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FM UKMIS GENEVA 161722Z OCT 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 486 OF 16/10/79
INFO HONG KONG
INFO SAVING UKMIS NEW YORK, BANGKOK, HANOI
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18 OCT 1979
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UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: SOUTH EAST ASIA
see
1791A
1. THE 30 TH SESSION OF THE UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ENDED TODAY AND ADOPTED CERTAIN DECISIONS (FULL TEXT BY BAG). THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES ARE OF INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF SOUTH EAST ASIA.
''(A) EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT THE ROOT CAUSES OF THESE SITUATIONS WHICH FALL OUTSIDE THE COMPETENCE OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIO -MNER FOR REFUGEES MAY BE TAKEN UP AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY BY BY THE APPROPRIATE INTERNATIONAL FORA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 34 TH SESSION O OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (N.B. THIS REFERS TO THE WORLDWIDE REFUGEE PROBLEM).
(B) EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN AT THE LIKELIHOOD OF A RENEWED MASS EXODUS OF PERSONS FLEEING FROM KAMPUCHEA AND URGED THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO RESPOND GENEROUSLY AND SPEEDILY TO REQUEST FOR
ASSISTANCE MADE BY THE ICRC, UNICEF AND THE GOVERNMENT OF
THAILAND.
(c) GREATLY APPRECIATED THE PRACTICAL RESULTS ACHIEVED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE MEETING ON REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN
SOUTH EAST ASIA CONVENED IN GENEVA ON 20 AND 21 JULY BY THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
(D) URGENTLY APPEALED TO GOVERNMENTS TO GRANT AT LEAST TEMPORARY ASYLUM TO THOSE SEEKING REFUGE PENDING ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS BEING
FOUND FOR THEM.
(E) WELCOMED THE INCREASED NUMBERS OF RESETTLEMENT PLACES AND THE ACCERLERATED PACE OF THE MOVEMENT TO COUNTRIES OF PERMANENT
RESETTLEMENT.
//FINCTED