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136. Follow-up work could include monitoring of developments in
order to report them to the Secretary-General and informal
reporting to governments on the progress of the international
effort. In the longer term, work could be carried out on
seeking to promote regional reflexes to crisis situations,
for example through encouraging the creation and/or development of regional human rights mechanisms, in co-operation with the
Commission on Human Rights, and through promoting an active
interest in the New International Humanitarian Order.
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137. Measures to be undertaken should be speedy.
success would be largely dependent on an informed appreciation of each complex situation and its respective origins, based on ongoing research and analysis. Only an impartial monitoring
of situations could lead to a more balanced assessment of
circumstances lying at the root of potential exodus and con- tribute thereby to a more adapted response from humanitarian
agencies.
138. Few events go unnoticed in the world today, and the media has been remarkably effective in bringing violations of human
rights to the attention of the public. Yet these and other "push factors" are rarely cause for sufficiently active concern until refugees are on the move. Those who could not leave may pay an even higher price for the apparent indifference of their
fellow men.
139. Such an approach as has been outlined is no panacea. It may not always circumscribe exodus but could lead in certain
cases to containing or diminishing movement.
140. The fact that an undertaking is difficult does not mean that it should not be attempted, Governments will inevitably
expect that something should be done on this account if there is to be any confidence that the necessary level of humani- tarian response to need and distress will be attained.