Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Refugees

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GENEVA CONFERENCE TO TACKLE MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT IN COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

29 May 1996


Press Release
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GENEVA CONFERENCE TO TACKLE MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT IN COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

19960529

GENEVA, 29 May (UNHCR) -- Representatives from more than 60 nations are expected in Geneva this week for a major international conferences focusing on one of the most destabilizing issues facing the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) -- the displacement of some 9 million people in the region since 1989.

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URGENT APPEAL FOR ASYLUM FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES

13 May 1996


Press Release
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URGENT APPEAL FOR ASYLUM FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES

19960513

GENEVA, 13 May (UNHCR) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees made an urgent plea today to west African countries to keep their doors open to thousands of Liberian refugees fleeing fighting in Monrovia.

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UNHCR SEEKS $30.8 MILLION FOR ANGOLAN REFUGEES

22 March 1996


Press Release
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UNHCR SEEKS $30.8 MILLION FOR ANGOLAN REFUGEES

19960322 GENEVA, 22 March (UNHCR) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today appealed for $30.8 million for its repatriation programme this year for some 300,000 Angolan refugees.

Since the signing of the peace accord in November 1994, more than 14,500 Angolan refugees have returned spontaneously to their country.

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UNHCR NEEDS $60 MILLION FOR LIBERIA

1 March 1996


Press Release
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UNHCR NEEDS $60 MILLION FOR LIBERIA

19960301 GENEVA, 1 March (UNHCR) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) made an urgent appeal today for $60 million for its voluntary repatriation programme in Liberia for 18 months.

The appeal coincided with the arrival in Abidjan of High Commissioner Sadako Ogata for a week-long visit to Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, home to over 1 million Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees.