103 STAT. 2556 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—JUNE 7, 1989 (2) urges the Secretary of State to provide assistance, if the . 1993 summer World University Games are held in Buffalo, to the organizers of the Games by implementing special ease-of- entry procedures for the foreign athletes competing in the Games; (3) supports the efforts of New York, the Greater Buffalo i Athletic Corporation, and community leaders to ensure that the /- highest caliber athletic facilities are made available for the 1993 summer World University Games if they are held in Buffalo. Agreed to June 6, 1989. ' June 7, 1989 ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS— [S. Con. Res. 26] VIETNAMESE REFUGEES Whereas the refugee crisis in Southeast Asia remains unresolved and large numbers of refugees continue to flee from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; Whereas, although Hong Kong and ASEAN first asylum countries are to be commended for their past actions on behalf of refugees in the region, specifically for providing, beginning in 1975, tem- porary refuge for hundreds of thousands of Indochinese asylum- seekers, concerns remain that all asylum-seekers arriving in Hong Kong and in ASEAN member countries be provided refuge; Whereas, in June 1989, the United Nations will convene the Inter- national Conference on Indochinese Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland; Whereas representatives of the ASEAN member countries, the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, the European Community, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, and other interested and affected countries gathered on March 7-9, 1989, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the Preparatory Meeting for the International Con- ference on Indochinese Refugees; Whereas the countries represented at the Preparatory Meeting unanimously adopted a draft declaration and comprehensive plan of action to be presented for ratification at the June United Nations Conference in Geneva; Whereas the draft declaration agreed to by all countries present at the meeting in Kuala Lumpur includes provisions for region-wide screening of asylum-seekers and for the encouragement of vol- untary repatriation under the auspices and monitoring of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of persons determined not to be refugees; Whereas the ongoing program in Thailand for the screening of Lao asylum-seekers has had major and continuing problems; Whereas the ASEAN member countries have announced that all asylum-seekers from Vietnam arriving in ASEAN countries on or after March 14, 1989, will be screened to determine their refugee status; and
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