future. Administration should be a dynamic process and geographical distribution - laudable objective though it was - should not be allowed to detract from efficiency. 68. Her Government's contributions for refugee relief during the current year had' risen to a record .'figure of over £16,000,000, a large part of which had been .ratbracted by the Afghan relief operation in Pakistan. In addition, the United Kingdomicontributed one fifth of EEC aid to UNHCR. She was pleased to announce a new pledge of aid to refugees amounting to a total of £3,000,000, £1,000,1900 Of .-which would be allocated to refugees in the Sudan and £2,000,000 to theAfghan relief effort. 69. A matter of particular concern to her Government was the problems currently being experienced by Hong Kong. Hong Kong was a very small territory with a high population density. Some 14,000 refugees had none the less been accepted for permanent resettlement since 1975» and asylum had been granted to all refugees on small boats. Hong Kong continued to look after the largest number of boat people in the region, and she therefore appealed to those responsible for national settlement programmes to accord priority to the people concerned, who had waited so much longer than others in the área. 70. Lastly, while her Government strongly supported UNHCR, there were of necessity constraints on its ability to help financially, and it would always have to examine UNHCR programmes carefully with a view to maximizing their cost effectiveness. In that exercise, however, its interests coincided fully with those of the High Commissioner, the countries of asylum and the refugees themselves. 71. Mr. GUELLEH (Observer for Djibouti) said that, although refugee situations were very serious everywhere, the case of Africa, with its sad record of having the . largest number of displaced persons in the world, was the most, tragic of them all,, 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the topic of refugee relief and aid, with the speaker discussing the efforts of their government and the international community to assist refugees. The text also touches on the challenges faced by specific regions, such as Hong Kong and Africa, and the need for efficient and effective aid programs.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief