Refugees

Jul. 07, 1979 - Coping with disaster: Refugees and displaced persons in South East Asia: The humanitarian commitment of the international community was emphatically reaffirmed at a 2 day meeting convened in Geneva in July by UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. The 65 nations attending the meeting made substantial commitments of funds and offers of permanent asylum to help solve the immediate and long term needs of the hundreds of thousands of Indochinese refugees and displaced persons in South East Asia. The international relief effort is being co-ordinated by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. A Vietnamese baby at the Songkhla refugee camp in Thailand. There are about 5800 Vietnamese refugees living in this camp

Restrictions Only for United Kingdom

Asylum Attending Co-ordinated Commissioner Commitment Commitments Convened Coping Displaced Emphatically Funds Geneva Humanitarian Hundreds Immediate Indochinese Needs Offers Permanent Reaffirmed Refugee Solve Substantial Term Vietnamese Waldheim

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > KEY