TNAG-1529-FCO40-2093-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1986 — Page 133

UNITED NATIONS BORDER RELIEF OPERATION

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population from Ubon Ratchathani Province to the Nong Chan section

of

The

Site II. Such integrations of encampment populations are not always

without difficulties and there may be periods of adaptation, as the

transferred populations get accustomed to their new environment.

consolidations should enable UNBRO and cooperating voluntary agencies

to improve the level of services to the displaced populations, however,

and thus be to their ultimate benefit.

UNBRO has been encouraged by steps taken during the past

year by the Royal Thai Government to enhance and maintain the civilian

nature of the border encampments assisted by UNBRO and believes that

the

Khmer leadership themselves understand the importance of this

matter for their own well-being and security.

UNBRO has been giving particular attention to improving in-

camp infrastructure such as the roads, and water supply systems. The

construction of a large water reservoir at Ban Rattana has been an

important step forward in our plans to ease the water supply problems

at Site II. It is hoped that the Ban Rattana dam will

will eventually

provide most of the basic water needs of Site II and help UNBRO to

reduce its present heavy water trucking costs.

UNBRO has delivered over 120 million litres of drinking water per month

to the central border encampments. In some of the encampments, for

example Greenhill Site B and Site 8, within-camp development of

ground water supplies is progressing satisfactorily.

utilised for

During recent months

Over fifty percent of WFP-UNBRO's 1986 annual budget of $ 36

million for the border Khmer and affected Thai villagers is being

oil and rice, fish, the provision of basic rations

pulses - over 90 percent of which is purchased locally in Thailand.

to basic rations, a further 18 percent of rice and fish

addition

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