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UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EASTERN SOUTH ASIA
KUALA LUMPUR
HEETING on 20-21 SEPTEMBER 1978
STATEMENT BY THE MICH COMMISSIONER
C
SEAD and
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Excellencies, Distinguished Representatives
1.
Your
I am most grateful to you for being here today. You
represent 21 Governments each of you share our precccupations
concerning the Indochinese refugees and displaced persons.
presence symbolises, as does mine, the concern of the international
community to find humane and durable solutions for the problems
that are being faced.
2.
in
I view this meeting as most timely: first, it gives me
opportunity to share certain perceptions with you, drawn from my
own mission to this area; and second, it emphasises the value I
attach to continuing consultations with you - for, in this task,
we are partners. I am convinced that our efforts to find solutions
must be closely and continually coordinated, in order to have
coherence and real impact on a situation that develops from month
to month. It is essential that we think and plan in advance
order to stay ahead of the demands of a highly complex and inter-
related situation. I should, therefore, like to re-emphasise that
this meeting should be viewed as part of a continuing process of
high-level consultation between UNHCR and Governments. Because I
believe this process should continue, my office intends to take the
initiative to convene similar consultative mectings in Geneva, as
and when the need arises. Additionally, as many of you are aware,
we shall have the opportunity to review our concerns when my
Executive Committee meets in Geneva early next month.
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