Mr. President. I rise today to express my favorable reaction to the action taken by the United Nations Conference on World Refugees in Geneva. Switzerland. on July 20 and 21. This is the second Conference in regard to the World Refugee Problem which has arisen in Southeast Asia. an earlier one being held in Geneva. Switzerland in December. 1978. The Nations of the World have responded well to the plight of the "boat people" of Vietnam and the "land people" from Laos and Cambodia. Sadly. it appears that the problem will be an ongoing one which we must meet in the months and years ahead. The United States of American and its people are no strangers to the problems of the refugees and their dependents. We are a Nation made up of refugees and their ancestors. The tired and homeless. and poor of the world have given to the greatness of our land and its people. But we and the other nations of the world cannot rest on our laurels.
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