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1. Commends the Secretary-General for his initiative in convening, and for his chairmanship of the Geneva Meeting and the Pledging Conference;

2. Commends also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and his Office as the competent organ in the United Nations system for their active role;

3. Further commends Governments, and international relief organizations, for their assistance and pledges to increase such assistance, in cash and kind, for the immediate relief of the refugees in South-East Asia;

4. Urges all Governments concerned to continue to co-operate with the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other United Nations agencies, in humanitarian activities, to solve this problem at source, while avoiding any action that may cause human suffering and while ensuring full respect for the right to leave one's country, family reunification, as well as safe and orderly departures; such humanitarian activities should only serve the needs of civilian refugees and displaced persons;

5. Further urges the resettlement countries, and other countries in a position to do so, to increase the number and speed of their intake of Indo-China refugees and displaced persons, with due priority given to those already in camps in South-East Asia, for resettlement in their countries;

6. Requests United Nations specialized agencies and bodies concerned to give priority to their participation in rendering assistance to alleviate, and to find durable solutions to the problem;

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Requests also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to report to the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly;

8. Further reanests the Secretary-General to continue to follow the situation closely, and to submit a report to the Member States if the situation so requires.

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