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May I now turn to another serious subject matter which
the world refugee must be of concern to all of us situation. It is a gloomy picture we are faced with and
that this our public expects - and rightly so universal organization of the United Nations lives up to its responsibility as it is laid down in the Charter. In the Charter of the United Nations we have pledged ourselves to promote and encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and to let the World Organization be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common goals. It follows from this solemn undertaking that when human
rights violations force people to leave their country of origin and become refugees, all other countries must take steps to alleviate the sufferings of those people and thereby secure respect for their human rights.
My Government wishes during this Session of the General Assembly to share with all of you some concrete ideas we have developed with a view to establishing a mechanism whereby the international community basing itself on the principles of burden-sharing and solidarity could take a major step forward in solving the world refugee problem.
voluntary_ The key elements in that mechanism are: repatriation, regional integration, increased United Nations presence in different regions of the world, allocation of quotas based on a United Nations scheme.
We shall present our more detailed views when the relevant agenda item is to be discussed in the third committee.