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 | | Danish politician Poul Hartling, the new high commissioner, "did not maintain a healthy independence from the United States, unlike Sadruddin". |
 | | While forcefully arguing on behalf of Vietnamese boat people fleeing the communist regime, Hartling was non-vocal about the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and the massive rejection of Cambodians by Thailand and Rohingyas by Burma in 1978-79 (both Cambodia and Thailand were US allies at the time). |
 | | Civil wars fought under the banner of the "Second Cold War" in Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua, etc, led to the new problem of refugee camp militarization, with internal UNHCR reports lamenting that "humanitarian aid actually contributed to prolonging conflict", but no action was taken to remedy this dilemma that would continue into the 1990s. |
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