Refugees

Jul. 07, 1979 - Coping with disaster refugees and displaced persons in South East Asia Klong Yai, Thailand, July 1979 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 coordinated by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. A Cambodian father with his child at the Ban Mai Rut camp near Klong Yai, Thailand. There are about 5, 200 refugees in this camp which has a permanent wooden structure and several new ones made of Bamboo poles and thatched roof and walls

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Asylum Attending Bamboo Cambodian Commissioner Commitment Commitments Convened Coordinated Coping Displaced Emphatically Funds Geneva Humanitarian Hundreds Immediate Indochinese Klong Needs Offers Permanent Poles Reaffirmed Solve Substantial Term Thatched Waldheim

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