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20 June 2002

SG/SM/8279-REF/1173

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO WINNERS OF 2002 NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD FOR RESCUE OF 438 BOAT PEOPLE IN INDIAN OCEAN

20/06/2002

Press Release
SG/SM/8279
REF/1173

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO WINNERS OF 2002 NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD

FOR RESCUE OF 438 BOAT PEOPLE IN INDIAN OCEAN

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Nansen Refugee Award Ceremony in Oslo today, delivered by Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:

20 June 1997

REF/1158

EUROPEAN UNION DECISION TO LIMIT ITS CITIZENS' ACCESS TO ASYLUM IS INCONSISTENT WITH REFUGEE CONVENTION, UNHCR STATES

20 June 1997

Press Release
REF/1158

19 November 1996

REF/1157

UNHCR SEEKS $66.9 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AMONG REFUGEES, DISPLACED PEOPLE IN GREAT LAKES REGION

19 November 1996

Press Release
REF/1157

UNHCR SEEKS $66.9 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AMONG REFUGEES, DISPLACED PEOPLE IN GREAT LAKES REGION

19961119

GENEVA, 19 November (UNHCR) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued an appeal for $66.9 million for its emergency operations for refugees and people displaced in the fighting in eastern Zaire and the immediate integration of more than 500,000 returnees in Rwanda.