Malaysia. It provides the framework for the international community to respond to the new situation in Southeast Asia by: Providing for more regular. and legal. departures from the countries of Indochina. Reestablishing the principle of refugee protection and first asylum. Protecting the integrity of the refugee process by screening out nonrefugees. and Supporting new efforts to promote safe return and voluntary repatriation. as well as continued third country resettlement. These undertakings are all interrelated. and the task in Geneva will be to assure that each receives balanced attention and support. More important still. the diplomats in Geneva must not allowshort term objectives. some fueled by current frustrations and admittedly difficult problems. to distract us from our longer term obligations under the United Nations Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. These principles remain paramount. not only in what is said in Geneva. but what is done by member nations in the weeks and months to come. Only then will history judge this. the Second Conference on Indochinese Refugees. to have been a success. Again. Mr. President. I commend the SecretaryGeneral for his action in convening the conference. and the High Commissioner for his diligent work in preparing for its successful conclusion. Given the importance this meeting will likely have upon future U.S. refugee programs in the area. senior staff from our Immigration and Refugees Subcommittee will be attending the Geneva conference this week. For the information of my colleagues and the readers of the RECORD. I ask that the draft text of the Comprehensive Plan of Action prepared for Geneva by the UNHCR be printed at this point in the RECORD.
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