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It falls also on potential host countries because these
responsibilities are hard to fulfill unless resettlement programmes
are adequate.
Mr Secretary-General, in common with most of those in this room,
I am acutely conscious of the expectations which this Conference
has aroused among the people of China, South-East Asia,
and Hong Kong; among the refugees; among the Governments which
now support them. We owe these people a clear signal that
relief is on the way.
without such a signal.
ENDS
I cannot believe that we shall disperse
* Many of the refugees could make a valuable contribution to
the prosperity