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Noting with satisfaction the practical results achieved as a consequence of the Meeting on Re- fugees and Displaced Persons in South East Asia, convened by the Secretary-General and held in Geneva on 20 and 21 July 1979,

1. Commends the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and his staff for the efficient manner in which they continue to discharge their many re- sponsibilities in assisting refugees and displaced

persons;

2. Requests the High Commissioner to continue to promote, in close co-operation with Governments, the United Nations system and non-governmental organiza- tions, durable and speedy solutions to refugee pro- blems wherever they occur, and in particular in Africa, Asia, and Latin America;

3. Úrges Governments to intensify their support for the humanitarian activities of the High Commissioner by:.

(a) facilitating the accomplishment of his tasks in the field of international protection, in particular by granting asylum.to those seeking refuge and by scrupulously observing the prin- ciple of non-refoulement;

(b)

considering accession to relevant international instruments notably the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees;

(c), facilitating his efforts to promote durable so- lutions through voluntary repatriation and

assistance in rehabilitation of returnees, inte- gration in countries of asylum or resettlement in other countries;

4. Further urges Governments to:

(a)

(b)

strengthen their support to the High Commissioner' efforts on behalf of refugees and displaced person

provide increased opportunities for durable solu- tions for refugees and displaced persons in par- ticular of those who are in Africa, Asia and Latin America;