1983 (Executive Committee—34th Session) No. 31 (XXXIV) RESCUE OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN DISTRESS AT SEA ∗ (1983) The Executive Committee, (a) Noted with concern that, according to available statistics as contained in document (EC/SCP/30), significantly fewer numbers of asylum-seekers in distress at sea are being rescued; (b) Welcomed the initiatives undertaken by UNHCR to meet this grave problem by promoting measures to facilitate the rescue of asylum-seekers in distress at sea and expressed the hope that those initiatives would receive the widest possible support of governments; (c) Recommended that States seriously consider supporting the efforts of UNHCR to promote the Rescue at Sea Resettlement Offers (RASRO) scheme, as described in document (EC/SCP/30), and providing the necessary quotas and other undertakings to enable UNHCR to initiate the scheme on a trial basis; (d) Welcomed the support given by States to the DISERO scheme; (e) Commended the initiatives undertaken by UNHCR in co-operation with the International Maritime Organization aimed at identifying joint action for facilitating the rescue of asylum-seekers in distress at sea. ∗ 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 40