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UNITED NATIONS BORDER RELIEF OPERATION

1986 CCSDPT ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ON INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS

Statement by Mr. Y.Y. Kim,

Director, United Nations Border Relief Operation and WFP Representative in Thailand

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen :

I am honoured to have the opportunity to address you on the

occasion of the 1986 CCSDPT Annual Conference on Indochinese Displaced

Persons in Thailand. This is the first time I have participated in one

of these Conferences and I look forward to a fruitful exchange of ideas

and information.

The past year since the last CCSDPT Conference has been one

of relative peace and stability along the border With the Khmer

displaced persons' border encampments now being located inside

Thailand, and with a generally more stable security situation

prevailing during the past year, it has been possible for UNBRO and the

cooperating voluntary agencies to improve border programmes in the

fields of medical care,

environmental health and hygiene and

supplementary feeding. This stability has also enabled UNBRO and

the

Khmer administration to improve the quality of primary level education

and adult literacy, as well as other aspects of camp life.

some

UNBRO is now providing basic humanitarian assistance to some

240,000 displaced Khmer persons. Of this border population,

143,000 are concentrated at the Site II encampment north of Ta Phraya,

representing almost 60 percent of the total.

There has been a certain consolidation of border encampments

during the past year, culminating in the recent transfer of the Nam Yun