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BACKGROUND
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The UK Overseas Aid Programme, in common with other expenditure
No decision has been reached in what programmes, is under continuous review.
level of support the UK might give to UNHCR in 1987. It is not known when Ministers will make such a decision. Meanwhile we cannot prompt that decision and it is important not to give any commitment on the size and timing of possible 1987 UNHCR support. We will however continue to look sympathetically at special appeals within the resources available.
Disaster and Refugee Unit
Bilateral Co-ordination Department
September 1986
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