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2008 Nansen Refugee Award to Mine Action Programme in southern Lebanon
BEIRUT - The British head of the UN Mine Action Programme in southern Lebanon and his 990-member team of mine clearers will receive the 2008 Nansen Refugee Award for their courageous work in removing tonnes of deadly munitions that had prevented the safe return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
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The 1951 Refugee Convention - Q & A
The Convention clearly spells out who is a refugee and the kind of legal protection, other assistance and social rights he or she should receive from states parties to the document.
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Who are refugees?
A refugee is a person who, "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such a fear, is unwilling to, avail themselves of the protection of that country..." (The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees).
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Forgotten No Longer? - In Russian
Bulletin of the UNHCR in Ukraine
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| Links to specific pages on Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine |
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Refugees. Issue 141 - 2005
Beyond Borders #6
