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High Commissioner for Refugees urges action on Africa

13 January 2000

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Ogata alarmed about the closure of Chechnya's border, civilian casualties

25 October 1999

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UNHCR, Indonesia agree on access to camps, return of East Timorese

14 October 1999

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UNHCR: EU common strategy on asylum must meet highest standards of refugee protection

8 October 1999

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UNHCR begins to return displaced people from East Timor

8 October 1999

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UNHCR objects to Indonesia's registration plans, demands more access to East Timorese in West Timor

6 October 1999

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UNHCR's Ogata warns against marginalization of humanitarian work by national governments, military

4 October 1999

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Indonesia agrees to repatriate East Timorese refugees from squalid camps in West Timor

3 October 1999

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Ogata urges speedy deployment of peacekeepers in East Timor, says UNHCR ready to launch a relief operation immediately

13 September 1999

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UNHCR voices concern over plight of East Timorese

6 September 1999

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Mexico tells Ogata it will join the 1951 Refugee Convention

30 July 1999

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New refugees pour across Central African borders

21 July 1999

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High Commissioner Filippo Grandi during an interview on the border between Moldova and Ukraine