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UNITED NATIONS SPEDIAL MEETING ON INDO-CHINA REFUGEES, GENEVA,
20-21 JULY 1979
CONSULTATIVE PAPER NO. 2
THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA AND RELATED MATTERS
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1. The Consultative Paper was drafted by the UK and may be used
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2. The points below should be borne in mind as necessary.
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3.
The losses associated with rescuing refugees can be very
substantial and it might on balance suit our national interests
to propose or support ideas for an international fund to provide
compensation. Apart from the obvious problem of funding (and
give to
finding the UK contribution), however, such ideas would/raise/the
only
Scale response that the major losses are incurred/when the Flag is slow
to provide any guarantees that may be required to ensure
disembarcation at the first port of call. In any case, if the
measures proposed in Part III of the Păpos are accepted, the
problem of loss should become much less acute.
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