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(a) Cyprus

The only other political question, which was raised by Greece,

was that of the displaced persons in Cyprus which resulted in the

traditional tripartitie exchange between Greece, Cyprus and

Turkey.

This wearisome ritual was brought to an end only when

the representatives concerned eventually heeded the repeated

appeals and warnings of the Chairman to refrain from further

provocation.

(e) Lebanon

He had

The representative of Lebanon described the situation in his

country and made an appeal for more UNHCR assistance.

taken care beforehand to lobby delegations to speak in support

and fourteen delegations did so. The Director of Assistance

responded by announcing an emergency allocation of $100,000.

(f) General

Canada proposed that the High Commissioner hold regular informal

consultations with members on all aspects of UNHCR's work. They

did not press this further and indeed despite suggestions before

the Session that the Canadians were going to play an active role

they took rather a back seat. Possibly they were inhibited by

having the chair. During the paragraph-by-paragraph analysis of

the Assistance Report (doc A/AC.96/553) Mr Gould made an inter-

vention (Annex C) welcoming the new section dealing with the UK,

but explained that part of it was misleading.

Finance

(Items 5 and 7)

9. As most new contributions had been announced during the

General Debate and as the financial implications of the Assistance

Report had been dealt with under that item the discussion of

this item was brief. The Director of External Affairs (Volfing)

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