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PART TWO

THE MINISTERS WERE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECENT

DRAMATIC INCREASES IN THE FLOW OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

WHICH POSE SEVERE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND SECURITY PROBLEMS TO THE ASEAN COUNTRIES, THEY WERE OF THE VIEW THAT

AS THE PROBLEM ORIGINATED WITH VIETNAM, VIETNAM SHOULD IAL CONFORMITY WITH HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND IN THE INTEREST OF REGIONAL-PEACE, STABILITY AND HARMONY, TAKE THE NECESSARY,

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ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS STRESSED THEIR DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN THEIR COORDINATED RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION CON- CERNING INDOCHINESE REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS L PARA 9 AFGHANISTAN EC WILL FORMULATE AT A LATER STAGE. PARA 10 MIDDLE EAST

THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

AND EKSPRESSED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THEY REFERRED TO DECLARATIONS AND DE- MARCHES MADE BY THE TWELVE, INCLUDING THE DECLARATIONS OF FEBRUARY 23RD, JULY 13TH, 1987, AND FEBRUARY 8TH, 1988, AND TO RESOLUTIONS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. THEY SUPPORTED THE IDEA ON AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AS THE SUITABLE FRAMEWORK FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION WHICH MUST TAKE INTO CON- SIDERATION THE INALIENABLE RIGHT OF THE PALESTINIAN TO SELF- DETERMINATION. THE TWELVE AND ASEAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF LEBANON. THE IRAQ- IRAN CONFLICT IS CONTINUING TO CAUSE GREAT HUMAN SUFFERING AND HEAVY MATERIAL LOSS. IT THREATENS THE STABILITY OF THE

WHOLE REGION. THE MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR A SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 598. PARA 11 SOUTHERN AFRICA