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FM UKREP BRUSSELS 241836Z JUL 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCQ
TELEGRAM NUMBER 4098 OF 24 JULY
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INFO IMMEDIATE ODM (FOR BUIST, ASHTON, VEREKER) FRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) 24 JULY 1979
SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEES
FOLLOW UP TO THE GENEVA CONFERENCE
SUMMARY.
1. CONFIRMATION OF THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS MADE IN GENEVA. THE COMMUNITY WILL PROVIDE 20,000 TONNES OF RICE, 1,500 TONNES OF DRIED SKIMMED MILK AND 10 MILLION EUA CASH TO THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEES IN TRANSIT. A RESERVE OF 4 MEUA WILL BE CREATED FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN CAMBODIA WHICH WILL NOT BE USED UNTIL THE COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED SPECIFIC COMMIS- SION PROPOSALS. DISAGREEMENT REMAINS ON HOW TO PAY FOR THE RICE. COREPER WILL TRY TO SETTLE THAT ON 25 JULY. IF IT CANNOT, THE COMMISSION WILL SUPPLY UNHCR WITH THE RICE IT NEEDS WITHOUT A DECISION ON IMPUTATION WHICH WILL THEN HAVE TO BE TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER.
DETAIL.
2. CHEYSSON (COMMISSION) SAID THE COMMUNITY HAD AGRWYS IN GENEVA AND HE HAD BEEN AUTHORISED TO ANNOUNCE IN ITS NAME SUPPORT FOR UNHCR IN ORGANISING ORDERLY DEPARTURE, CONTINUED PROVISION OF HALF UNHCR'S NEEDS IN FOOD AID FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEES IN TRANSIT UP TO FEBRUARY 1930, SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FOR UNHCR, THE POSSIBILITY OF LATER AID FOR COUNTRIES WHICH AGREED TO TAKE REFUGEES AND SOME HELP IN CAMBODIA. IMMEDIATE
DECISIONS WERE NEEDED ONLY ON THE TRANSIT OPERATIONS AND FOR CAMBODIA. HE LISTED THE REQUESTS IN PARAGRAPH 14 OF THE COMMISSION PROPOSAL, COM(79) 448 OF 24 JULY.
3. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S AGREEMENT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE
BUDGETARY CHANGES PROPOSED. HE WOULD ASK THE PRESIDENT OF THE
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