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office in all refugees camps. Youths were being equipped with uniforms and arms taken from West Pakistani soldiers. The liberation forces, he added, had taken over two zones north-west of the Indian border-one of 1,360 sq. km. with a population of 85.000 and another, 65 km to the west of the same size.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, said in Geneva today that more funds were urgently needed to tackle “the gigantic and cruel problem" of Bangladesh refugees.
He told delegates from 31 countries at the opening session of a 10-day meeting of the executive committee of the U.N. Refugee Programme that over the past year the world refugee situation had become worse and increasingly explosive.
"While it is heartening to note that the response from the international community to this (Bangladesh) refugee problem has been of unprecedented magnitude-with contributions in cash and kind amounting to some $ 115 million-I must emphasize that much more is still required. I intend making available shortly to all Governments a detailed account of the priority needs for their immediate attention."
"The situation remains very grim indeed and demands much greater efforts and more generosity on the part of the international community, Interest must not slacken and apathy should not set in. The recent floods have had a devastating effect on the camps and distribution problems have added a new dimension to the tragedy. The fragile health of the young and the old will be further affected.,” the Prince added.
