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THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES VISITED BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, within his visit to the countries in the Western Balkans, visited Bosnia and Herzegovina on 25 and 26 August 2009.


(High Commissioner visted returnee family in Glamoc still waiting for assistance.Photo: UNHCR)

4UNHCR's Story: High Commissioner Guterres urges swift end to displacement chapter in Western Balkans
4UNHCR's Press Release

PRESS RELEASE:

415 January 2010 - UNHCR WELCOMES COUNCIL OF MINISTERSDECISION ON ANNEX VII STRATEGY (pdf)
413 February 2010 - UNHCR PROVIDES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO ROMA FLOOD VICTIMS IN CAPLJINA (pdf)


PRESS RELEASE: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE DISPLACED PERSONS AND RETURNEES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO 17 March 2009 - UNHCR today welcomed the report of the UN Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs), Walter Kälin, presented to the UN Human Rights Council last week in Geneva. read more

4The Representative’s full report (pdf) presented to the Human Rights Council
4 Representative’s Key Findings and Recommendations from his working visit conducted to Bosnia in June 2008 (pdf)

News

459th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme (Geneva, 6-10 October 2008): Statement by Mr. Mirza Pinjo, Deputy Permanent Representative of BiH to the UN in Geneva (pdf)
Statement by Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner (pdf)

4Conference on "Conflict and Migration: The Georgian-Abkhazian Case in a European Context", organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Istanbul on June 18-19, 2008. (pdf)

 

Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons

4UNHCR Note:Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees in Bosnia and Herzegovina - July 2009 (ENpdf) (BHpdf)


Brochure: United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (pdf)
Internally Displaced Persons

IDP Protection Handbook - This Handbook, which is the result of a collaborative effort involving more than 30 human rights, humanitarian and development organizations, provides legal and operational guidance on protection in complex emergencies, in particular in situations of internal displacement.

PROTRACTED DISPLACEMENT IN BIH AND WESTERN BALKANS

SARAJEVO, 10 November 2009 - UNHCR Representation in BiH presents its brochure on protracted displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Western Balkans.

Brochure (ENpdf) (BHpdf)

4Press Release (10 November 2009)
4Press Release (13 November 2009)

 

Regional Return Initiative
"Sarajevo Declaration"


 
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