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Draft Resolution on Item 83: (Report of the Secretary-General on the
Geneva Meeting).
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The General Assembly
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the Meeting on Refugees and Displaced Persons in Southeast Asia, held in Geneva, on 20-21 July 1979, under his chairmanship, and having heard his statement,
Taking note of the progress mentioned in the Secretary- General's report, indicating a decrease in the number of boat cases arriving in other Southeast Asian countries since August
1979,
Expressing its deep concern with the serious plight of the refugees and displaced persons, both land and boat cases, in Southeast Asia, and the severe burden that the problem causes for many countries, particularly the other developing countries of Southeast Asia,
Noting that further action is required to deal adequately with the land cases, whose number remain, substantially higher
than the boat cases,
Gravely concerned with the current exodus of over 200,000 Kampucheans and the worsening condition of hunger, malnutrition and disease facing them, and their urgent need of prompt and effective international assistance,
Noting the results of the Pledging Conference for
Emergency Humanitarian Relief to the People of Kampuchea, held at the United Nations Headquarters, on 5 November 1979, under the