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ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRAMME FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA'R' OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR)
(PRESS RELEASE
APRIL 27)
(1) THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN MADE ON APRIL 27 A CONTRI- BUTION OF 11,500,000 DOLLARS TO THE UNHCR'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA.
(2) THE OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES FROM THE COUNTRIES IN INDO- CHINA HAS BEEN SHARPLY INCREASING SINCE SPRING LAST YEAR, AND HAS NOW BECOME AND EXTREMELY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE ASEAN COUNTRIES. IT HAS ALSO AROUSED CONSIDERABLE INTERNATIONAL CONCERN, AND THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES HAS BEEN APPEALING FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION THROUGH CONSUL- TATIONS AMONG COUNTRIES CONCERNED.
FOR JAPAN, SEEKING AS IT DOES THE PEACE AND STABILITY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, IT IS NECESSARY TO COOPERATE ACTIVELY IN FINDING A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEN. PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF ITS RELATIONS WITH THE ASEAN COUNTRIES AND ALSO FROM A HUMANITARIAN VIEWPOINT, THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING REACHED AT THE CABINET MEETING ON APRIL 3, 1979 TOOK MEASURES SO AS TO REALIZE THE SMOOTH ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO RESETTLE IN JAPAN. B SIDES, IT CONTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 10,230,000 DOLLARS LAST FISCAL YEAR. IN VIEW OF THE SITUATION MENTIONED IN (2), THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION.
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