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OBJET: JOINT DECLARATION OF 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING REF: CPE PRES BON 144
1. THE UNITED KINGDOM SUGGESTS THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS ON THE
SECOND DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION:-
PARAGRAPH 7. REFUGEES. WE PROPOSE THAT PARAGRAPH 1 CONTINUES
WITH AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE QUOTE 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, SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY GUARANTEES AS TO THEIR TREATMENT ON RETURN UNQUOTE
PARAGRAPH 10. SOUTHERN AFRICA. LAST SENTENCE TO READ QUOTE
CALLED FOR THE EARLY INDEPENDENCE OF NAMIBIA
THE MINISTER
UNQUOTE.
PARAGRAPH 12. NARCOTICS. TO CONTINUE LAST SENTENCE AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE CONSISTENTLY AND RAPIDLY.IN PARTICULAR BY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS AT THE COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS, FOLLOWING UP THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND BY AN EARLY NEGOTIATION SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE NEW UN CONVENTION ON ILLICIT TRAFFICKING UNQUOTE. THIS
AMENDMENT IS TO CONFORM TO THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE CND CONFERENCE
WHICH HAS JUST ENDED IN VIENNA.
PARAGRAPH 13. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. WE WOULD PREFER THE SECOND SENTENCE TO INCLUDE THE PHRASE QUOTE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THIS MENACE UNQUOTE IN PLACE OF QUOTE THE SCOURGE OF HUMANITY UNQUOTE.
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