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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1990
JOINT STATEMENT FOLLOWING HANOI TALKS
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE JOINT STATEMENT AND TWO AIDE MEMOIRES ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG, THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES FOLLOWING THEIR TALKS IN HANOI FROM SEPTEMBER 19 TO 21, 1990:
JOINT STATEMENT
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DELEGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG AND THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES HELD TALKS IN
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21 SEPTEMBER 1990 ON THE PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION (CPA) AS A FURTHER STEP IN THE CONTINUING DIALOGUE TO ACHIEVE MULTILATERAL CONSENSUS WITHIN THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
(ICIR).
THEY REAFFIRMED THAT THEIR OBJECTIVE REMAINS A COMPREHENSIVE AND DURABLE SOLUTION TO THE WHOLE COMPLEX OF PROBLEMS POSED BY THE EXODUS OF VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS. ALL PARTIES WELCOMED AND RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND OTHER DONORS TO THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND DURABLE SOLUTION.
THEY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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(B)
PRIORITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN TO THE RETURN OF VOLUNTEERS TO WHICH END A NUMBER OF DETAILED CHANGES TO EXISTING PROCEDURES WERE EXAMINED AND ADOPTED. THE AIM IS THE EARLY ACHIEVEMENT OF THE RATE OF RETURN OF 1,000 PER MONTH FROM HONG KONG AGREED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM IN FEBRUARY 1990.
AS THE NEXT STEP TOWARDS THE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION, THEY AGREED THE MODALITIES OF REPATRIATING THOSE WHO, WHILE NOT VOLUNTEERING TO RETURN, ARE NEVERTHELESS NOT OPPOSED TO GOING BACK, WITH UNHCR PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH ITS HUMANITARIAN MANDATE.
FINALLY, THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG DECIDED THAT, IF THE MEASURES AGREED DURING THEIR HANOI TALKS FAIL TO ESTABLISH AN ACCELERATED FLOW OF RETURNS, THEY WILL CONDUCT AN URGENT REVIEW IN ORDER TO ENSure, THROUGH FURTHER MEASURES, THAT PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS MAINTAINED.
/AIDE MEMORIE