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STATEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COORDINATOR

FOR REFUGEE AFFAIRS

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE DICK CLARK.

TO THE

43RD (SPECIAL) SESSION

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COUNCIL OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR

EUROPEAN MIGRATION,

GENEVA, MAY 21, 1979

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SUBJECT: Indochinese Refugees

MR. CARLIN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, OBServer's

AND GUESTS:

per D. howella J. Inorell

IT IS, I BELIEVE, ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE THAT DURING

THIS MEETING OF THE COUNCIL A SPECIAL SESSION IS BEING

DEVOTED TO THE LARGE AND GROWING PROBLEM OF REFUGEES

FROM THE COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA.

IN AN EARLIER PHASE OF THE TRAGEDY THAT HAS WRACKED

INDOCHINA, ICEM TOOK NOTE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE

REFUGEE SITUATION, AND CALLED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

TO CONTRIBUTE TO ITS ALLEVIATION BY PROVIDING FIRST

ASYLUM AND RESETTLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THAT APPEAL,

AND OTHERS FROM INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES,

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