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Problems Related to the Rescue of Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea

Executive Committee Meetings

Problems Related to the Rescue of Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea
No. 34 (XXXV) - 1984

18 October 1984
Executive Committee 35th session. Contained in United Nations General Assembly Document No. 12A (A/39/12/Add.1). Conclusion endorsed by the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme upon the recommendation of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection of Refugees.
Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme

The Executive Committee,

(a) Noted with concern that rescue of asylum-seekers in distress at sea has decreased significantly in 1983 and again in 1984;

(b) Recalled the Conclusion on the Rescue of Asylum-Seekers at Sea adopted by the Executive Committee at its thirty-fourth session recognizing the need for promoting measures for facilitating the rescue of asylum-seekers in distress at sea;

(c) Welcomed the actions taken by UNHCR to draw attention to the continued need to rescue asylum-seekers in distress at sea and expressed the hope that these actions would receive the widest possible support of Governments;

(d) Strongly recommended that the Rescue at Sea Resettlement Offers (RASRO) Scheme be implemented on a trial basis as soon as possible and that additional resettlement places be provided as a matter of urgency;

(e) Recognized the need for continued support for the DISERO (Disembarkation Resettlement Offers) Scheme and recommended that States renew their contributions to this scheme.