Chechnya

UN welcomes Poland’s decision to admit refugees from Chechnya, Russian Federation

19 November 2002
Just days after voicing concern over reports that Poland was closed to asylum-seekers from Chechnya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today commended Warsaw for admitting those fleeing the war-ravaged Russian republic.
A woman and child in war-ravaged Grozny (UNHCR)

UN refugee agency urges Poland and Lithuania not to turn away Chechens

14 November 2002
Concerned about reports that Chechens are being barred from entering Poland and Lithuania following the recent Chechen terrorist attack in Moscow, officials with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have urged the two countries not to close their doors to asylum seekers from the war-torn Russian republic.

Russian Federation: UN food agency renews aid programme for displaced Chechens

29 October 2002
Responding to ongoing turmoil in the Caucuses, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced plans to renew its emergency food assistance drive for internally displaced and economically vulnerable people in Chechnya and the neighbouring Republic of Ingushetia.

Responding to need for relief aid, UN resumes operations in Chechnya

9 September 2002
Responding to the intensifying need for relief aid in the Republic of Chechnya, Russian Federation, the United Nations today resumed its humanitarian activities in the area despite persisting security concerns.

UN suspends aid operations in north Caucasus after relief worker is abducted

29 July 2002
The United Nations today said it has suspended humanitarian operations in the Republic of Chechnya, Russian Federation, after a senior aid worker was recently abducted from the area.
Kenzo Oshima

Chechnya: UN aid official concerned over closure of two camps for displaced persons

23 July 2002
A top United Nations relief official today voiced concern over the circumstances surrounding the recent closures of two camps in Chechnya, Russian Federation, and the subsequent transfer of their 2,000 residents to temporary accommodations.

UN refugee agency concerned about sudden closure of two camps in Chechnya

12 July 2002
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today expressed its concern about the recent closing of two camps for displaced people in Chechnya by the Russian authorities and the circumstances surrounding the return of camp residents.

UN food agency expands school feeding programme in war-torn Chechnya

21 June 2002
The United Nations emergency food relief agency announced today that it will double the capacity of a hot lunch programme feeding more than 20,000 children in war-torn Chechnya later this year.

Russia assures UN that displaced Chechens will not be forced to return

14 June 2002
The Russian Federation has assured the United Nations that displaced persons in Chechnya will not have to return to their volatile Northern Caucasus homeland, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today.
Ruud Lubbers

UNHCR chief begins three-day visit to Russia; displaced Chechens top agenda

15 January 2002
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, today began a three-day visit to the Russian Federation, where he plans to meet with high-ranking officials and visit programmes for displaced people in Ingushetia on the border with the Republic of Chechnya.