UNITED NATIONS BORDER RELIEF OPERATION
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population from Ubon Ratchathani Province to the Nong Chan section
of
The
Site II. Such integrations of encampment populations are not always
without difficulties and there may be periods of adaptation, as the
transferred populations get accustomed to their new environment.
consolidations should enable UNBRO and cooperating voluntary agencies
to improve the level of services to the displaced populations, however,
and thus be to their ultimate benefit.
UNBRO has been encouraged by steps taken during the past
year by the Royal Thai Government to enhance and maintain the civilian
nature of the border encampments assisted by UNBRO and believes that
the
Khmer leadership themselves understand the importance of this
matter for their own well-being and security.
UNBRO has been giving particular attention to improving in-
camp infrastructure such as the roads, and water supply systems. The
construction of a large water reservoir at Ban Rattana has been an
important step forward in our plans to ease the water supply problems
at Site II. It is hoped that the Ban Rattana dam will
will eventually
provide most of the basic water needs of Site II and help UNBRO to
reduce its present heavy water trucking costs.
UNBRO has delivered over 120 million litres of drinking water per month
to the central border encampments. In some of the encampments, for
example Greenhill Site B and Site 8, within-camp development of
ground water supplies is progressing satisfactorily.
utilised for
During recent months
Over fifty percent of WFP-UNBRO's 1986 annual budget of $ 36
million for the border Khmer and affected Thai villagers is being
oil and rice, fish, the provision of basic rations
pulses - over 90 percent of which is purchased locally in Thailand.
to basic rations, a further 18 percent of rice and fish
addition
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