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(iii) While greatly appreciating the offers of resettlement announced during the consultations, it was evident that a far wider range of countries must announce increased numbers of places for this purpose. further offers, which are most urgently required, must be announced in advance, be available on a regular basis, and above all, match the need. would permit the pooling of opportunitics and the allocation of resettlement numbers to areas of greatest need.
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Procedures must be further reviewed in order greatly to reduce the time between acceptance and departure; they must be humanitarian and flexible. The speed of movement must be greatly accelerated.
(v)
In the particular case of rescue at sea, the decision adopted by the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme at its twenty- ninth session must be scrupulously implemented if lives are not to be lost. The consultations took note of the appeals jointly made by the Secretary- General of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) and the High Commissioner to the States Members of IMCO and to the International Chamber of Shipping and welcomed the positive actions already taken by certain countries.
(vi)
Many statements, during the consultations underlined the need to promote other durable solutions in the region, including voluntary repatria- tion.
(vii) It was stressed that efforts must be intensified to promote self-sufficiency projects. Attention was drawn to the adverse social con- sequences of idleness and dependence on international relief.
(viii) It was also stressed that considerations relating to the stability of the region as a whole indicated a need for a continuing dialogue in the area on the humanitarian problems that were being faced. Multilateral and bilateral efforts directed towards the improvement of economic conditions in the Indo-China peninsula could help redress the devastation caused by war and successive natural calamities and influence the decisions both of those who might wish to repatriate voluntarily and of those who might otherwise consider leaving for economic reasons.
(ix)
The consultations felt that where persons left their countries in order to reunite with their families abroad, countries of origin and those where such reunion would take place should establish bilateral or multilateralą procedures if this has not been done. More regular and orderly procedures could advantageously be considered in order to facilitate humanitarian solutions.