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6. IN DECLOPER, IN GENEVA, THE MALAYSIAN AS MINISTER FIRST RAIS-D THE POSSIBILITY OF A P-CIALI OOK SING CENTER. SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSTO'S WITHIN ASEAN Vr GPS KC TH'S 22- POSAL CLOSE TO REALITY.
7. IN THE FANDIME, WE HAVE ALSO SOUG TO YÜR ASE THE CAPABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES TO CO TR BUG TO THE SO TH OF THIS FROBLEM. AS THE RATE OF HOW OF EFUIZES FROM VIR LAOS AND C.180DIA HAS INCREASED, O HAS THE LEVEL OF THE U STATES FRC NAM, S ́NCE (3) SULTATIONS IN GENEVA IN DE AR TIE U. S. PROGRAM HAS CICE AGAIN INCREASH) AND WE ARE NOW ALL HO CIZED TO DMT REFUGEES AT THE RATE OF 7,010 PER MONCH WER FREE TIMES THE RATE PREVAILING ARTOR TO TPS CENEVA CON- SULTA IONS. WE HAVE ALSO IMPROVED OUR PROCED RES SO THAT WE ARE A IUALLY A LE TO LOVE 8,000 REFUGEES OUT OF THE REGION TO THE UNITED STATES IN MARCH. NOVEMENT IN APRIL AND MAY WS EREN SOMEWHAT LESS DUE TO TEMPORARY FINDING DIFFICULT 7 S. THE CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO RESOLVE THIS QUICKLY AND WE VILL RESUME MOVING REFUGEES AT A RATE OVER 7,000 PER MONTH IN ORDER TO BRING THE OVERALL AVERAGE UP TO 1.003. OUR FY-130 PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO A FINAL PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW BUT HE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED A PLALHING ADD BLUCHITING LEVEL OF 1,200 PER MONTH THROUGHOUT FY-1980.
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8. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF OUR PROGRAM, OUR CRITERIA ARE FOR PRIORITY OF MOVEMENT AND THERE IS NO EFFCAT OR INTENT TO SELECT ONLY SPECIALLY DESIR LE R-FUGEES FOR THE US PROGRAM. WE EXPECT TO CON- TINUE TO WORK WITH THE UNHCR IN CONCERT WITH THE TER NATIONAL CO UNITY TO ATTEMPT TO ASSURE THAT AN EVENTUAL AT ISFACT OR Y LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THIS PRESSING PROBLEM IS REACHED.
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9. H 'EVER, LET US BE CE AR THAT IF THE VERY FOSITIVE PROPOSAL BY ASEAN STATES TO ESTABLISH A SERIES OF SEPCIAL PROCESSIN CENTERS IS TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF INDOCHIN-SE REFUGEES THERE MUST BE A COOPFATIVE, CONTROLLED APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM IN WHICH THE UT HOR IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HE THREE COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA PARTICIPATE TOGETHER WITH ASEAN, THE UNHCR AND OT HER MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. HE STATEMENT BY TAN SRI ZAKARIA ON GROWING NUMBERS OF REFUGEES MAKES THIS VERY CLEAR. THE DEDICATION OF THE ASEAN STATES TO JUMANITARIAN CONCERNS HAS LED THEM TO ACCEPT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PERSONS IN TEMPORARY ASYLUM AND TO PROPOSE A SPECIAL TROCESSING CENTER, DESPITE ADDED ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND EVEN SECURITY BURDENS ADDED TO THOSE THEY ALREADY FACE IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THEIR OWN PEOPLES. THE PROGRESS THEY HAVE MADE IN MEETING THE NEEDS AT HOME OF THEIR OWN PEOPLES-DESPITE THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES THEY FACE - IS IMPRESSIVE. THEIR WILLINGNESS, SHOWN BY THEIR ACTIONS AS WELL AS I HEIR WORDS IN HELPING MEET THE NEEDS OF OTHER PEOPLES IN THE REGIÓN IS ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE. HE HOPE THAT THE AUTHORITIES OF THE THREE STATES OF INDOCHINA WILL MANIFEST EQUAL CONCERN IN MEETING THE PROBLEMS AT HOME OF THEIR OWN PEOPLES, AS WELL AS IN A COORDINTED, CONTROLLED APPROACH TO THE REFUGEE PROBLEM AND THE SPECIAL PROCESSING CENTER AS PROPOSED BY ASEAM.
10. THE UNITED STATES CAN WORK EASILY WITH TH CONCEPT OF A SPECIAL PROCESSING CENTER AS OUTLINED IN FOREIGN MINISTER MOCHTAR'S STATEMENT AND IN THE ASEAN PAPERS. WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THE HOST COUNTRY WOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE ITS SOVEREIGNTY OVER SUCH AN AREA AND THAT IT WOULD MAINTAIN THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES ADMITTED TO THOSE FOR WHOM COMMITMENT FOR RESETTLEMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN. THE STATEMENT NOTES THAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER AND MODALITIES OF ADMISSION HAVE TO BE COORDIATED BY THE UNHCR WITH THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES,
11. IT WILL BE ENTIRELY POSSIBLE FOR THE UNITED STATES TOWORK WITH THE UNHCR TO INDICATE SPECIFIC LISTS OF REFUGEES ELISIBLE FOR THE UNITED STATES PROGRAM WHICH WOULD BE MOVED TO SUCH A CENTER. WE WOULD DO THIS WHILE,-
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