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OBJET: VIETNAM, THE INDO-CHINESE REFUGEE PROBLEM

REF.CPE/DUB 226

THE NETHERLANDS CAN NOT AGREE WITH THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY

IRELAND.

IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE SUBJECT IN THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE

INVOLUNTARY RETURN TO VIETNAM OF REJECTED APPLICANTS

FOR ASYLUM THE REFERENCE TO THE RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO RETURN TO HIS COUNTRY, AS ENSHRINED IN ART.13.2 OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DOES NOT SEEM AN IMPROVEMENT. VIETNAM MAY EVEN INVAKE THIS ARTICLE IN REFUSING TO MIT VIETNAMESE WHO DO NOT RETURN VOLUNTARILY ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FIRST WORDS OF ART. 13.2 (QUOTE EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LEAVE ANY COUNTRY, INCLUDING HIS OWN UNQUOTE).

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THE NETHERLANDS PROPOSES THEREFORE TO MAINTAIN THE BRITISH DRAFT IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM, IN ORDER NOT TO PROVOKE UNWARRANTED LEGAL DISCUSSIONS.

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