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has resettled more than 80,000 of these unfortunate people, the highest.
per capita intake in the world.
Progress in these and other areas must hoever be balanced against
the fact that for the great majority of the world's refugees, no durable
solution has been achieved. In many cases, no solution at all is in sight.
There is much need for us, the members of the Executive Committee, to
acknowledge and recognise this fact and to consider practical measures
to ensure that durable solutions do not continue to elude the world's
refugees.
A prerequisite to durable solutions for refugees is accurate
information on the nature and dimensions of the problem. Here my
government is pleased to note the attention given to the question of durable
solutions in the Assistance Document, both in the general introductory
sections and in the geographical chapters. For the first time, the
individual country sections of the Assistance Document employ a system of
categorisation which allows one to determine readily the proportion of
UNHCR assistance activities devoted to achieving durable solutions. This
is a most welcome development.
Equally welcome would be publication by UNHCR of a separate
document, drawing on the detailed information in the Assistance Document,
and specifically addressing the question of durable solutions. This
paper should give a realistic, up to date picture of UNHCR's achievements
in fostering durable solutions identifying areas of concern and discussing
in a candid way what is needed to produce solutions.
As to the Indochinese situation, my Government is concerned at
the lack of progress in voluntary repatriation. The program of repatriation