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to comment. I would however point out that some 19,000
Vietnamese have been resettled in this country since
1979. We also have a continuing international commitment
to accept family reunion and ship rescue cases: last
year we took 752 and 80 in these categories respectively
(in most cases of course these were not from Hong Kong).
support for
On the question of United States trade sanctions against
Nicaragua, when this matter was brought before the UN
Security Council, an amended version of the Nicaraguan
resolution was adopted unanimously. The amended resolution
reaffirmed/the Contadora group of countries' efforts
to bring about peace in Central America. We strongly
support these efforts.
The US had requested a vote on the Nicaraguan
resolution by paragraphs. Britain abstained on certain
paragraphs which we considered too widely drawn.
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