UNITED KINGDOM MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
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THIRD COMMITTEE: ITEM 83;
REFUGEES
SPEECH BY THE UNITED KINGDOM PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE, SIR ANTHONY PARSONS, KCMG, MVO;
13 NOVEMBER 1979
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INTRODUCTION
It is a pleasure to join with other delegations in welcoming
the High Commissioner, Mr Hartling, to the Third Committee. We
warmly appreciate the work of the High Commissioner and his dedicated
staff throughout the world. Their job is harrowing, in many cases
heart-breaking, but it is also immensely rewarding.
We are grateful to the High Commissioner for the introduction
of his annual report. We are also grateful to the Secretary-
General for personally introducing his report on the Geneva
Conference on Refugees in South East Asia and its follow-up.
Mr Chairman, we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that in the
majority of cases, it is the actions of governments which create
refugees. Apart from wars, it is in many instances the denial of
basic human rights enshrined in the Charter and in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights which cause mass exoduses of refugees
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