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This will allow the international community to review the situation
and in particular the way in which Vietnam has fulfilled its
undertaking to the Secretary-General in three or four months.
FAMINE IN CAMBODIA
11.
The
Many speakers at the conference referred to the urgent need of
getting large quantities of food aid into Cambodia to the people
who are suffering from the ravages of warfare and starvation.
Government will play a full part in exploring ways in which
be done.
RESCUE VESSELS
this can
12. The Secretary-General welcomed the humanitarian motives which
have encouraged various governments and voluntary organisations to
send or to plan to send vessels to the South China Sea to rescue
boat people whose vessels are in difficulty. If the Vietnamese keep
their undertaking such action should not be necessary at least for
the time being.
RATE OF RESETTLEMENT IN UK
13. I cannot say at this stage how rapidly the commitment is likely
to be taken up. The precise rate will be discussed with the
Governor of Hong Kong and will depend on the rate at which the
refugees can be assimilated.