Refugees

19/09/2003

Press Release REF/1176

UN REFUGEE AGENCY LAUNCHES NEW GUIDELINES TO BETTER PROTECT

REFUGEE WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 September (UNHCR) -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday invited the humanitarian and development communities to join forces in combatting sexual and gender-based violence against refugees, returnees and internally displaced people.

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

Press Release
REF/1158

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.

18 November 1996

Press Release
REF/1156

31 October 1996

Press Release
REF/1152

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES URGES IMMEDIATE END TO FIGHTING IN EASTERN ZAIRE, WARNS OF 'TERRIBLE SITUATION' FOR THOUSANDS

19961031 UN Official Says Many May Die in Congested Camps; Also Expresses Shock at Reported Assassination of Roman Catholic Archbishop

23 July 1996

Press Release
REF/1149

5 July 1996

Press Release
REF/1148

25 June 1996

Press Release
REF/1147

7 June 1996

Press Release
REF/1146