1986 CCSDPT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ON INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS IN THAILAND
Statement by Mr Gerald E. Walzer UNHCR Representative in Thailand
Mr
Chairman,
Gentlemen,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and
It is an honour for me to address once again, on behalf of UNHCR,
This worthwhile forum provides us
the Annual CCSDPT Conference.
with the
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opportunity to review developments during the past
months, not so much for the sake of an exercise in record writing
but for a solutions-oriented exchange
and mutual congratulation,
of
observations and ideas
international,
governmental
share
US representing
im
among all of
and non-governmental agencies.
history 2
years and this of good cooperation over the
precedent affords us 2 sense of confidence that steady
can be maintained in dealing with the challenges ahead.
progress
review
in
Last
year's
ten
years
of
to annual conference presented the occasion
Thailand refugee work in South East Asia and
particular. We all looked back over a decade of human tragedies
and sufferings for hundreds of thousands Indochinese refugees and
and felt a
as sense of achievement
the vast
displaced
majority
meaningful life.
persons
of
Indochinese
a them have been helped to live again
But We also had to sadly
refugees keep
useful and
recognise
that
on arriving in
countries of first
asylum and that despite concerted efforts, durable solutions
continue to escape us for many who have spent long years in
camps.
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