Mr. Speaker. last week I was most distressed to read in the New York Times Secretary General Kurt Waldheims statement to the effect that the refugee problem in Vietnam was "a very controversial political problem" that the United Nations should not get involved in. In subsequent statements. as I understand it. Secretary Waldheim said that his statement was misunderstood and that what he feared was that the United Nations involvement in this political issue would impair its humanitarian efforts. I can only ask. what else is the United Nations to do if it is not to extend its hand into the political arena?