should
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