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HONG TELNOS 3190: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: DISCUSSIONS WITH UNHCR
SUMMARY
1. UNHCR AGREES TO SEND SENIOR LEGAL ADVISER TO HONG KONG TO CARRY
FORWARD DISCUSSIONS ON STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING.
DETAIL
2. ACCORDING TO VIEIRA DE MELLO (ASIA BUREAU, UNHCR), HIGH COMMISSIONER HAS NOW AGREED THAT A SENIOR UNHCR LEGAL ADVISER, STAINSBY (BRITISH) SHOULD TRAVEL TO HONG KONG, POSSIBLY THIS WEEK-END, TO TAKE FORWARD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES ABOUT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCREENING PROCESS, WORKING ON THE STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING REACHED SO FAR.
3. VIEIRA DE MELLO SAID THAT HOCKE BELIEVED, THAT THE DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG SO FAR SUGGESTED THAT UNHCR CONCERNS HAD BEEN TAKEN ON BOARD AND THAT FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE SECURED THROUGH NEGOTIATION. STAINSBY WOULD NOT HAVE POWERS OF DECISION BUT WOULD
HAVE TO REFER TO GENEVA. HE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION WITH THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES ON AN OPEN AGENDA, BUT CONCENTRATE PARTICULARLY ON LOCK-UPS, THE FORM OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE, TRAINING OF INTERVIEWERS AND THE MODALITIES OF UNHCR PARTICIPATION IN THE SCREENING AND APPEALS PROCESSES.
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