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PAD TAKEN 61,000 REFUGEES SINCE 1975. IT HAD NOW DECIDED TO ABANDON MONTHLY QUOTAS AND INSTEAD USE ALL AVAILABLE POSSIBILITIES TO RECEIVE REFUGEES HENCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FURTHER 5,983 PLACES ON 26 JUNE. HE CONCLUDED BY EXPRESSING CONCERN AT THE SITUATION IN CAMBODIA WHERE THE ICRC SHOULD BE
ABLE TO HELP.
7.
ROMULO (PHILIPPINES) FOLLOWED THE MALAYSIAN LINE RECALLING THE BALI COMMUNIQUE. THE FLOW CREATED DANGEROUS INTERNAL TENSIONS IN COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM: WHEN THEIR RESOURCES WERE STRAINED TO THE LIMIT HUMANITARIAN CONSIDERATIONS, LIKE CHARITY, WOULD BEGIN AT HOME. HE SOUGHT INCREASED VOLUME AND SPEED OF RESETTLEMENT, INCREASED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNHCR, MORE PROCESSING CENTRES (WITHOUT MENTIONING LOCATIONS), TINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE
PARITY OF TREATMENT FOR BOAT AND LAND REFUGEES AND COOPERATION FROM
VIETNAM IN REGULATING THE FLOW AND ESTABLISHING PROCESSING CENTRES. HE ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT MARCOS PAD AUTHORISED HIM TO ANNOUNCE AN INCREASE IN THE CAPICITY OF THE TARA FROM
7,000 TO 12,233, AND TO OFFER A SECOND PROCESSING CENTRE FOR
UP TO 50,000 REFUGEES.
10. FORLANI (ITALY) HADE A LON-KEY SPEECH WITHOUT DIRECT OR INDIRECT CRITICISM OF VIETNAM RECALLING ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO EAST EUROPEAN, LATIN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN REFUGEES, A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION OF US DOLLARS 736,050 TO THE UNHOR ALMOST DOUBLING THE PREVIOUS COMMITMENT AND A FURTHER US DOLLARS 117,322 THROUGH THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIO- NAL YEAR OF THE CHILD. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE CONTRIBUTION OF
A MEDICAL TEAM TO WORK IN SOUTH-EAST ASIAN REFUGEE CAMPS AND
REFERRED TO THE ITALIAN NAVAL EXPEDITION TO RESCUE BOAT PEOPLE AT
SEA, COSTING APPROXIMATELY US DOLLARS 2 MILLION. HE EXPECTED
ITALY'S FIRST UOTA OF 1,930 REFUGEES TO BE FILLED BY AUGUST.
11. RAJARATNAM (SINGAPORE) RECALLED THE ASEAN BALI COMMUNIQUE AND
RECORDED THE INABILITY TO DISCUSS POLITICAL ISSUES. THE CONFERENCE
WOULD BE LIKE HAMLET WITHOUT THE GHOST. FE CALLED ON VIETNAM TJ ESTABLISH PROCESSING CENTRES WITHIN VIETNAM, AND TO STOP THE FLOW OF REFUGEES UNTIL THE CAMPS COULD BE CLEARED. HE HAD LEARNED IN RECENT DAYS THAT THE FLOW OF BOAT REFUGEES ARRIVING IN
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/ HCIB KONG