UN General Assembly
1993

development. My delegation is therefore fully supportive of Security Council resolution 863 (1993) and calls on all the parties to implement it speedily. The Government and people of Malawi wish to see the uninterrupted repatriation of their brothers and sisters to their homes in Mozambique in safety and security. We therefore call for the specific prioritization of the de-mining programme, the demobilization of the armed forces and their 18 General Assembly - Forty-eighth session placement in the designated assembly areas, and the finalization of discussions on the draft electoral law. The people of Mozambique demand this, and it is also in the vital interests of Malawi, which has suffered tremendously from the adverse impact of the 16-year civil war in Mozambique. My delegation wishes to stress that the cost of hosting over 1 million refugees not only is very high but, for Malawi, has reached a crisis point. This cost is paid in the displacement of Malawians from agricultural land; in over-grazing, deforestation and environmental degradation; in tremendous pressures and strain on the Government administrative infrastructure, budgetary and human resources;