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welcomed closer cooperation with UNDP and other UN organisations and noted the need to integrate refugees in international development plans. Sweden offered 1250 resettlement places per year which included 50 places for disabled refugees. In addition they also received asylum seekers - 6,600 arrived in the first 6 months of 1986 and over the last 3 years 30,000 had found asylum in Sweden. Sweden aimed to integrate asylum seekers as soon as possible and hoped to be able to deal with new flows. However there was a problem with the growing number of asylum seekers arriving without basic documentation. Sweden endorsed the calls from Australia and Canada for more analytical reporting on the implementation of UNHCR programmes.
21. The Netherlands agreed with most of the Deputy High Commissioner's comments and the contents of document 677 part 1. They welcomed the greater proportion of funds now being devoted to voluntary repatriation and local integration. They welcomed the establishment of an evaluation committee and hoped that this would lead to improvements in planning and future implementation of programmes. They also associated themselves with the comments of Australia, Canada and Sweden on the need for more analytical reporting. The Netherland welcomed the reorganisation of UNHCR and hoped particularly to more efficient implementation of programmes. However the responsibility for programmes was not only that of UNHCR. Governments and other intergovernmental NGOS involved in implementation also had a responsibility. There should also therefore be a consultative committee comprising all these elements to advise UNHCR on programme implementation. The Netherlands said that particular attention should be paid to the problems of women refugees. They also said that local integration need not always be rural integration. The refugees themselves should be consulted and consideration should be given to urban integration. The Netherlands welcomed the success of UNHCR/World Bank income generating project in Pakistan and looked for the same in Sudan and Somalia. They encouraged UNHCR to continue to consider funding by other UN agencies for refugee programmes. *therefore welcomed the cooperation with UNDP and World Bank.
22. Japan welcomed voluntary repatriation programmes but said that local integration should come into play when voluntary repatriation was not possible. They recognised the heavy burden placed upon countries of first asylum and particularly commended Africa for its generous response. Self-sufficiency programmes were especially important in countries of first asylum. Resettlement remained a major element in durable - solutions. Over 4,500 refugees had been settled in Japan. However it was becoming more difficult to resettle at the same rate and so it became imperative to pursue other solutions. Japan welcomed the decline in the percentage of UNHCR budget spent on care and maintenance and the increase in the percentage spent on durable solutions. Japan also welcomed the results of ICARA II but warned that UNHCR should not become a development
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