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that those awaiting resettlement should - öskuut not be molested, robbed or maltreated a 4 in any way,

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(c) According to a statement by Ghazali Shafie, Malaysian Minister for Home Affairs

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plan for the solution of: the refugee problem. It calls for the establishment of refugee processing centres, funded or administered by the UN, in the USA, China, the USSR, Canada and Australia "where there is ample space", Failing this, Malaysia will propose to Indonesia that they should jointly create a centre or centres and if subsequently the progress of resettlement of the refugees in third countries appeared to be unsatisfactory then Malaysia and Indonesia. would decide to resort to whatever measures were necessary to rid these centres of illegal immigrants. Malaysia would. urge the international community to seek a solution "at the source" The UNHCR should endeavour to broaden the scope

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of the 7-point agreement it had already reached with' Vietnam a channel for the departure of refugees, UNHCR processing camps should be established in Vietnam. "Transit countries" would have the right to return refugees whose departure was unauthorised.. Japan and other donor, countries should "provide a programme of action and a special fund for countries willing to resettle the refugees but unable to do so for lack of financial and material resources",

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(d)-Indonesia will pursue her offer to establish island processing centres, managed by the UNHCR which, together with such donor countries as Japan, the USA and South Korea, would bear the costs. Foreign Minister Mochtar has said that he would be "quite ready", to talk to Japan about suspending aid to Vietnam, if the anews #1 Put

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Vietnam to settle the problem negotiation and wishes to keep open the channel of communication with Hanoi.

(e) The Philippines, although gravely worried by the current crisis, does not want to provoke Vietnam; pretèrtika

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