RESTRICTED
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THE MINISTERS REGRETTED THAT THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES HAS NOT DIMINISHED SINCE THE LAST EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING. THE REASONS ARE THE UNSOLVED POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THE INDOCHINA STATES. THE MINISTERS CALLED FOR A LASTING SOLUTION TO THE REFUGEE PROBLEM BY SERIOUS DOMESTIC REFORMS AND A PEACEFUL END TO THE CAMBODIA CONFLICT. THEY ALSO CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN TO THEIR PLACE OF ORIGIN OF THOSE ARRIVALS WHO DO NOT MEET THE AGREED CRITERIA FOR REFUGEE STATUS, JECT TO SATISFACTORY GUARANTEES AS TO THEIR TREATMENT ON RE- SUB- TURN
AS LONG AS THE FLOW OF REFUGEES CONTINUES AND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRIES ARE DENIED THEIR INALIEN- ABLE RIGHT TO RETURN HOME SAFELY ORDINATED BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM, THE RESETT-
HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS CO- LEMENT COUNTRIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCER- NED WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EASE THE SUFFERING OF THE REFUGEES AND TO FIND THEM A NEW HOME. CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THESE EFFORTS.
EC AND ASEAN WILL
8. AFGHANISTAN
TO BE FORMULATED AT A LATER STAGE. 9. MIDDLE EAST
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THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EKSPRESSED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THEY REFERRED TO DECLARATIONS AND DEMARCHES MADE BY THE TWELVE INCLUDING THE DECLARATIONS OF FEBRUARY 23RD, JULY 13TH, 1987, AND
AND FEBRUARY 8TH, 1988, AND TO RESOLUTIONS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. THEY SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AS THE SUITABLE FRAMEWORK FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION. THE TWELVE AND ASEAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SOVEREIGNTY, DENCE OF LEBANON. THE IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT
INTEGRITY AND INDEPEN- CAUSE GREAT HUMAN SUFFERING AND HEAVY MATERIAL LOSS.
IS CONTINUING TO THREATENS THE STABILITY OF THE WHOLE REGION. REAFFTOMER
IT
THE MINTAY
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