The
implementation
challenging
of the
screening procedure has been a
experience to both the officials of the Royal Thes
Government and of UNHCR. We are appreciative of the cooperation
extended to UNHCR and its staff in the provinces and reaffirm our
support for the continuation of the screening process. Properly
screening is indeed the most humanitarian approach
conducted
assuring
acceptance
at
one-year
With of genuine asylum-seekers.
experience
hand, it will be appropriate to review current
procedures and operating criteria with a view to maintaining
respective concerns and striving Dur
dialogue
on
improvements.
the
for
further
A macter
of
great concern to
remains the issue of the return of
the
Royal
Tnai
Government and UNHCR however,
the rejected caseload which is still unresolved.
Mr Chairman,
here
let me take this opportunity also to express
UNHCR's appreciation: to the Royal Thai Government for its efforts
in combatiing piracy as it affects Vietnamese boat people.
Last
month.
Communications of
the Prime Minister approved the extension into the
year of the Anti-Piracy Arrangement in which the Royal Thai Navy,
the Royal Thai Police Department and the Harbour Department
the Ministry
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join
together under
the
coordination of the National Security Council.
UNHCR
provides
the
link
again with the donor community which has
endorsed
A
budget for a total amount of US$2,572,000.
The past year has seen further important improvements
in the
coordination of
Operational
tasks,
On Emphasis
training
personnel
determined efforts to investigate and
and
prosecute
reported
acts
of piracy.
We can look back on
many
instances