Speaker. during my most recent visit in Geneva. Switzerland. I was extremely happy to attend. on November 20. 1958. a special international meeting on refugees held by representatives of 29 governments immediately upon the termination of the ninth session of the Council of the Intergovernmental Committee for European MigrationICEM. Mr. Marcus Daly. the director of ICEM. stressed that the meeting convened at the suggestion of the U.S. Government for the purpose of exploring the present status of those refugees in Western Europe who. for a variety of reasons. have been so far unable to find new homes in the countries of resettlement. I am informed that the result of the debates held in Geneva. as well as the results of the studies presently in progress. will be the subject of a special report to the House. Such report will be submitted at a later date. I understand. when the studies and statistical compilations are available. At the present time. however. it gives me great pleasure to submit to the attention of my colleagues that part of the proceedings of the special international meeting on refugees which pertain to the nomination and the unanimous election to the chair of our colleague. the gentleman from Pennsylvania . Under leave to insert my remarks in the RECORD. I hereby submit the verbatim transcript of the pertinent part of the Geneva proceedings.
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