Report of the Secretary-General on the Meeting on Refugees and Displaced Persons in South-East Asia

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 83Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, published in 1979.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics

Indo-Chinese Refugees Refugee Assistance

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

Commends the Secretary-General for his initiative in convening and for his chairmanship of the Meeting on Refugees and Displaced Persons in South-East Asia and the Pledging Conference for Emergency Humanitarian Relief to the People of Kampuchea;

Also commends the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and his Office as the competent organ in the United Nations system for their active role;

Further commends Governments and international relief organizations for their assistance and pledges to increase such assistance, in cash and kind, for the immediate relief of the refugees in South-East Asia;

Urges all Governments concerned to continue to co-operate with the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other United Nations agencies in humanitarian activities to deal with this problem, while avoiding any action that may cause human suffering and while ensuring safe and orderly departures; such humanitarian activities should serve the needs of civilian refugees and displaced persons and not any other purpose;

Further urges the resettlement countries and other countries in a position to do so to increase the number and speed of their intake of refugees and displaced persons from Inda-China, with due priority given to those already in camps in South-East Asia and adjacent territories, for resettlement in their countries;

Requests specialized agencies and other United Nations bodies concerned to give priority, without prejudice to assistance provided to refugees and country programmes in other regions, to their participation in rendering assistance to alleviate the problem, and to s2 A/34/627 and Corr. I.

88 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Third Committee, 42nd meeting, paras. 14-19.

64 See S9/CONF.1/SR.1 and 2. co-operate closely with Governments to find durable solutions to the problem;

Also requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session;

Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to follow the situation closely and to submit a report to the Member States if the situation so requires.

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