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UK (VOLUNTARY) CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR'S 1980 GENERAL PROGRAMME

BUDGET

POINTS TO MAKE

1. We still hope to make a firm pledge at the UN General Assembly's Pledging Conference on 16 November. If delay

is unavoidable, we shall make known our intentions as soon

as possible after the Conference.

We will be as generous as our financial circumstances

allow.

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3.

If pressed: The shape of the Aid Programme, from which UK provides humanitarian assistance as well as development

ald, is under review. Great care is being taken over the

apportionment of limited resources, Hurry might disadvantage

worthy causes.

4.

Mr de Haan might be asked:

i) if trend toward earmarking of pledges for

specific general programme activities,

eg Indo-China related, is creating problems; and

ii) if the Japanese undertaking to fund half the cost of the 1979 Indo-China refugee programme will allow any considerable balance of resources to be carried forward to meet 1980 requirement.

CONFIDENTIAL