Chechnya

UNICEF dispatches medical supplies to hospitals

UN rushes food, medical supplies to survivors of Russian school attack

10 September 2004
United Nations agencies have been rushing food and medical supplies to the hundreds of children and adults caught up in the hostage-taking tragedy in Beslan, southern Russia, which left 338 people dead and 747 injured.

Russia: Last tented camp for Chechens in Ingushetia slated for closure, UN says

4 June 2004
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today reported that the Russian Federation plans to close the last remaining tented camp for displaced Chechens living in the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia.
Kofi Annan

Deadly terrorist attack on Chechen President condemned by Annan, Security Council

10 May 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council today voiced both their dismay and condemnation of Sunday's terrorist attack in Grozny, which killed Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a number of bystanders.
Living conditions are harsh for displaced Chechens

UN refugee agency voices concern for Chechens deprived of heating gas

20 February 2004
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern about displaced Chechens in neighbouring Ingushetia following week-old cuts in heating gas to 10 temporary settlements with over 2,000 people who also face the threatened suspension of water and electricity supplies.

UN relief official seeks to spotlight overlooked suffering in Eastern Europe

3 February 2004
Just back from a trip to Eastern Europe including stops in Chechnya and countries affected by the Chernobyl disaster, the top United Nations relief official today urged the world to pay attention to suffering in these often-overlooked areas.
Jan Egeland

Top UN relief official heads to Ukraine, Belarus after wrapping up trip to Russia

29 January 2004
The senior United Nations relief official is heading to Ukraine and Belarus today after wrapping up a five-day official visit to the Russian Federation, where he held high-level talks in Moscow and travelled to Chechnya and Ingushetia to observe the humanitarian situation in those republics.
Angelina Jolie

UN refugee agency ambassador Angelina Jolie documents visit to displaced Chechens

28 January 2004
Actress Angelina Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has released a new online journal documenting her mission to the Russian Federation, where she met displaced Chechens as well as refugees in Moscow and North Ossetia.
Jan Egeland

UN ready to step up work in Chechnya, senior humanitarian envoy says

27 January 2004
The United Nations is ready to intensify its work in Chechnya as refugees increasingly return to the war-ravaged Russian republic, the senior UN official coordinating humanitarian assistance said today during a tour of the region.