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STATEMENT OF AMBASSADOR DICK CLARK TO UNHCR SESSION
OCTOBER 11
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The United States Delegation appreciates the opportunity
to address this session once again. As I mentioned here on
Tuesday, we are deeply concerned about refugees wherever
they may be, and we feel a strong commitment to participating
in multilateral refugee assistance across the globe. We
recognize particularly the great magnitude of refugee problems
Today, however, the refugee situation in Southeast
Asia has a special urgency that no one can ignore, and it is
on that area that I wish to concentrate my remarks. The
suffering of these Indochinese refugees, and the inability
of most of them to return home or to resettle in neighboring
countries, require the renewed commitment of the rest of the
world to provide assistance and resettlement opportunities.
We are here to renew our commitment and to find new ways to
resolve this tragic situation.
Developments in the refugee crisis in Southeast Asia in
the last year have surpassed our worst expectations and have
severely tested the resources of the international community.
Yet I believe that we have managed remarkably well to meet
this new challenge, thanks in good measure to the High
Commissioner's offices in coordinating contributions and
programs of member countries. I wish to commend warmly the
devoted work of the voluntary agencies in assistance and
resettlement, and ICEM, which has helped enormously to achieve
the recent high departure rates.
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