MY LORDS, IN CONCLUSION I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR LORDSHIPS
ATTENTION TO WHAT I BELIEVE ARE THREE KEY POINTS UNDERLYING
WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AFTERNOON.
FIRST, I HOPE WE WILL NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT SO OFTEN THERE
ARE POLITICAL PROBLEMS WHICH LIE AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER
WHERE MILLIONS ARE COMPELLED TO GIVE UP THEIR HOMES, THEIR LAND
AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD FOR THE SQUALOR AND HOPELESSNESS OF SO
MANY OF THE WORLDS' REFUGEE CAMPS.
LONG TERM POLITICAL SOLUTIONS.
POLITICAL PROBLEMS CALL FOR
WE HAVE TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS
WHERE REFUGEES CAN RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF THEIR
OWN FREE WILL
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SECONDLY THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY OF MASSIVE -DIMENSION; BY ITS
VERY NATURE IT REQURIES INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS. OUR BEST HOPE
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LIES IN WORKING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THROUGH THE
INTERNATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, FOR REAL AND LASTING SOLUTIONS-
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FINALLY, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PRESSURE, AS WE HAVE SEEN TONIGHT,
FOR US AS INDIVIDUALS, OR AS MEMBERS OF ORGANISATIONS, OR AS
GOVERNMENTS TO DO MORE. IT IS RIGHT THAT THIS SHOULD BE SO.
THE PLIGHT OF THE WORLD'S REFUGEES TOUCHES US AT EVERY LEVEL.
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AS I HAVE MADE CLEAR TODAY THIS GOVERNMENT WILL RESPOND AS
GENEROUSLY AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR
REFUGEE RELIEF OVERSEAS BOTH FOR EMERGENCY AND FOR LONG-TERM,
LASTING SOLUTIONS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OUR AID BUDGET.
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