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With respect to the Vietnamese outflow agreement has been reached on a package of complementary undertakings obligations founded on the following principles:

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of deterjence The need for the promulgation source with the object of discouraging clandestines hazardous departures.

The need for continuing intensive efforts by the nternational community in collaboration with Vietnam to increase the pace of departures under the Orderly Departure Program. This, by streamlining procedures for both the country of origin and receiving countries to facilitate the exit of all eligible cases.

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asylum

The maintenance and full implementation of first policies for the safe reception and protection of asylum seekers and so that they may have the opportunity to lay claim to refugee status

status

The need for a region-wide determination of refugee process operated by receiving countries in close cooperation

The screening process with and under the monitoring of UNHCR.

the UN will be based on the refugee definition contained in

nd should include provisions for an Convention and Protocol

receives a thus ensuring that the individual appeals process,

thorough and fair hearing.

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The maintenance of generous third country resettlement offers for genuine refugees including the prompt development and implementation of a planned strategy for the offtake of

The latter exercise will require a land-stayers in the region.

special international effort extending beyond major resettlement countries.

origin that

return of those The need for the prompt safe and dignified

Such arrangements screened out to their country of origin. would be founded on assurances from the country of there will be no recriminations against the returnees, supported by the provision of re-integration assistance. will both provide and monitor the re-integration services.

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UNHCR

to the call (The international community responded favourably

issued by the ASEAN Foreign for a new international conference Ministers at the 21st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Ministerial Conference. In preparation for this meeting the

convened a preparatory conference Government of Malaysia February 1989 to consider a plan of action for consideration at

on the Indochinese outflow the international conference international conference considered this plan and endorsed it.)

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