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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 158
OF 090930Z- MARCH 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK, HANOI, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA INFO PRIORITY TOKYO, PEKING
INFO ROUTINE JAKRTA, SINGAPORE, MANILA, UKMIS NEW YORK, PARIS
FROM UK/HK DELEGATION: MIPT: FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF CHAIRMAN'S NOTE
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES HELD CONSULTATIONS WITH A NUMBER OF DELEGATIONS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR VIEWS ON FOLLOW-UP MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BETWEEN THE PREPARATORY MEETING AND THE CONFERENCE ON THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION (AS CONTAINED IN DOCUMENT ICIR/89/PM/2/REV 1). FOLLOWING THESE CONSULTATIONS, THE CHAIRMAN SHOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR THE PREPARATORY MEETING'S CONSIDERATION, THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS:
1. THAT A CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE BE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF UNHCR, WHICH WOULD ALSO PROVIDE SECRETARIAT SERVICES TO THE COMMITTEE.
2. THAT A ''CORE GROUP'
CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENTS BE REPRESENTED ON THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE: AUSTRALIA, CANADA, FRANCE, JAPAN, LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, MALAYSIA, NORWAY, PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND VIETNAM. IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED, HOWEVER, THAT MEMBERSHIP IN THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WOULD BE OPEN TO OTHER INTERESTED GOVERNMENTS. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS COULD ALSO BE INVITED BY THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE. THE CHAIMAN OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE WILL KEEP ALL INTERESTED GOVERNMENTS INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.
3. THAT THE OBJECTIVES OR MANDATE OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WOULD INCLUDE:
(A) ESTABLISHING ITS PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN
THE PREPARATORY MEETING AND THE CONFERENCE:
(B) ESTABLISHING DRAFT DETAILED OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE CONFERENCE:
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