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Departments may be interested in the outcome of the UNHCR Excom meeting which set the future course of UNHCR's policies and programmes of assistance. I attach a copy of the UK delegation report. Further copies, for retention in departments, are available from UN Document Section (233 5428) who can also provide any of the reference documents mentioned in the report.
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For ease of reference, principal topics in the report are:
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees (para 14 and
Annex III)
(paras 21 and 25)
UK general statement (para 19 and Annex I) Military and armed attacks on refugee camps Rescue of asylum seekers in distress at sea (para 24) Refugee aid and development (paras 17, 26 and 27) Algeria/Morocco (para 20)
Somalia (para 31)
(viii) Hong Kong (para 32 and Annex V)
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Iran/Iraq (paara 33)
SE Asia coordinator (para 41)
I shall be interested in any comments departments may have on the report or on UNHCR policy in general and our attitude towards it.
The topics on which action in Geneva can be expected in the immediate future are the draft principles on military and armed attacks (left unresolved by Excom) and liaison between agencies on refugee relief aid and develoment assistance, particularly in preparation for the International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa (ICARA II) next July. Since the Excom meeting, UNHCR and the International Maritime Organisation have also had mixed fortunes in tabling two resolutions at the recent IMO assembly on anti-piracy measures (largely accepted) and the rescue of asylum seekers at sea (rejected in its present form). Some further action on the latter question can be expected.
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