As you may be aware. the President of the United States. in consultation with the Congress. expressed in September 1984. and reaffirmed in September 1985. our desire to receive persons of special humanitarian concern from the SRV. The groups of particular concern to us are the "reeducation camp" prisoners. thousands of whom remain imprisoned because of their past associations with United States programs and policies in the region. or with the former Government of the Republic of Vietnam. and the Amerasian children. their mothers. and other close relatives remaining in Vietnam. While the SRV has not responded in a very positive manner to this initiative. the ODP must proceed so that thousands of refugees and immigrants can be resettled. Regrettably. on January 1. 1986. the SRV unilaterally suspended UNHCR interviewing and processing of applicants in Ho Chi Minh City for departure to the United States. This resolution is intended to send a strong signal to the SRV that the suspension of the interviewing and processing of applicants is a matter of grave humanitarian concern to the U.S.
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