UNHCR CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH EAST ASIA: GENEVA, 11-12 DECEMBER 1978
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At the request of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High' Commissioner for Refugees (of which the UK is a member), Mr Poul Hartling, the High Commissioner for Refugees, invited interested governments to attend consultations in Geneva on 11-12 December to discuss the Indo-China refugee problem and
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The following governments were
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: Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Indonesia Iran Ireland
Israel
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany, Federal
Greece
Republic of
Holy See
Italy
Japan
Lebanon Liberia Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand Nigeria Norway
Republic of Korea Singapore
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of
America Venezuela Vietnam
The purpose of the consultations was two-fold:
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to seek additional resettlement places in Third countries for refugees and displaced persons on the widest possible basis;
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to seek additional financial assistance for the High Commissioner for Refugees' programme in South East
Asia.
The results were:
(1) the pledge of some 9,000 additional resettlement
places;
(2) the offer to the High Commissioner of an additional
US $12 million (the UK pledged US $1 million).
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