refugees

Luciano Pavarotti

"Pavarotti and Friends" concert raises $2 million for UN aid to Afghan refugees

12 June 2001
A benefit concert by the world-famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti and other celebrities has helped to raise more than $2 million for Afghan children living in squalid camps in Pakistan, the United Nations refugee agency announced today.
Ruud Lubbers speaking to the press

UN High Commissioner for Refugees seeks assistance for the Balkans

11 June 2001
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ruud Lubbers is visiting the Balkans, where more than 1 million people remain displaced from the conflicts of the 1990s, the UN refugee agency said today.

Refugees from Pemba and Zanzibar islands will go back if tensions ease: UNHCR

24 April 2001
Tanzanian refugees who fled to Kenya from the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar have told the United Nations refugee agency that they would be ready to return home if talks between the Government and the opposition lead to a joint declaration that would ease tensions on the islands, agency officials said today.
Refugees in Guinea

Guinea: UN agency boosts efforts to relocate refugees from border areas

6 April 2001
In a race against time and the weather, the United Nations refugee agency is stepping up its efforts to move tens of thousands of Sierra Leonean refugees away from volatile border zones in south-western Guinea to safer sites in the interior of the country.