Mr. Speaker. an important 2day conference was held in Geneva to deal with the resettlement of refugees from Southeast Asia. By any standards. this meeting must be considered a success. Yesterday. I met with Ambassador Dick Clark. the U.S. coordinator for refugee affairs. to discuss the results of the Geneva Conference and review the steps that must be taken to implement the pledges that were made there. Judging by this meeting. I am confident that the world community is ready to deal with this problem. For the sake of these refugees. I hope that the participating nations will act without delay. I wish to commend Ambassador Clark for his untiring efforts in Geneva. Without his presence. the outcome of the conference would have been much less certain. I requested the Ambassador to investigate the possibility of including those Maos or Mungs who supported our troops in Laos as refugees for resettlement in our country. Mr. Speaker. I also want to recognize the efforts of Vice President MONDALE. He offered some important and imaginative proposals in Geneva. One of these was the creation of an international resettlement fund to help developing nations overcome the financial burden of absorbing Southeast Asian refugees. Mr. Speaker.
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