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14. At its 35th session the General Assembly adopted, without a vote, Resolution 35/196 of 15 December 1980 in which it expressed deep concern at the continued incidence of large- scale exoduses and displacements of populations and at the resulting hardships and problems of the persons and states concerned. At the same time, the General Assembly had been seized with the question of "international co-operation to avert new flows of refugees". Through an initiative taken by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Special Political Committee has discussed in detail ways and means to avert or contain mass exoduses involving refugees leading to the adoption of Resolution 35/124 of 11 December 1980. The Report submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph three of this resolution (A/36/582 and the addenda), containing obser- vations received from governments, have many elements directly relevant to the Study of the Special Rapporteur. The sub- sequent resolution adopted by the General Assembly at its last session (A/36/148) established a Group of Governmental Experts whose work will have direct relevance to various aspects of the phenomenon of mass exodus.
15. In carrying out his task, the Special Rapporteur has based his
findings essentially on actual situations from 1970 to 1980 in which
international assistance has been needed by tens or hundreds of thousands of people who left their countries for a variety of reasons.
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