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ICRC BULLETIN
No. 42 4 JULY 1979
CONTENTS
REFUGEES IN SOUTH- EAST ASIA: RED CROSS ANXIOUS TO HELP
CHINA - VIET NAM: END OF REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS
AFRICA: 35 MILLION FOR 12 COUNTRIES
NICARAGUA: AIR-LIFT RELIEF AND APPEAL TO THE PARTIES
REPATRIATIONS BET- WEEN BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN
ELEVENTH INTER- AMERICAN CONFERENCE AT RIO
EIGHTH FILM FESTIVAL
PRESIDENT ON MISSION
RCBS JULY
THE PRETEXT OF IGNORANCE
In June, the International Committee of the Red Cross made an earnest appeal to the community of States to make them fully aware of the extent of the tragedy affecting hundreds of thousands of refugees in South-East Asia.
The aid given by the humanitarian organizations, including the Red Cross and the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, is ridiculously inadequate and can treat only the effects of the crisis. This assistance is not even enough to appease human
conscience.
The State must, without delay, find political solutions for the causes of the disaster. In addition, a plan of aid and develp- ment for the refugees and also for the native populations of the preliminary reception countries must be launched, and the definitive re-settlement of the refugees must be speeded up. The Red Cross believes that considerable aid should also be given to the refugees' countries of origin.
Not since the end of the Second World War has public opinion been so aroused by the tragic fate of hundreds of thousands of human beings. But today, unlike in the past, and irrespective of the outcome of the situation and the judgement made by history, no-one can claim he simply did not know.
Meanwhile, the days go by and the death toll increases; the international community is still at the discussion stage and, despite their valiant efforts, the humanitarian organizations can achieve next to nothing.
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