Regering verhullend over verzoek UNHCR

[vincent]

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Duitsland, Israel, Noorwegen, Turkije
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Beste mensen

De Nederlandse regering doet er alles aan om te verhullen dat de UNHCR
al een week geleden een verzoek heeft gedaan om ook vluchtelingen elders
in de wereld op te nemen. Voortdurend wordt gepraat in termen van:
misschien, als het nodig is, als het gevraagd wordt. En dat terwijl de
UNHCR al een week geleden heeft aangegeven dat het het nodig is. Zie
onderstaande tekst.

Met vriendelijke groeten, Vincent

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Statement by Mrs Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for
     Refugees, to the Humanitarian Issues Working Group of the Peace
                      Implementation Council

                        Geneva, 6 April 1999
(.....)
There is another aspect of support to host countries on which I would
like to draw the
attention of governments. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has
expressed
serious concerns about the potentially destabilizing effect of a very
large influx of
refugees from Kosovo. For a few days, in spite of pressing requests by
many
government leaders and UNHCR, the border remained virtually closed, with
tens of
thousands of refugees stranded in the no man’s land site of Blace, not
accessible to
humanitarian agencies, in poor weather conditions and without
assistance.

On Sunday, I urged states to share the burden of countries neighbouring
Kosovo and
to offer access to temporary safety to some of the refugees. I am
grateful to the
countries that have already responded positively to this appeal. UNHCR
and IOM
presented to governments a plan for the humanitarian evacuation of
refugees who
volunteer to be moved – temporarily – to further destinations, until
such time as
conditions in their places of origin permit their return.
(....)

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